DJ Francois

@djfrancois.bsky.social

IT gnome, techno DJ, occasional flaneur, ageing raver

Roughly a month to the next MindFuzz so time to announce our guest DJ from the Birmingham Psych Night. Saw him DJ at Lr Beat Bespoke and can guarantee some floor filling psych bangers. Thomas House basement on 12th September.

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Nothing says fancy like a pineapple! This is a detail from the 16th century binding of 'Liber trium virorum', printed in Paris in 1513. The book is from the library of Henry VIII and has been on our shelves since 1707.

Detail from a binding showing a gold roll in the centre on medium brown leather. The roll includes a pineapple motif among leaves.

This Clacton resident has some bad news folks: "my mate saw them get out of their boats....walk across the beach...into town...straight into the benefits office and after that, they then registered to vote. They all had 'vote binface' badges on."

BBC question time audience member, when the show was in clacton, who famously claimed to have a mate who saw asylum seekers get out of their boat on the beach and walk straight into town and into the benefits office.