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Ordinary Decent Criminal - Paines Plough
Meet recovering addict Frankie, played by renowned political comedian Mark Thomas. Frankie’s just been sentenced to three and a half years in jail for dealing drugs. When he gets there, none of his fe...
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Wow. Mulatu Astatke was a totally beautiful gig. I mean beyond great.
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Wow. Mulatu Astatke was a totally beautiful gig. I mean beyond great.
Here we go, the stage is set for Mulatu Astatke live!
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Here we go, the stage is set for Mulatu Astatke live!
I mean you should see this show, it is purring like a Le Mans racer at the moment.
Dispatches from the road. Only four stops left on the tour. Catch @markthomasinfo.bsky.social - our Ordinary Decent Criminal - in the next few weeks in Nottingham, Lancaster, Manchester and York.
Book: painesplough.com/productions/...
Book: painesplough.com/productions/...
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I mean you should see this show, it is purring like a Le Mans racer at the moment.
Taking asylum seekers jewellery is a hardy Labour trope.
In 1999 Mike O’Brien MP immigration minister proposed legislation to take asylum seekers valuables worth over £2,000.
Asked if that meant taking asylum seekers jewellery in committee he said, ‘that is exactly what we will do’
In 1999 Mike O’Brien MP immigration minister proposed legislation to take asylum seekers valuables worth over £2,000.
Asked if that meant taking asylum seekers jewellery in committee he said, ‘that is exactly what we will do’
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Taking asylum seekers jewellery is a hardy Labour trope.
In 1999 Mike O’Brien MP immigration minister proposed legislation to take asylum seekers valuables worth over £2,000.
Asked if that meant taking asylum seekers jewellery in committee he said, ‘that is exactly what we will do’
In 1999 Mike O’Brien MP immigration minister proposed legislation to take asylum seekers valuables worth over £2,000.
Asked if that meant taking asylum seekers jewellery in committee he said, ‘that is exactly what we will do’
Just because Labour Government have engaged in factional in fighting does not make them left wing.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just because Labour Government have engaged in factional in fighting does not make them left wing.
Controversial? Perhaps, but the Velvet Underground missed a trick in not covering ‘The Deadwood Stage’
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Controversial? Perhaps, but the Velvet Underground missed a trick in not covering ‘The Deadwood Stage’
Ordinary Decent Criminal hits Leeds Playhouse and writer Ed Edwards has turned up with new ideas!
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ordinary Decent Criminal hits Leeds Playhouse and writer Ed Edwards has turned up with new ideas!
Wimbledon have scored fans attempt to hold their breath for 75 mins + extra time….
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wimbledon have scored fans attempt to hold their breath for 75 mins + extra time….
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It's gonna be a great show, and another surgeon who has recently come back from Gaza with the MAP team will give their testimony! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's gonna be a great show, and another surgeon who has recently come back from Gaza with the MAP team will give their testimony! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
London and environs: benefit gig for Medical Aid for Palestinians at Comedy Store 19th Nov.
Amazing bill. We need to make sure it sells out so come along!
london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/stand-...
Amazing bill. We need to make sure it sells out so come along!
london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/stand-...
Stand Up For MAP
london.thecomedystore.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
London and environs: benefit gig for Medical Aid for Palestinians at Comedy Store 19th Nov.
Amazing bill. We need to make sure it sells out so come along!
london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/stand-...
Amazing bill. We need to make sure it sells out so come along!
london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/stand-...
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Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
There are so many reasons to blast Patti Smith out of the speakers but here's one if you need it.
Happy birthday.
Seeing her perform just after lockdown was a cathartic heaving comet of joy.
Happy birthday.
Seeing her perform just after lockdown was a cathartic heaving comet of joy.
Horses, the debut studio album by Patti Smith, was released #OTD 1975 by Arista Records.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
There are so many reasons to blast Patti Smith out of the speakers but here's one if you need it.
Happy birthday.
Seeing her perform just after lockdown was a cathartic heaving comet of joy.
Happy birthday.
Seeing her perform just after lockdown was a cathartic heaving comet of joy.
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10 November 1929 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helga Hošková-Weissová, was born in Prague.
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
10 November 1929 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helga Hošková-Weissová, was born in Prague.
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
One of the few things that make me want to defend the BBC is the far right media, Johnson and Trump’s attacks on it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
One of the few things that make me want to defend the BBC is the far right media, Johnson and Trump’s attacks on it.
1/2 Tour manager: I must show you details of the Chichester stage set up.
Me: Is it like the Deadwood Stage?
Tour Manager: what’s the deadwood stage?
Me: 🎶 Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains,
with the curtains flappin' and the driver slappin' the reins.🎶
Continued…
Me: Is it like the Deadwood Stage?
Tour Manager: what’s the deadwood stage?
Me: 🎶 Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains,
with the curtains flappin' and the driver slappin' the reins.🎶
Continued…
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
1/2 Tour manager: I must show you details of the Chichester stage set up.
Me: Is it like the Deadwood Stage?
Tour Manager: what’s the deadwood stage?
Me: 🎶 Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains,
with the curtains flappin' and the driver slappin' the reins.🎶
Continued…
Me: Is it like the Deadwood Stage?
Tour Manager: what’s the deadwood stage?
Me: 🎶 Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains,
with the curtains flappin' and the driver slappin' the reins.🎶
Continued…
In Coventry for week at Belgrade Theatre and nipped round the cathedral, bloody marvellous.
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In Coventry for week at Belgrade Theatre and nipped round the cathedral, bloody marvellous.
Popped into Coventry cathedral for a nosey and caught the sound check for tonight’s gig, classical Ibiza.
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Popped into Coventry cathedral for a nosey and caught the sound check for tonight’s gig, classical Ibiza.
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🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Government's repeat protest restrictions worse than feared - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
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40 years without a proper job. Takes some doing.
beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1679...
beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1679...
Forty Not Out for Mark Thomas
Veteran comedian and campaigner Mark Thomas is celebrating his fortieth year as a stand-up this year and has chosen to mark the landmark with two events.
beyondthejoke.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
40 years without a proper job. Takes some doing.
beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1679...
beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/1679...
I turn 40 in stand up years on 19th Nov.
19th Nov 1985 my first circuit gig at a pub in Putney.
40 years later I mark the passing of time performing at Medical Aid for Palestinians benefit.
Hope you can join me.
It is an amazing line up. SALUT!
london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/stand-...
19th Nov 1985 my first circuit gig at a pub in Putney.
40 years later I mark the passing of time performing at Medical Aid for Palestinians benefit.
Hope you can join me.
It is an amazing line up. SALUT!
london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/stand-...
Stand Up For MAP
london.thecomedystore.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I turn 40 in stand up years on 19th Nov.
19th Nov 1985 my first circuit gig at a pub in Putney.
40 years later I mark the passing of time performing at Medical Aid for Palestinians benefit.
Hope you can join me.
It is an amazing line up. SALUT!
london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/stand-...
19th Nov 1985 my first circuit gig at a pub in Putney.
40 years later I mark the passing of time performing at Medical Aid for Palestinians benefit.
Hope you can join me.
It is an amazing line up. SALUT!
london.thecomedystore.co.uk/event/stand-...
