Is there any kind of tracking of air quality /pollution at Manchester Victoria platforms 4 5 6? It's always chokingly awful in the covered area. Cc @samsterby.com
Loz Kaye.
@lozkaye.bsky.social
Advocate for the public power of music. Campaigner. Dad. "Incredibly cheerful": The Daily Telegraph
The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening
Shardenfreude
Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · 5d agoI’ve been OBSESSED with the Shard apartments for at least a decade. Priced at up to £50m. Visible across London. Empty since 2012. Unsellable. No pictures online. Now London Centric has found out what’s happened to them - and the first pic of the interior. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-shard-...
Whenever I see a political or media figure talking about "legitimate concerns", I am immediately certain that said concerns are a crock of shit. This is true of anti-immigration, anti-trans, anti-queer and anti owt else. If they have to tell you it's "legitimate", then ipso facto it is not.
Today's #TheMuppetShow GIF of the Day is...
Oh, come on, enough with the deaths this week. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Japanese contemporary artist Kusama Yayoi dies aged 97 | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama Yayoi, who was renowned worldwide for her sculptures and paintings featuring colorful polka-dot motifs, has died.
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Dolly Parton's foundation has given away more than 270 million books to children.
Cc @lucympowell.bsky.social . Music is one of the Uk's great strengths - economically, culturally, socially. But we need the next generation that understands how it works - we must reverse this trend once and for all.
ISM@ism-music.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW: ISM analysis of GCSE music shows that entries fell by 1.5% since 2025 across the UK after two years of increased entries. In England alone, entries have fallen 1.6% since 2025 and 27% since the EBacc was introduced in 2010. Read our analysis and reaction in full: www.ism.org/news/gcse-mu...
Uffe Elbaek, former leader of Denmark's "The Alternative" party with his trademark "Empati" (empathy) top.
Radio 3 succinctly deals with Farage's lie about police advice.
Listening to the paraorchestra's Prom of Steve Reich's Music for 18 musicians. It turns out one of the key rhythmic ideas the piece is built on fits "rail replacement" perfectly.
Too late!
Network Rail@networkrail.bsky.social · last mo.⚠️ If you're travelling in the North West of England, there will be major disruption for the rest of the day due to power issues impacting signalling. ℹ️ Check with National Rail or your train operator: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ Some train operators have issued a 'do not travel' notice.
A watch frozen forever at 8:15am, the moment an atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima on Monday August 6th 1945. #Hiroshima #August6th #HiroshimaPeaceMemorialMuseum #広島 #HiroshimaDay
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
I wish the Conservatives were as alarmed as I am about them finishing *behind Restore* in the Greater Manchester byelection.
But we cannot possibly be satisfied with a turnout of 25.1% for an election which is explicitly about seeking a personal mandate for a specific job.
Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 2mo agoGreater Manchester Mayoral By-Election Result: 🌹 Craig | LAB: 47.2% ➡️ Astley | RFM: 21.0% 🌍 Coggins | GRN: 12.2% ◼️ West | RES: 8.7% 🌳 Eckersley | CON: 7.7% 🔶 Kilpatrick | LDM: 2.2% 🙋 Farmer | Ind: 0.6% 2nd Round: 🌹 Craig | LAB: 66.3% ➡️ Astley | RFM: 33.7% Labour HOLD.
Amnesty's new slogan: EXPECT RESISTANCE (for a bit)
Little bit of analysis live from the Mayoral by-election count - turnout of 25.1%, third lowest of any Mayoral election to date news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: Construction of China's 'super embassy' in London can go ahead after High Court challenge dismissed
Construction of a new Chinese super embassy in London can go ahead after a High Court challenge against the decision to grant planning permission was dismissed. Follow the latest.
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 30 July 1958. Singer-songwriter Kate Bush was born in Bexleyheath, Kent. She was 1st woman to have a self-composed UK No 1 hit with Wuthering Heights. Bush was born on the 140th anniversary of the birth of the author who inspired her song, Emily Brontë.
Manchesterford people, a reminder to take ID to vote if you are of an age where the idea still takes some getting used to.
Join me in Morecambe for a free workshop celebrating singing itself... This is leading up to Encounter Festival and part of County of Song's "Lean on Me" inclusive singing season. Info and booking - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1995904290...
I wrote a bid for this fund to help save an arts organisation at what was a very hard time. If this is indeed what has happened, I think everyone in the culture sector should be as frustrated as I am.
Joshi Herrmann@joshih.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew Sacha Lord reporting from @theipaper.com: “An ally of Andy Burnham shut down an events firm after it was told to repay £400,000 of taxpayers’ cash.” It reveals Primary Event Solutions was liquidated in February. So the public money is gone.
