Robin Turner
@robinturner.bsky.social
Wrote books about The Chemical Brothers and Heavenly Recordings, does PR for some of rock and / or roll's finest, part owns The Social. Now writing weekly newsletters about life with and after a brain tumour: https://acloudablossom.substack.com/
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The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social out now: Smiths, Stones, Floyd, CMAT, Van, Jarvis, Hüsker Dü & Sugar, Dion, Mulatu Astatke, Manics, Sly, Nick Drake, Ten Years After, D'Angelo, SLF, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Snocaps, Horsegirl, Jacob Alon, Steven Wilson, Chris Dreja & - don't worry! - a bit of Weller
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social out now: Smiths, Stones, Floyd, CMAT, Van, Jarvis, Hüsker Dü & Sugar, Dion, Mulatu Astatke, Manics, Sly, Nick Drake, Ten Years After, D'Angelo, SLF, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Snocaps, Horsegirl, Jacob Alon, Steven Wilson, Chris Dreja & - don't worry! - a bit of Weller
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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There are British Trump fans on Twitter openly begging him to sue the BBC so we the tax payer can hand him a few million.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There are British Trump fans on Twitter openly begging him to sue the BBC so we the tax payer can hand him a few million.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
I mean... what a fucking record.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I mean... what a fucking record.
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There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
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Just put my new riso printed festive cards on my shop. 2 new designs in pink, blue and green. 3 cards in each pack along with recycled envelopes.
petefowlershop.com/buy/pete-fow...
petefowlershop.com/buy/pete-fow...
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just put my new riso printed festive cards on my shop. 2 new designs in pink, blue and green. 3 cards in each pack along with recycled envelopes.
petefowlershop.com/buy/pete-fow...
petefowlershop.com/buy/pete-fow...
Wrote about brain fog - a common side effect of chemo treatment that ends up feeling like scrolling social media for hours with no end in sight. Written last week - today feels more optimistic thanks to Zohran Mamdani and his brilliant speech. Thanks for reading! open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...
No explosions, no crashes, no fights
Fog on the mind, perpetual scrolling, endless Sunday, boredom meets optimism
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November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Wrote about brain fog - a common side effect of chemo treatment that ends up feeling like scrolling social media for hours with no end in sight. Written last week - today feels more optimistic thanks to Zohran Mamdani and his brilliant speech. Thanks for reading! open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...
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This is a magnificent, stirring speech.
It's almost enough to get you hoping again!
youtu.be/kOQT_4A1eb8?...
It's almost enough to get you hoping again!
youtu.be/kOQT_4A1eb8?...
FULL SPEECH: Zohran Mamdani's victory speech following historic NYC mayoral win
YouTube video by ABC News
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November 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is a magnificent, stirring speech.
It's almost enough to get you hoping again!
youtu.be/kOQT_4A1eb8?...
It's almost enough to get you hoping again!
youtu.be/kOQT_4A1eb8?...
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
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The Brazilian singer-songwriter Lô Borges has passed away at 73
Lô Borges Dead At 73
Lô Borges, the Brazilian singer-songwriter who recorded the 1972 album Clube da Esquina with Milton Nascimento, has passed away. According to Mix Vale, Borges died today in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, whe...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Brazilian singer-songwriter Lô Borges has passed away at 73
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Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
Thought he was typing about the Welsh capital here
I see we have reached the Trump-butt-calling-states stage of federal shutdown.
November 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Thought he was typing about the Welsh capital here
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Home from break to this beauty of a T-shirt courtesy of Social London raising funds for @hopenothate.org.uk ✊
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Home from break to this beauty of a T-shirt courtesy of Social London raising funds for @hopenothate.org.uk ✊
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That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.
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You might want to check the headline @theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You might want to check the headline @theguardian.com
Loved working with Dave Ball in the 90s, such a laugh, such a brilliant bloke. Everyone's got their favourite musical memories from his brilliant back catalogue - mine's Floatation, in whatever mix you want to blast it out in. open.spotify.com/track/6xXJxY...
Floatation - Special Request Remix
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October 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Loved working with Dave Ball in the 90s, such a laugh, such a brilliant bloke. Everyone's got their favourite musical memories from his brilliant back catalogue - mine's Floatation, in whatever mix you want to blast it out in. open.spotify.com/track/6xXJxY...
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RIP Dave Ball. A true pioneer. Punk rock and Northern Soul on a synthesiser. Acid House before acid house
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
RIP Dave Ball. A true pioneer. Punk rock and Northern Soul on a synthesiser. Acid House before acid house
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Just. I mean. Play this video to Speaker Johnson and force him to comment on it
Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Just. I mean. Play this video to Speaker Johnson and force him to comment on it
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Smart jab can shrink head and neck cancer tumours within six weeks, trial finds
Smart jab can shrink head and neck cancer tumours within six weeks, trial finds
Triple-action therapy drug amivantamab could be given as an injection to help treat recurrent or metastatic cancers
Doctors have hailed “incredibly encouraging” trial results that show a triple-action smart jab can shrink tumours in head and neck cancer patients within six weeks.
Head and neck cancer is the world’s sixth most common form of the disease. If it spreads or comes back after standard treatment, patients may be offered immunotherapy and platinum chemotherapy. But if this fails, there is often little else doctors can do. Continue reading...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Smart jab can shrink head and neck cancer tumours within six weeks, trial finds