Jo Nightingale
@musicandmuseums.bsky.social
South-Mancunian in South London, guide at John Soane's Museum, former PR, copy-writer and Gothic MA. Expect music, architecture, history, place, old tat, art, screen and my cats. Left and proud.
In which the gang display super-human survival skills: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002p1zl
Bod
It's Christmas time, and Bod has a present to deliver to Aunt Flo. When heavy snow threatens to prevent the delivery, a special person lends a hand. Narrated by John Le Mesurier.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In which the gang display super-human survival skills: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002p1zl
By Doulton of Lambeth, though that's difficult to make out, but such an evocative address and typeface. Still contains (solidified) ink.
December 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
By Doulton of Lambeth, though that's difficult to make out, but such an evocative address and typeface. Still contains (solidified) ink.
Fake rabbit, real snake - Young Knives (who came to Bluesky and *have left*!) genuinely epitomising punk rock at the Scala last night.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Fake rabbit, real snake - Young Knives (who came to Bluesky and *have left*!) genuinely epitomising punk rock at the Scala last night.
I love doing playlists for our subscribers. My Tubeway Army/Numan Deep Cuts 78-80 playlist added to the Telekon review just now.
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Reissue of the Week: Gary Numan's Telekon | The Quietus
Toby Manning gets to grips with Gary Numan's often overlooked second album Telekon, and its smart man/machine reversal.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New goths on the block alert! Love it.
New band Of The Day : Mouth Ulcers
'teenage goths from the haunted suburbs with ‘music for vampires to dance to are the breakout young band of the moment...' louderthanwar.com/mouth-ulcers... via @louderthanwar
'teenage goths from the haunted suburbs with ‘music for vampires to dance to are the breakout young band of the moment...' louderthanwar.com/mouth-ulcers... via @louderthanwar
New band Of The Day : Mouth Ulcers : 'teenage goths from the haunted suburbs!'
Mouth Ulcers 'young goth band deal a music for vampires to dance to'
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December 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
New goths on the block alert! Love it.
New claymation video, though I found myself with my eyes closed: youtu.be/P0d_P11B6Tg
George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) [Official Video]
YouTube video by George Harrison
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December 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New claymation video, though I found myself with my eyes closed: youtu.be/P0d_P11B6Tg
From @prospectunion.bsky.social, a summary of the new Employment Rights Act, passed yesterday:
December 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
From @prospectunion.bsky.social, a summary of the new Employment Rights Act, passed yesterday:
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December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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I don't seem to see much news on here and have only just heard about Rob Reiner and his wife's murder - incomprehensible. May they rest in peace. It goes without saying that the guy made some absolutely classic films, which have become cultural reference points for multiple generations.
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I don't seem to see much news on here and have only just heard about Rob Reiner and his wife's murder - incomprehensible. May they rest in peace. It goes without saying that the guy made some absolutely classic films, which have become cultural reference points for multiple generations.
Enjoyed this like it was our last gig before Christmas, which it turns out it wasn't, but the Charlies will do that to you anyway. And they somehow achieved fantastic sound at the Roundhouse - even from side-on.
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Enjoyed this like it was our last gig before Christmas, which it turns out it wasn't, but the Charlies will do that to you anyway. And they somehow achieved fantastic sound at the Roundhouse - even from side-on.
My favourite solo Lennon song since I was a kid. Rest in peace, as ever.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
My favourite solo Lennon song since I was a kid. Rest in peace, as ever.
This is the unforgettable one, for me - I bought the book, and took myself there. RIP.
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is the unforgettable one, for me - I bought the book, and took myself there. RIP.
@andrewfurlow.bsky.social @drkerryandrew.bsky.social Hello both, hope you're well, thought I'd wish you a happy festive season from these two. They'll be 3, early next year! We adore them.
December 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
@andrewfurlow.bsky.social @drkerryandrew.bsky.social Hello both, hope you're well, thought I'd wish you a happy festive season from these two. They'll be 3, early next year! We adore them.
Is this how we measure people, anyway? High-earners are not better citizens than low-earners, and entrepreneurs are often considerably worse.
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
This is so disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Is this how we measure people, anyway? High-earners are not better citizens than low-earners, and entrepreneurs are often considerably worse.
I don't understand this year's Aldi advert.
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I don't understand this year's Aldi advert.
@teatles.bsky.social Has there been any discussion about the spongeware mugs the boys are using at George's house in episode 9? Can report that they were big in the very late 80s and, aged 16, I bought myself this one from BHS which I've never stopped using. They're by Winton and decorated by hand.
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
@teatles.bsky.social Has there been any discussion about the spongeware mugs the boys are using at George's house in episode 9? Can report that they were big in the very late 80s and, aged 16, I bought myself this one from BHS which I've never stopped using. They're by Winton and decorated by hand.
Hope I never get used to the fact that my life includes this:
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hope I never get used to the fact that my life includes this:
Reposted by Jo Nightingale
From @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social :
Get ready...
Monday 8th December 👀 #TeenageCancerGigs at the @RoyalAlbertHall are back with a new line-up, handpicked by our legendary 2026 cure-ator @robert.thecure.com – in association with @aldiuk⚡️
Get ready...
Monday 8th December 👀 #TeenageCancerGigs at the @RoyalAlbertHall are back with a new line-up, handpicked by our legendary 2026 cure-ator @robert.thecure.com – in association with @aldiuk⚡️
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social :
Get ready...
Monday 8th December 👀 #TeenageCancerGigs at the @RoyalAlbertHall are back with a new line-up, handpicked by our legendary 2026 cure-ator @robert.thecure.com – in association with @aldiuk⚡️
Get ready...
Monday 8th December 👀 #TeenageCancerGigs at the @RoyalAlbertHall are back with a new line-up, handpicked by our legendary 2026 cure-ator @robert.thecure.com – in association with @aldiuk⚡️
#Ceramics post, as I'm in Stoke again and have been raiding the amazing fundraising shop at Spode. It's like being in a museum where you can handle and buy the objects: all potteries, many eras but LOADS that's 200 years old @ £5-£35. spodemuseumtrust.org/visit/gift-s... Far more than the eBay shop.
Spode Museum Shop - Spode Museum Trust
The Spode Museum Shop offers a range of Antique, Vintage and modern Spode and Copeland ceramics together with high quality art prints.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#Ceramics post, as I'm in Stoke again and have been raiding the amazing fundraising shop at Spode. It's like being in a museum where you can handle and buy the objects: all potteries, many eras but LOADS that's 200 years old @ £5-£35. spodemuseumtrust.org/visit/gift-s... Far more than the eBay shop.
We couldn't think why we'd booked the dreaded journey to Hackney for a Monday night in December, but then we'd gnot seen Gnod for a long time and all soon became clear. What a great show - if only it'd been twice the length.
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We couldn't think why we'd booked the dreaded journey to Hackney for a Monday night in December, but then we'd gnot seen Gnod for a long time and all soon became clear. What a great show - if only it'd been twice the length.
Reposted by Jo Nightingale
After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!
(Badly-photographed) window displays after my own heart, at the Tom Paine Printing Press in Lewes on Monday. Revival lustreware and letterpress prints, punctuated with probably-Victorian Staffordshire! I have one of Sussex Lustre's mugs featuring a Nightingale, so it was lovely to see their display.
November 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
(Badly-photographed) window displays after my own heart, at the Tom Paine Printing Press in Lewes on Monday. Revival lustreware and letterpress prints, punctuated with probably-Victorian Staffordshire! I have one of Sussex Lustre's mugs featuring a Nightingale, so it was lovely to see their display.
Reposted by Jo Nightingale
This week's theme was South London.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Take a look over the timeline for full details of these and the rest of the featured artists.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Take a look over the timeline for full details of these and the rest of the featured artists.
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This week's theme was South London.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Take a look over the timeline for full details of these and the rest of the featured artists.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Take a look over the timeline for full details of these and the rest of the featured artists.
Wow - I did not know he painted Wandsworth.
'Wandsworth by Moonlight' by John Atkinson Grimshaw
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Wow - I did not know he painted Wandsworth.
Loved watching George particularly on the new Anthology episode, he's so precise and considered in what he says. And has obviously spent very little time listening to the Beatles!
+++ Remembering - George Harrison - who died on this day, the 29th of November 2001. One of the four lads who shook the world. +++
#georgeharrison #thebeatles #otd
#georgeharrison #thebeatles #otd
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Loved watching George particularly on the new Anthology episode, he's so precise and considered in what he says. And has obviously spent very little time listening to the Beatles!