1963, Kent by the seaside, by the sea. A founding member of The Lana Sisters was Mary O'Brien, later Dusty Springfield, but she had left by then
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Music, culture, history, Spurs & other stuff I like. Socialist & Green politics 🇵🇹
In China, robots which are also solar panels, clean the other solar panels. Original post
Post an underrated thriller! Fracture (2007)
𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕@2ndaryprotocol.bsky.social · 17h agoPost an underrated thriller! ‘Jagged Edge’ (1985) 🖤
Norway's Football Federation has donated the entire ticket profit from FIFA World Cup against Israel to humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza, saying it could not remain silent in the face of civilian suffering. the total donation 4.5 million Norwegian kroner, going to Doctors Without Borders
WHAT A PLAYER. The Best l Have Seen In A Spurs Shirt. Left Foot. Right Foot. Artistry. Assists. Balance. Control. Dead Balls. Elegance. Eye of The Needle Passes. Free Kicks. Goals. Grace. Killer Balls. Passing. Play Maker. Set Plays. Shooting. Skill. Touch. Vision. THE ONE & ONLY GLENN HODDLE
"She made music jump into 3D": Wendy Carlos, the reclusive synth genius www.theguardian.com/music/2020/n...
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Tour de France - Drinking Raids - When the riders used to stop at cafes and take what they wanted.
YouTube video by Purple Goose
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Even more bizarre than that calendar shot of him standing in the sea in a suit with a champagne glass.
Car Boot Vinyl Diaries@vinylcarbooty.bsky.social · yesterdayHere it is, the piss-de-resistance of Cliff's 2026 calendar. Absolutely marvellous.
Happy May bank hol from Cliff. Wait. Is he... in the toilet?
I’m starting a writer’s retreat in the vandalised phone box down the road.
8/4/67: Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde w/Beatty, Dunaway, Hackman Bitterly divided critics... & heralded arrival of the New Hollywood Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/124 More @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/culture/arti... @jasondashbailey.com: www.flavorwire.com/609140/bonni...
‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ Pauline Kael, and the Essay That Changed Film Criticism
Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Bonnie and Clyde, a nice round number of a milestone that will presumably be commemorated by retrospectives and analyses of the film – and for good ...
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The Amazon still holds well over 100 billion tonnes of carbon in its biomass and soils. Even with recent reductions in clear-cut deforestation in parts of the region, fires, degradation, and agricultural expansion continue to threaten its ability to remain a reliable sink.
French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 3d agoAnd why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?
A new book explores the remarkable life of the late historian, teacher and activist Howard Zinn. He’s best known for writing A People’s History of the United States. For Zinn, says Zirin, “being an academic was always secondary to being in the streets and making history, not just studying history.”
New Book Chronicles Life of Howard Zinn, Historian Attacked by Donald Trump
For Zinn, says author Dave Zirin, “being an academic was always secondary to being in the streets and making history.”…
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Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election. Convictions for assaulting police officer, burglary of a police station, malicious communications, anti-semitism, racially aggravated harassment, harrasing MPs. Tories chasing Reform vote.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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An old legend, dating back to at least 1325, describes an island off the West coast of Ireland called Hy-Brasil. www.iflscience.com/hy-brasil-th...
And here's the Version 2... youtu.be/E84h_TvV4m4?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #upsetters
Max Romeo wrote this protest song to the melody of the old calypso song Stone Cold Dead In The Market. It was produced by Lee Perry who also makes a brief appearance in the intro... youtu.be/y5Ubi_KgT4U?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky #leeperry
Book 19 / 2026 Caroline Fraser - Murderland I finished this absolutely brilliant book in three days, partly because it’s so well-written, but also because what it has to tell us is so repellent, it felt like reading it at speed might avoid leaving a stain on my soul.
New on That '70s Movie Podcast - Dirty Harry! The first 2/3 of this movie is a tight, provocative policier with solid suspense and stunning night-for-night shooting . . . which then utterly loses its mind No wonder Nixon loved it open.spotify.com/episode/6lPr... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
6/2/1961, Cafe Wha?, MacDougal St, NYC. Bob Dylan, Karen Dalton & Fred Neil join forces. I wonder what they were performing?
‘A gentle poetry in the everyday’: why The Straight Story is my feelgood movie
‘A gentle poetry in the everyday’: why The Straight Story is my feelgood movie
The latest in our ongoing series of writers picking their most beloved comfort films is a tribute to David Lynch’s gentlest movie
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Some Summer vibes with Joan Crawford at Monte's beach house in #FilmNoir MILDRED PIERCE (1945)
