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"In recent years, Steve Lillywhite has made KFC the biggest music chain in Indonesia."
Steve Lillywhite - This Charming Man
Meet Steve Lillywhite, the producer of U2, the Rolling Stones, Morrissey and dozens of other top-selling artists.
indonesiaexpat.id
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"In recent years, Steve Lillywhite has made KFC the biggest music chain in Indonesia."
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Portishead! Really, I don't think i've ever heard anyone say a bad word about Portishead! Are we making stuff up again?
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Portishead! Really, I don't think i've ever heard anyone say a bad word about Portishead! Are we making stuff up again?
This story has a bit of everything - racism, AI, Christmas and good old-fashioned stupidity.
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This story has a bit of everything - racism, AI, Christmas and good old-fashioned stupidity.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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"may all the articles you want to read turn out to be podcasts"
--ancient chinese curse
--ancient chinese curse
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"may all the articles you want to read turn out to be podcasts"
--ancient chinese curse
--ancient chinese curse
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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I'll be talking with @peteapps.bsky.social about his important new book, 'Homesick - How Housing Broke London and How to Fix It' at the Writeidea Festival, Tower Hamlets Town Hall, 1pm, Saturday 22 November. Tickets free but you need to reserve a place.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-apps...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-apps...
Peter Apps: Homesick - How Housing Broke London and How to Fix It
Homesick is the gripping story of how housing defines a city’s past, present and future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I'll be talking with @peteapps.bsky.social about his important new book, 'Homesick - How Housing Broke London and How to Fix It' at the Writeidea Festival, Tower Hamlets Town Hall, 1pm, Saturday 22 November. Tickets free but you need to reserve a place.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-apps...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-apps...
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Richard Tice, deputy leader of reform uk, attacking neurodivergent children. overdiagnosed, insane to have ear defenders on, dyslexia is "bad at reading", and SEND care means bins won't be collected. Remember this when ppl defend Reform. they dont just hate foreigners. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Reform deputy says pupils wearing ear defenders in class is ‘insane’
Reform’s deputy leader claims there is ‘over-diagnosis’ of neurodiverse conditions, appearing at an event where a former Ofsted chief says dyslexia just means ‘bad at reading’
www.tes.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Richard Tice, deputy leader of reform uk, attacking neurodivergent children. overdiagnosed, insane to have ear defenders on, dyslexia is "bad at reading", and SEND care means bins won't be collected. Remember this when ppl defend Reform. they dont just hate foreigners. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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If you have any questions for Oliver and Adrian, now is the time!
Tonight on my Soho Radio show, it's a Beatles Anthology spesh in which I'll be joined by Oliver Murray, producer of the new #Beatles Anthology episode and assistant editor and archive producer Adrian Winter. I'll be on air from 6pm, with Ollie and Adrian joining us from 7pm.
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you have any questions for Oliver and Adrian, now is the time!
So excited for The Scurry. www.imdb.com/title/tt3184...
The Scurry | Comedy, Horror
The Scurry: Directed by Craig Roberts. With Ella Purnell, Daniel Mays, Rhys Ifans, Paapa Essiedu. Chaos erupts at an eco-café when a horde of deranged squirrels seeks revenge on the staff and visitors...
www.imdb.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
So excited for The Scurry. www.imdb.com/title/tt3184...
The latest right-wing ‘London is hell’ grift seems to involve driving up suburban streets at 10pm with a camera claiming the peace and quiet is due to the fact everybody is too terrified to go out rather than the fact they are… suburban streets at 10pm.
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The latest right-wing ‘London is hell’ grift seems to involve driving up suburban streets at 10pm with a camera claiming the peace and quiet is due to the fact everybody is too terrified to go out rather than the fact they are… suburban streets at 10pm.
Billboard in Loughborough Junction.
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Billboard in Loughborough Junction.
Sad news about Todd Snider, East Nashville Skyline is the bomb. youtu.be/jajyOBf4_vw?...
Conservative Christian, Right Wing Republician, Straight, White, American Males (Purple Version)
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sad news about Todd Snider, East Nashville Skyline is the bomb. youtu.be/jajyOBf4_vw?...
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I only saw Todd Snider live once - at the Borderline, with my son. It would have been about the time of this performance. So sad to lose him, but remember him like this.
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
Todd Snider - Double Wide Blues
YouTube video by Boulder House Concert
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I only saw Todd Snider live once - at the Borderline, with my son. It would have been about the time of this performance. So sad to lose him, but remember him like this.
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
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'Southampton Row, London, April 1941' by Ernest Boye Uden
(Imperial War Museums)
(Imperial War Museums)
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
'Southampton Row, London, April 1941' by Ernest Boye Uden
(Imperial War Museums)
(Imperial War Museums)
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How we do pensions and retirement income in this country is predicated on a few assumptions, one of which is that old people have minimal housing costs and/or security of tenure. It's not happening anymore, and will get worse.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-other-...
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-other-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
How we do pensions and retirement income in this country is predicated on a few assumptions, one of which is that old people have minimal housing costs and/or security of tenure. It's not happening anymore, and will get worse.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-other-...
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-other-...
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I'm doing some walking tours of Seven Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Saturday Nov 15.
Come for coffee, cheese, & overpriced street food, stay for overexcited historian, whistle stop tour of the Dials, & sideways look at 1920s and 1930s London.
www.stanfords.co.uk/event-songs-...
Come for coffee, cheese, & overpriced street food, stay for overexcited historian, whistle stop tour of the Dials, & sideways look at 1920s and 1930s London.
www.stanfords.co.uk/event-songs-...
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm doing some walking tours of Seven Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Saturday Nov 15.
Come for coffee, cheese, & overpriced street food, stay for overexcited historian, whistle stop tour of the Dials, & sideways look at 1920s and 1930s London.
www.stanfords.co.uk/event-songs-...
Come for coffee, cheese, & overpriced street food, stay for overexcited historian, whistle stop tour of the Dials, & sideways look at 1920s and 1930s London.
www.stanfords.co.uk/event-songs-...
Performatively watching videos of expensive robots falling over.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Performatively watching videos of expensive robots falling over.
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Our huge, heartfelt thanks to Sam Fender, who’s donated his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to Music Venue Trust... after already making sure £1 from every ticket on his recent tour went to support grassroots music venues.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our huge, heartfelt thanks to Sam Fender, who’s donated his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to Music Venue Trust... after already making sure £1 from every ticket on his recent tour went to support grassroots music venues.
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Oh wow! A London Underground station being officially Listed is always great news - this one especially so. Southwark station, 1999 by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, has just been Listed at Grade 2. Now for the other JLE stations. @c20society.bsky.social
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Oh wow! A London Underground station being officially Listed is always great news - this one especially so. Southwark station, 1999 by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, has just been Listed at Grade 2. Now for the other JLE stations. @c20society.bsky.social
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
Indeed
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Indeed
Incompetence and failure is the objective.
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Incompetence and failure is the objective.
First of two games for me today, starting with Arsenal v Chelsea women watching from enemy territory.
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
First of two games for me today, starting with Arsenal v Chelsea women watching from enemy territory.
This is a good one!
If you’re a Pavement enthusiast (that’s everyone, right?) then get your paws on this lively & comprehensive Ultimate Music Guide from @uncutmagazine.bsky.social I took a deep dive into Brighten The Corners (their best, imo) & tracked Malkmus’s solo adventuring but there’s a ton of w/e goodness here.
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is a good one!
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My doctor didn’t say, listen to Fela Kuti albums every day, in order of release as best you can, and twice through at least for maximum Afrobeat. But it would’ve been splendid advice, because it’s increased the measure of joy in my life considerably.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My doctor didn’t say, listen to Fela Kuti albums every day, in order of release as best you can, and twice through at least for maximum Afrobeat. But it would’ve been splendid advice, because it’s increased the measure of joy in my life considerably.