Paul
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A politician – the Prime Minister, no less – talking about failure, self-worth, human vulnerability, and poetry? We shall wait and see what Andy Burnham does in office, but this *more human* approach is what politics really needs. It's not just a language to be used; it's a lens to look through.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Imposter Syndrome, Failed Leadership Bids and Finding Hope
YouTube video by How To Fail with Elizabeth Day
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Nick Cave at Brighton. A simply magical evening. Very moving at times,uplifting. He had thousands of people rapt. Never fails. My first time in Brighton, only had a couple of days but enjoyed the city a lot.
Had a few days in Glasgow watching commonwealth games. Boxing, netball, swimming, athletics amongst the sports i attended. Enjoyed it. Actually nice to be somewhere cooler and with a bit of rain!
Some pics from The Beta Band at boilershop newcastle on Thursday.
Some pics from Kraftwerk at the stockton globe. Wonderful stuff.
A couple of pics of The Lemon Twigs at a sweltering Boilershop newcastle last night.
Crappy pics of a very good gig. The Twilight Sad at Boilershop newcastle.
Hooray, our World Cup 2026 Wall Chart is FINISHED 🥳 It's our biggest wall chart ever, an A1-sized shambles sullied by SIXTY wonky doodles. Dunno if competitions fly on Bluesky, but if you share this we'll send a couple of freebies out to some (un)lucky RTers x 🛒 noscoredraws.com/products/wor...
World Cup 2026 Wall Chart - No Score Draws A1 WC2026 Poster Print - Ex
Our biggest ever wonky World Cup Wall Chart for the biggest ever World Cup! Yes it's the 2026 World Cup, so to keep track of all the ins and outs, the kick-of times, scores and tables, here's a HUGE A...
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Gig night. House of All at the Grove newcastle. The venue gets an extra thumbs up as I'm currently watching the snooker on a big screen.
Some pics from LYR at Glasshouse 2 gateshead. Enjoyed that a lot. A musical and lyrical joy.
Gorillaz at Leeds arena last night. A very special gig. Particularly enjoyed thousands of people singing along to Mark E Smith. A great night.
While this Labour government has had plenty of disappointing moments, this really is huge. Campaigners and experts have always told me this is the quickest and most effective way to immediately reduce child poverty. It took too long to get here but this is big.
Two-child limit scrapped as historic Bill to lift 450,000 children out of poverty becomes law
Historic legislation to end the two-child limit has become law, putting 450,000 children on a pathway out of poverty in the final year of this Parliament.
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Some pics from Franz Ferdinand show at Newcastle City hall last night. Great tunes and great front man. A lively and enjoyable night.
Some pics from another epic show from mogwai, this time at the glasshouse gateshead.
Some pics from Maximo Park at Newcastle City Hall last night. Seen Maximo countless times but this 20th anniversary show was up there with the best I've seen. A real raucous crowd. Enjoyed it a lot.
Art Brut. Been a long time since I've seen these. On good form supporting Maximo Park tonight.
A few pics of the end of Stealing sheep at the cluny2 newcastle. This was one of the most fun inventive shows I've seen in a long time. They creatively used the tiny stage and the costume changes were clever and fun.
Gig number 2 of the year tonight. Stealing Sheep at the cluny newcastle. It's been a while, I last saw Stealing sheep supporting villagers way back in 2013.
Midlake at fire station Sunderland. Enjoyed that. A good start to the gigging year. Here's some pics.
Finally time for the first gig of 2026. Off to Fire Station in Sunderland to see Midlake.