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@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Your piece on AI for Radio Times is superb - particularly the thoughts on 'the quiet graft of love.' Thank you 🙂

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The issue of misogyny in education is growing at an alarming rate, reflecting broader societal concerns – but schools must be safe, inclusive places where it is challenged and not tolerated, writes @nuthmani.bsky.social

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A great piece of writing about one of my favourite lps. Brings it right up to date, 1967 in 2025. Arthur Lee was a visionary www.hypedonmelancholy.com/amyklein

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Unsung Unsaid has now sold 745 copies so I'm giving it a quick promotional shove on here to see if we can't make 750 by the end of the month. And then I promise I'll button it.* * till I start plugging the next one.

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Here's the second instalment of our deep dive into David Bowie's 1984 chart-topper Tonight, a crazy mixed-up kid of an album that never gets quite enough love. In this episode: the Tina-tastic title track, an iffy Iggy cover, the chartbusting Blue Jean and its amazing video, and... Bucks Fizz?!?!

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They were a bit bloody good you know, in whatever combination that showed up. Yes, that's Jane Asher on guest vocal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAlU...

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Oh what a piece.

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💖 i am running a two day summer school on linguistic justice for school teachers. it will be held in Manchester on June 12 & July 4. places are free, and travel etc is all fully funded. full details here, including how to express an interest in participating: ahead.mmu.ac.uk/2025/01/16/l... 💖

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It's often claimed that Jimi Hendrix was watching BBC Test Card F when he wrote The Wind Cries Mary, but it turns out that it can't possibly have been. So what was he watching? Well I think I know - and it's an entirely different clown... timworthington.org/2019/01/04/t...

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Ernest Thesiger, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1879, in London “[He] was getting off a bus with his shopping when the doors closed on him. He immediately cried, ‘Stop! Stop! You are killing a genius!’” (Kenneth Williams)

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Apart from starting reviewing again for WAC & TPA this year- it's time to cast my net wider - over 30 years experience reviewing/interviewing/writing - published author & on the BBC website - hit me up & reshare where appropriate gang!! ta muchly.

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The Romancing the Gothic Conference 2025 is now open and waiting for your submissions! A Warning to the Curious: Ghostly, Supernatural and Weird Tales Marking the 100th anniversary of MR James collection of the same name! romancingthegothic.com/2025/01/06/c...

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Remembering Sir George Martin, who was born on this day in 1926. 'The fifth Beatle', Martin's work with the band broke the boundaries for what recorded music could achieve. Beatles in the studio experts Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan analyse the group's ten most groundbreaking recordings:

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Oh yes.

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Fancy a Get Back watch-along? This January the days of the week match January 1969 exactly, taking us even closer to the Beatles' experience day by day. Starts on Thursday (2nd January) at 8pm here on Bluesky. Everyone welcome! #GetBack25

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Horror moments is back! A brand new series exploring horror inflected scenes and themes in unexpected places. This edition is all about…horror in the songs of Kate Bush. What better way to bring in the new year? open.substack.com/pub/rebekahk...

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OK I think this might be the best subscription offer we've ever run at @mojomagazine.bsky.social - three issues of MOJO for just £3. Start January right by signing up now: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-magazin...

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Happy New Year Here’s the 2nd of our 2025 festive podcast reviews of BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas. So, strap on your hurdy-gurdy for… Lost Hearts 🧟‍♀️🧟 pod.link/1547179456/e... Why not make your New Year’s resolution to become a listener to your new favorite cult British horror podcast? Pls share

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News: Maybe I'm Amazed is my new memoir about my autistic son James, how songs became our shared language, and the hidden story of music & neurodivergence. It's out on March 27th. I'm writing a (free) newsletter on all this (and the SEND crisis). Sign up! maybeimamazed.substack.com

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New Writing Prize here with some fabulous judges - includes writers from UK & Ireland and is for novel, play or screenwriting. Please share :)

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Boxing Day Top Gear treat for all you old heads. Contains Robert Wyatt's magnificent reworking of the lyrics to Moon In June and the Bonzos peerless Sofahead. And much much more. Full running order below archive.org/details/top-...

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Coming in January to #TalkingPicturesTV Every Friday at 8:25pm begins Friday 10th January 2025. 🌌 STRANGE BUT TRUE (1993-97) #MichaelAspel explores stories of the unexplained in this fascinating series.

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Bored of all the usual Christmas Hits on the radio? Here's a playlist I put together of sixties Christmas Singles that never get played anywhere, with some notes on them too. There's pop, jazz, funk, psych, satire and someone slamming a cash register. timworthington.org/2018/12/09/t...

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Here's a summary of what we discussed in the first Teaching Commission meeting from @schoolsweek.bsky.social : schoolsweek.co.uk/why-tackling...

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"It may well be that the old days, when students read extensively for pleasure, are gone. The decline of Eng Lit & liberal democracy goes hand-in-hand." substack.nomoremarking.com/p/the-fall-o... Via @daisychristo.bsky.social

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1970 December T. REX album ("brown" album) First album with shortened name, it shows Marc's transition musically. Iconic Electric Warrior followed less than a year later. #marcbolan Check out this video - "Jewel" w/ fab psychedelic Beat Club performance: youtu.be/LAVkRlX96Os

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Good Arrfternoon. It’s all Hitchcock music today on BBC Radio 3 Sound of Cinema. Herrmann classics plus new music for The Manxman by Stephen Horne. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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For Shirley Jackson's birthday, here are two lovely breakdowns of her openings to "Hill House" and "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" that I like to show my creative writing students. First up is @bcdreyer.social's annotation of "Hill House": medium.com/@penguinrand...

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The Complete "Colour Me Pop", with the Small Spaces and Stanley Unwin at his most benign, giving us the full "Happiness Stan". I've just watched it again and it's good for what ails you. The sheer gleeful exuberance of this lot... Mike Dean is presents, mystified. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_A4...

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1971 Dec. 8th Cockpit Theatre, London T. Rex - 'Music In The Round' special was taped. Marc with glitter on his cheeks, annoying interviewer, and live audience ... T. Rex played four songs, including "Spaceball Ricochet" (live) here: youtu.be/PVc9JVHEuo0 🎸 #TRex #marcbolan

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Demons of the mind, or actual demons? Here's my lino print Witchfinder Bedevilled. It's available in the shop, which will be closing for Christmas four days hence..! 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

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This key image (for me) of Eglwysilan is now available through TEN in Cardiff, in a VERY limited edition of 5 super large prints, and is on show in the gallery at the moment www.gallery-ten.co.uk/jon-pountney...

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Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of unique Christmas gift ideas. gailmyerscough.co.uk

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Credit where it’s due, @heykidsshop.bsky.social is a phenomenal cat.💥

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Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial

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One of the best things about this time of the year is re-reading the utterly delightful Hogfather. www.terrypratchettbooks.com/books/the-ho...

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We have been warning about this for years. There is so much evidence of what the humanities bring to the economy and society. See @englishassociation.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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i have secured funding to run a summer school for secondary school teachers on language and social in/justice. it'll be over 3 days and involve teachers engaging with linguistic justice theory and applying this to practice. more details soon but feel free to express interest!💜

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if anyone is interested in McCoasters or other fun products for Beatle ppl this holiday season you may enjoy browsing my redbubble shop :) looks like there’s a sale happening 👀 www.redbubble.com/people/desig...

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My Roy Wood & The Move, ELO, Wizzard & Wizzo Band book was published back in 2020 - I'm really looking forward to reading the new Jim McCarthy book on The Move - glad to see more books celebrating the work of Roy Wood out there.

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Happy 267th birthday to our favourite poet/artist/printer/visionary William Blake! Join us on zoom this evening for the launch party of issue 5 of VALA, the Journal of the Blake Society. Register here blakesociety.org/product/blak... and head to blakesociety.org/vala/ to download the new issue 🎉🎈🎂

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