Ian Salmon
@ianrsalmon.bsky.social
Playwright - Shake It Up Baby, The Derby-Days, Girls Don’t Play Guitars, Whatever Happened To Billy Kenny, The Comeback Special, A Brief Conversation About The Inevitability Of Love, Those Two Weeks.
Beautifully said.
New on Always Liverpool | Andy Robertson's moment, both beautiful and devastating, told us everything about how Liverpool's players are still coping with the loss of their dear Diogo. We haven't afforded them enough grace.
Ah, Robbo ❤️
A moment both beautiful and devastating told us everything about how Liverpool's players are still coping with the loss of their dear Diogo. We haven't afforded them enough grace.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Beautifully said.
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Derby Days – Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre
Not a football fan? Feel like maybe this show isn’t for you? Think again! ‘Derby Days’ at the Royal Court is one for all with its witty dialogue, engaging pace and strong cast. With only four cast members, the play relies on the excellent dynamic…
Not a football fan? Feel like maybe this show isn’t for you? Think again! ‘Derby Days’ at the Royal Court is one for all with its witty dialogue, engaging pace and strong cast. With only four cast members, the play relies on the excellent dynamic…
Derby Days – Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre
Not a football fan? Feel like maybe this show isn’t for you? Think again! ‘Derby Days’ at the Royal Court is one for all with its witty dialogue, engaging pace and strong cast. With only four cast members, the play relies on the excellent dynamic between them all, and they deliver as a fantastic foursome. The play follows married couple Dave Derby (Dominic Carter) and Debbie Day (Sarah White) who both support the ‘other side’.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Derby Days – Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre
Not a football fan? Feel like maybe this show isn’t for you? Think again! ‘Derby Days’ at the Royal Court is one for all with its witty dialogue, engaging pace and strong cast. With only four cast members, the play relies on the excellent dynamic…
Not a football fan? Feel like maybe this show isn’t for you? Think again! ‘Derby Days’ at the Royal Court is one for all with its witty dialogue, engaging pace and strong cast. With only four cast members, the play relies on the excellent dynamic…
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This needs amplifying much more.
Full thanks to Ian Byrne MP for standing with the families from the #HJC days when he was just a lad on the kop
Put his political career at risk by calling Labour out over this they even tried to deselect him
Put his political career at risk by calling Labour out over this they even tried to deselect him
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This needs amplifying much more.
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Invest in drama for young people. Drama in schools. It isn’t about making ‘stars’. It’s about widening horizons. Human empathy and understanding. A bigger world. It saved my life. It should be there for everyone.
Owen Cooper won the #Emmy award for best supporting actor in a limited series for "Adolescence." At 15, he is the youngest winner in the category in over 40 years.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Invest in drama for young people. Drama in schools. It isn’t about making ‘stars’. It’s about widening horizons. Human empathy and understanding. A bigger world. It saved my life. It should be there for everyone.
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Green leader Zack Polanski calls for Farage’s resignation over tax, on BBC Any Questions:
"Farage has changed his personal business to make sure he could avoid tax for his appearances on GBNews. That’s perfectly legal, but is that in the Nolan Principles? Absolutely not. [He should] step down too.”
"Farage has changed his personal business to make sure he could avoid tax for his appearances on GBNews. That’s perfectly legal, but is that in the Nolan Principles? Absolutely not. [He should] step down too.”
September 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Green leader Zack Polanski calls for Farage’s resignation over tax, on BBC Any Questions:
"Farage has changed his personal business to make sure he could avoid tax for his appearances on GBNews. That’s perfectly legal, but is that in the Nolan Principles? Absolutely not. [He should] step down too.”
"Farage has changed his personal business to make sure he could avoid tax for his appearances on GBNews. That’s perfectly legal, but is that in the Nolan Principles? Absolutely not. [He should] step down too.”
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Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.
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Dear government.
Many of us are not racist.
Can you represent us?
Cheers.
A citizen
Many of us are not racist.
Can you represent us?
Cheers.
A citizen
August 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Dear government.
Many of us are not racist.
Can you represent us?
Cheers.
A citizen
Many of us are not racist.
Can you represent us?
Cheers.
A citizen
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Let’s clear up some facts. There is no such thing as an “illegal immigrant”. The UK DOES NOT grant asylum visas overseas, except for very limited schemes (except large schemes for Ukraine and Hong Kong).Refugees can only claim for asylum when in the UK. So their fate can only be decided, once here.
August 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Let’s clear up some facts. There is no such thing as an “illegal immigrant”. The UK DOES NOT grant asylum visas overseas, except for very limited schemes (except large schemes for Ukraine and Hong Kong).Refugees can only claim for asylum when in the UK. So their fate can only be decided, once here.
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The Endo rating: chef’s kiss
August 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Endo rating: chef’s kiss
It’s always an absolute pleasure to talk to Martin, this time was particularly enjoyable
Had a great hour talking about two of my favourite people - Alan Hansen, and me. 😉
Had a great hour talking about two of my favourite people - Alan Hansen, and me. 😉
This week I spoke to the playwright and comic book aficionado @ianrsalmon.bsky.social about his love for Alan Hansen
Available on @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social - for subscribers
Available on @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social - for subscribers
August 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It’s always an absolute pleasure to talk to Martin, this time was particularly enjoyable
Had a great hour talking about two of my favourite people - Alan Hansen, and me. 😉
Had a great hour talking about two of my favourite people - Alan Hansen, and me. 😉
Just been talking to the theatre about ticket sales; the phrase ‘flying out’ was used.
Act quickly:
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Act quickly:
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August 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just been talking to the theatre about ticket sales; the phrase ‘flying out’ was used.
Act quickly:
purchase.epsteintheatre.com/EventAvailab...
Act quickly:
purchase.epsteintheatre.com/EventAvailab...
Brilliant, and simple, from Gordon Brown.
As the Chancellor casts around for ways to plug the fiscal hole, former PM Gordon Brown writes in the Guardian that she should raise gambling taxes to raise £3bn to end child poverty. [Thread]
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The gambling industry is a licence to print money. Tax it properly – and turbocharge the fight against child poverty | Gordon Brown
New thinking is urgent now. I have not seen such deep poverty since I grew up in a mining and textiles town blighted by unemployment, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
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August 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Brilliant, and simple, from Gordon Brown.
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This is a beauty, snooze and you will deffo loose!
Attention all Shipping! First time on vinyl for my hallucinatory spoken-word (and music) album of 2005. 140-copies only!
Pre-sale next Friday -8th August at 6pm from the wonderful AV8 Records Ltd. X @av8records.bsky.social av8recordsltd.co.uk
Pre-sale next Friday -8th August at 6pm from the wonderful AV8 Records Ltd. X @av8records.bsky.social av8recordsltd.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is a beauty, snooze and you will deffo loose!
So, very quietly, the IOPC add to their original report and basically confirm the existence of the cover up.
For late/overseas types
Latest update to the IOPC report over Hillsborough finds Bettison guilty of gross misconduct and throws dead SYP chief constable under a bus. Another reason why we need a duty of candour
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August 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
So, very quietly, the IOPC add to their original report and basically confirm the existence of the cover up.
Honest to god. Genuinely no words.
BREAKING: Former Sun editor announced as UK government’s new communications chief
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Former Sun editor announced as UK government’s new communications chief
The appointment of David Dinsmore, who has served at the top of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK for years, has drawn consternation
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July 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Honest to god. Genuinely no words.
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Another call
Part 15 of Good Guys Lost. It’s 1985, Thatcher is squeezing the city. Billy’s making money but getting more political. Scroll down to find a song dedicated to Keith Joseph, who died this week. Dance on his grave to it tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/liverpool-...
'Liverpool Understood It Was Screwed. Its Reaction Was To Dance Harder, Celebrate Wildly And Ignore Tomorrow'
Thatcher piles on pressure in 1985 after the Miners' defeat. Billy is a local star with a covers band. Part 15 of Good Guys Lost contains a song for you to play while dancing on Keith Joseph's grave
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July 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Another call
Thanks to the lovely people at Violette I got a stream of this album yesterday.
It’s magnificent.
Elegant and subtle and spacious and kaleidoscopic, it’s possibly their best album yet, it definitely contains at least two of the best songs they’ve written:
www.violetterecords.com/store/p/prof...
It’s magnificent.
Elegant and subtle and spacious and kaleidoscopic, it’s possibly their best album yet, it definitely contains at least two of the best songs they’ve written:
www.violetterecords.com/store/p/prof...
Professor Yaffle - Everyone Wants to Dream — Violette Records
This collaboration between Professor Yaffle and Violette Records has been years in the making. We've been circling each other, sharing late conversations that seemed to lead nowhere and everywhere all...
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July 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thanks to the lovely people at Violette I got a stream of this album yesterday.
It’s magnificent.
Elegant and subtle and spacious and kaleidoscopic, it’s possibly their best album yet, it definitely contains at least two of the best songs they’ve written:
www.violetterecords.com/store/p/prof...
It’s magnificent.
Elegant and subtle and spacious and kaleidoscopic, it’s possibly their best album yet, it definitely contains at least two of the best songs they’ve written:
www.violetterecords.com/store/p/prof...
In 1960 five lads got in a van and headed to Germany to play rock’n’roll in small clubs.
And the entire world changed.
In September at the iconic Epstein theatre we’re telling the story of the Beatles’ Hamburg Era in the premiere of a brand new musical:
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And the entire world changed.
In September at the iconic Epstein theatre we’re telling the story of the Beatles’ Hamburg Era in the premiere of a brand new musical:
www.artscityliverpool.com/single-post/...
Beatles musical world premiere at Epstein Theatre this autumn
A new musical inspired by the Beatles’ formative years in Hamburg is set to receive its world premiere in Liverpool this autumn, Arts City Liverpool can exclusively reveal today.Shake It Up Baby, writ...
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June 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In 1960 five lads got in a van and headed to Germany to play rock’n’roll in small clubs.
And the entire world changed.
In September at the iconic Epstein theatre we’re telling the story of the Beatles’ Hamburg Era in the premiere of a brand new musical:
www.artscityliverpool.com/single-post/...
And the entire world changed.
In September at the iconic Epstein theatre we’re telling the story of the Beatles’ Hamburg Era in the premiere of a brand new musical:
www.artscityliverpool.com/single-post/...
Great question.
So many - every Western ever, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy
But also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Matter Of Life and Death
And one of his favourites, the brilliant Rififi
So many - every Western ever, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy
But also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Matter Of Life and Death
And one of his favourites, the brilliant Rififi
June 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Great question.
So many - every Western ever, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy
But also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Matter Of Life and Death
And one of his favourites, the brilliant Rififi
So many - every Western ever, The Searchers, Liberty Valance, Butch Cassidy
But also It’s A Wonderful Life, A Matter Of Life and Death
And one of his favourites, the brilliant Rififi
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Submissions for #DoveCry #AntiWarPoetry open May 2026.
This is not theoretical. It’s not academic. It’s the final #Slimline & it intends to publish war poetry from those who were there.
Families, survivors, ex-service voices. Real stories. Real stakes.
shorturl.at/rw1P5
This is not theoretical. It’s not academic. It’s the final #Slimline & it intends to publish war poetry from those who were there.
Families, survivors, ex-service voices. Real stories. Real stakes.
shorturl.at/rw1P5
Call for Submissions: Poetry That Crushes Silence and Breaks Systems - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout May 2026 | Publication Later That Year
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June 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Submissions for #DoveCry #AntiWarPoetry open May 2026.
This is not theoretical. It’s not academic. It’s the final #Slimline & it intends to publish war poetry from those who were there.
Families, survivors, ex-service voices. Real stories. Real stakes.
shorturl.at/rw1P5
This is not theoretical. It’s not academic. It’s the final #Slimline & it intends to publish war poetry from those who were there.
Families, survivors, ex-service voices. Real stories. Real stakes.
shorturl.at/rw1P5