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Guy Osborn
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Co-Artistic Director at The Soho Poly, www.sohopoly.co.uk
Academic at the University of Westminster, https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/osborn-guy
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 28d
Happy birthday to Mike Scott. Here's a joyous video of him singing his Waterboys classic The Whole of the Moon with a bunch of very excited schoolchildren in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland in 1987 youtu.be/pLAPOxpXGkU
The Waterboys - Whole of the Moon
YouTube video by The Waterboys
youtu.be

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Dec 3
i might go but have bill ryder jones tomorrow and stereo lab saturday so discretion may be better part of valour!

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Dec 3
was sorry to miss this/ was at cameron winter at roundhouse

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Nov 25
If anyone is free in central London tomorrow at midday and fancies seeing the mighty Tiny from Ultrasound perform a solo set, see link and email me! sohopoly.co.uk/events/tiny-...

We're in the same band
Tiny (Ultrasound) - Soho Poly
sohopoly.co.uk

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Nov 12
this will be great- buy!
katrinanavickas.bsky.social Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · Oct 27
A reminder that my book on the history of protest is now published. It is superbly produced with a great cover. Buy it now from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Contested Commons Formidably erudite, compellingly argued, and dryly humorous, Contested Commons will change the way you think about the politics of space, the "myth of the commons", and the history of England since the eighteenth century: MATTHEW KELLy, author of The Women Who Saved the English Countryside "Starting with Kennington Common, and ranging from Steeple Bumpstead to Sheffield, Stonehenge and Brixton, and with a cast that includes ramblers, ranters, revolutionaries and ravers, this is a superb, sweeping but fine-grained history. It's also a highly necessary, politically urgent reminder of what public space is - places for everyone, owned by everyone, accessible to everyone, whether carefully tended or wild - and what it isn't, the tradition of pseudo-public space that runs from Victorian parks to privatised malls.' OWEN HATHERLEY, author of A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Nov 7
Great Ben Edge exhibition at @FitzroviaChapel- on til 26/11

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Nov 6
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I asked a while back about people collecting (and now missing) physical tickets and it got us thinking

After a couple of months of work we made something amazing (props to tech wizard Andrew and our Merch Market team)

Totally free, yours to use from Friday

*sound up*

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Nov 5
Wroclaw -
i'll try and find some more photos

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Nov 5
reminds me of this in Poland

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Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social · Nov 5
I asked a while back about people collecting (and now missing) physical tickets and it got us thinking

After a couple of months of work we made something amazing (props to tech wizard Andrew and our Merch Market team)

Totally free, yours to use from Friday

*sound up*

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Nov 2
this sounds like a great version- i'll look out for copy!

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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · Oct 30
1968, London

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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · Oct 27
A reminder that my book on the history of protest is now published. It is superbly produced with a great cover. Buy it now from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Contested Commons Formidably erudite, compellingly argued, and dryly humorous, Contested Commons will change the way you think about the politics of space, the "myth of the commons", and the history of England since the eighteenth century: MATTHEW KELLy, author of The Women Who Saved the English Countryside "Starting with Kennington Common, and ranging from Steeple Bumpstead to Sheffield, Stonehenge and Brixton, and with a cast that includes ramblers, ranters, revolutionaries and ravers, this is a superb, sweeping but fine-grained history. It's also a highly necessary, politically urgent reminder of what public space is - places for everyone, owned by everyone, accessible to everyone, whether carefully tended or wild - and what it isn't, the tradition of pseudo-public space that runs from Victorian parks to privatised malls.' OWEN HATHERLEY, author of A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain

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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · Oct 14
1974, Swindon. The Helium Kidz before they discovered XTC...

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · Oct 8
Happy 45th birthday to one of the greatest albums of all time. Talking Heads released Remain in Light on this day in 1980
▶️🎧 open.spotify.com/album/3AQgdw...

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Oct 6
just realised it's garden cities week- doh! i saw pete astor play in letchworth recently so add him instead

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Oct 6
hope newtown neurotics feature prominently! module sounds great

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Oct 5
ha ha yes- also that list seemed very comprehensive and well researched

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Oct 4
yes i thought i would be upset but i just smiled/ simply thrilled?! could nt believe what i saw and heard

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Oct 4
and he was magnificent! hope you enjoyed and sorry missed you- i'm off to Norwich monday

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Oct 1
Wildly excited about seeing @edwyncollins.bsky.social not once but twice in next few days. A real hero of mine. Found a few of my old fanzines and a family heirloom with an Orange Juice flavour this morning

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Oct 1
Today is World Postcard Day. Yesterday at @thesohopoly.bsky.social we welcomed this with the first of our creative drop ins - photos to folllow. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd was played in honour of the occasion sohopoly.co.uk/events/world...

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Sep 21
great show again!

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Sep 21
ah a lovely place to be!

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Sep 21
fantastic again- were you there Andy?

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Kev Adams @kevadams.bsky.social · Sep 13
Released 40 years ago today, how it all came about could fill a book. Soon forgotten at the time by all but a few. Always grateful for the love still out there though, what a difference (a mere) four decades makes 😄
Cover of Don’t Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Sep 12
did he say anything about live shows Pete?

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Sep 8
Unbelievable band- and yes probably even better now than when I first saw(and loved) them

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Sep 7
Superb! And I'll listen out

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Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social · Sep 7
Pete is he thinking of any gigs?