Lort Burn Specials
@lortburnspecials.bsky.social
Newcastle's occasional night of books, politics and culture digging countercultural modernism from its grave and watching it punch a police horse in the face outside St James' Park on Insta as @lortburnspecials, on the fash site as @LortBurns
Lort Burn Specials #4 was lush! Many thanks to our speakers @kojokoram.bsky.social, Sam Telford, Malya, @yararf.bsky.social, 7assasiyeh for the tunes and everyone at The Old Coal Yard for being extremely sound x Keep yr glazzies peeled for LORT BURN SPECIALS #5
I'm still absolutely buzzing after last night. Maybe the best @lortburnspecials.bsky.social event we've put on.
This is happening THIS THURSDAY! I'm hosting, and it's FREE. You need to book your ticket beforehand, though! 🎫 www.eventbrite.com/e/lort-burn-...
Lort Burn Specials: Kojo Koram + support
Newcastle's greatest radical culture night returns with Kojo Koram, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Malya Bhattacharya, Sam Telford and more
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Lort Burn Specials@lortburnspecials.bsky.social · 2mo agoLORT BURN SPECIALS #4 KOJO KORAM talks THE NEXT FIX plus readings from YARA RODRIGUES FOWLER, MALYA BHATTACHARYA @Malya_B and SAM TELFORD tunes from 7ASASSIYEH 27th AUG, OLD COAL YARD, OUSEBURN www.eventbrite.com/e/lort-burn-...
Here at LORT BURN SPECIALS we know that culture means nothing unless it comes with a load of tacky branded merchandise. That's why, at next week's LORT BURN #4, we'll be selling these delightful and stylish posters for only £4 a pop, and also distributing these natty little postcards for free!
The culture night I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social is back this month. We have @kojokoram.bsky.social coming to Newcastle and it's absolutely FREE to attend (but you need to pre-book a ticket!). Book below... 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/lort-burn-...
LORT BURN SPECIALS #4 KOJO KORAM talks THE NEXT FIX plus readings from YARA RODRIGUES FOWLER, MALYA BHATTACHARYA @Malya_B and SAM TELFORD tunes from 7ASASSIYEH 27th AUG, OLD COAL YARD, OUSEBURN www.eventbrite.com/e/lort-burn-...
Also providing your cultural fix will be novelist @yararf.bsky.social and artist and writer Malya Bhattacharya, poet Sam Telford and music from 7asassiyeh. It's always a blast!
Lort Burn Specials: Kojo Koram + support Date: 27 aug • 19:00 www.eventbrite.com/e/lort-burn-...
Lort Burn Specials: Kojo Koram + support
Newcastle's greatest radical culture night returns with Kojo Koram, Yara Rodrigues Fowler, Malya Bhattacharya, Sam Telford and more
eventbrite.com
NE folks - come to @lortburnspecials.bsky.social on 27th August with the amazing @kojokoram.bsky.social talking about his new book 'The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs' published by @versobooks.bsky.social as well as other cultural nourishment and good craic. Link below
A very happy Christmas from LORT BURN SPECIALS
Correct your maps: Newcastle is Mitteleuropa LORT BURN SPECIALS: 3 happened and it was great keep yr eyes peeled for LORT BURN SPECIALS: 4
This is one week today. Tickets have been quickly going without us really pushing it. If you want to come, don't hesitate! Tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...
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Lort Burn Specials@lortburnspecials.bsky.social · last yr.LORT BURN SPECIALS: 3 Featuring OWEN HATHERLEY, ANDREW HANKINSON, KATE LISTON and music from BEN LOWES-SMITH SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 7PM @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social MAKE NEWCASTLE MITTELEUROPA AGAIN
Lort Burn Specials understands that man knoweth no greater love than his passion for graphic design
LORT BURN SPECIALS: 3 Featuring OWEN HATHERLEY, ANDREW HANKINSON, KATE LISTON and music from BEN LOWES-SMITH SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 7PM @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social MAKE NEWCASTLE MITTELEUROPA AGAIN
At the recent @lortburnspecials.bsky.social sessions, when asked about Railway 200, @garethdennis.uk emphasised the importance of telling the true story of the railways. Thinking about this re Newcastle, the important story our city fails to tell is that of Robert Stephenson.
Kieran - North East Heritage Library@neheritagelib.bsky.social · last yr.I knew this would be the highlight of the whole work, and I’ve been keeping my fingers crossed for good weather. The weather is shite, but I got the drone out anyway. Built in the 1830s by Robert Stephenson, Hownsgill Viaduct is the focal point of this stunning shot from 1858
this was great, more cultural events with very good content but also an explicit call to hang out, please
Lort Burn Specials@lortburnspecials.bsky.social · last yr.What a night! Thanks to all who came down and made it so special. And thanks to @garethdennis.uk, Jake Trelease, Lyndsey Ayre and Yara Rodrigues Fowler!
The Salt Path (post-credits scene): *Moth & Raynor Winn enter their home to find Hannah Ingram-Moore & Johann Hari waiting for them* Hari: "I'm putting together a team."
Good reports from members about this. @garethdennis.uk began by reading from his book about “gadgetbahn” (i.e. a technological solution to a transport problem that won’t work but will block investment in stuff like trains & cycling that do work) - it’s a very useful piece of transport jargon.
Lort Burn Specials@lortburnspecials.bsky.social · last yr.TOMORROW NEWCASTLE WILL BE TRAINS AGAIN Lort Burn Specials Alphabetti Theatre 7pm @garethdennis.uk in conversation Readings from @yararf.bsky.social, Lyndsey Ayre, @jaketrelease.bsky.social Music from Lucy Valentine www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...
Had an absolutely class time at this. Hopefully there'll be many more to come.
Lort Burn Specials@lortburnspecials.bsky.social · last yr.What a night! Thanks to all who came down and made it so special. And thanks to @garethdennis.uk, Jake Trelease, Lyndsey Ayre and Yara Rodrigues Fowler!
This was a great evening, funny, engaging, with lots of tales of trains and other modes of transport, and just the right amount politics.
Lort Burn Specials@lortburnspecials.bsky.social · last yr.What a night! Thanks to all who came down and made it so special. And thanks to @garethdennis.uk, Jake Trelease, Lyndsey Ayre and Yara Rodrigues Fowler!
Great night at Alphabetti Theatre, with a hilarious Metro story by @jaketrelease.bsky.social & talk+Q&A with @garethdennis.uk Takeaway thought: The Northumberland Line’s seen 5x the no. of journeys originally anticipated. Imagine if it’d had 5x the budget. Double track? Electrified? Nicer stations?
What a night! Thanks to all who came down and made it so special. And thanks to @garethdennis.uk, Jake Trelease, Lyndsey Ayre and Yara Rodrigues Fowler!
This was dead good. More of this please!
Lort Burn Specials@lortburnspecials.bsky.social · last yr.TOMORROW NEWCASTLE WILL BE TRAINS AGAIN Lort Burn Specials Alphabetti Theatre 7pm @garethdennis.uk in conversation Readings from @yararf.bsky.social, Lyndsey Ayre, @jaketrelease.bsky.social Music from Lucy Valentine www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...
this is the kind of hard-hitting, forensic questioning you just don't get from the BBC these days but you can still get it at LORT BURN SPECIALS www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...
Lort Burn Specials with Gareth Dennis | Alphabetti
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Leigh Jones@leighsus.bsky.social · last yr.Finishing my notes for tonight where I'll be asking @garethdennis.bsky.social very important questions about trains.
