Geoff Shaw

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Mainly music, sometimes other stuff, very occasionally running #MDANT Music photos on IG @gsmusicphotos

Live Review: Chapterhouse // London 29.04.26 CHAPTERHOUSE marked the thirty fifth anniversary of the release of debut album ‘Whirlpool’ by coming off hiatus to play their first gigs since 2010. Featuring a special guest appearance from @rachelgoswell.bsky.social 📷 @gshawisme.bsky.social

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CHAPTERHOUSE marked the thirty fifth anniversary of the release of debut album ‘Whirlpool’ with series of dates around the UK. We checked in with the band in London.

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☠️MORTIFYING CHRISTMAS STORY TIME Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/

a man in a santa suit is standing in front of a store with a sign that says ' ao ' on it

ALT: a man in a santa suit is standing in front of a store with a sign that says ' ao ' on it

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Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin. Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill. Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?

How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-reform politicians pro-russian vibes.

We begin today with a content warning: this dispatch from history is not for the faint-hearted. However, if you wish, do please join me for the tale of the Sun King’s anal fistula and the three-hour operation performed on it without anaesthetic on this day in 1686... 🧵

Louis XIV in 1685, the year before his operation. Image shows a large man in huge long black wig and long blur robe trimmed with white fur and decorated with gold fleur-de-lis. He is clutching a sceptre in one hand and a laurel crown in the other, and one stockinged, gartered leg is sticking out of the robe