Ah man, this looks fabulous; a whole night of @paulheatonsolo.bsky.social. The opening of Hugh on the bike in London 0 Hull 4 is worth the ticket price alone.
Jamie
@mintcustard.bsky.social
Northerner down under, disability rights ally, public player of records, patter of dogs, dry roasted peanut aficionado, MoshFrocks™️, SAFC.
Since BBC Sounds was blocked we’ve had to wait a month in Australia to hear our Norm on Desert Island Discs so I’m delighted that it left such a warm and fuzzy feeling. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Norman Cook, DJ and musician
Norman Cook, DJ and musician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
Finally got my Mani home to Melbourne, framed and ready to hang. Such a beautiful tribute by @stuffbymark.bsky.social and for a great cause.
Day two of The Beatles Film Posters Volume 3 series - In My Life. I thought I’d post this one in celebration of this afternoon’s announcement around the new Rubber Soul boxset.
Reading Goodbye to Berlin (the book that inspired Cabaret) and slightly devastated to learn that Sally Bowles is just one character in one chapter right at the start. Next they’ll be saying that there’s no singing.
Liza Minnelli in Cabaret: Mein Herr
ALT: Liza Minnelli in Cabaret: Mein Herr
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Loving the Kylie documentary but feel robbed that we are already up to the hot pants after just 2 episodes. So many Kylie memories in the 1990s for those who stuck with her. I bloody loved Indie Kylie, no matter how much people talk her down now. Some Kind of Bliss is amongst her very best.
Kylie Minogue Did It Again
Alt: Kylie Minogue from the Did It Again video
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True. Gen X Australians have a surprisingly deep connection with the Goodies in a way I didn’t understand until I moved here. My wife and her friends can recite entire episodes in the same way Brits do with Blackadder and Python. We went to a Goodies reunion in Sydney in 2005 and it was wild.
Squirrel Comedy@squirrelcomedy.bsky.social · last wk.The UK never repeated The Goodies like the ABC here did. It was so awesome to see them come here and be treated like the rock stars they were. 40 yr old women going gaga over them. Including me. I adored Bill, including the whole birding thing. Met him twice. He let me kiss his cheek & was so sweet.
How they did emergency alerts in Australia before mobile phones
And this is why disabled and older people in England are currently forced to sit in their own urine because they can’t get to the toilet.
Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85
Coming to fame in The Goodies, Oddie was later known for his wildlife expertise and presented BBC Springwatch
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It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
This whole ‘Indie Forever’ thing on 6 Music feels like when they used to tell kids that the ageing pet dog had gone to live on a farm.
I made some new cards. A6 £10 each, includes an envelope and p&p. Shout if you want one.
Friday briefing: How disabled creators are challenging an ableist world - with @francesryan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Friday briefing: How disabled creators are challenging an ableist world
In today’s newsletter: Amid protests, policy battles and rising hostility, disabled designers and artists show how pleasure, creativity and visibility defy stigma
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‘The captain told me to wear a nappy on board’ – why is air travel so humiliating for disabled passengers?
From being abused by staff and other travellers to being denied access to toilets, flying is an increasingly distressing and frustrating experience for many wheelchair users. Here, they share their st...
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They should include the Beatles Red and Blue albums as a given on Desert Island Discs along with The Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare.
They should include the Beatles Red and Blue albums as a given on Desert Island Discs along with The Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare.
Crying laughing at Sam Campbell as Clock Man on Guy Montgomery’s Spelling Bee. Genuinely unhinged.
I’m not saying this match has gone on for a long time, but Matt Damon is home by now
I meant the Argentina football team, not Gary, Mark and Howard. bsky.app/profile/glen...
Glennyrodge@glennyrodge.bsky.social · 2w agoTake that, you racist fucks
Brenda Fricker, First Irish Actress to Win an Oscar, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/m... Great in everything I’ve seen her in but do yourself a favor & watch her monologue in the series HOLDING There’s no way for me to overstate how good it is It’s simply a perfect performance &heartbreaking
Brenda Fricker, First Irish Actress to Win an Oscar, Dies at 81 (Gift Article)
She won for playing a stoic mother in “My Left Foot” and achieved cult status as a pigeon whisperer in Central Park in “Home Alone 2.”
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Watch how quickly English racists turn on the man from Germany in the absence of a specific player to blame.