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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 3h

You might have heard of 'dark kitchens' when a row of sheds in a car park churn out food for Deliveroo. They're unpopular and low margin. So the next big thing in London food is 'host kitchens' where local pubs, restaurants and kebab shops cook for big brands. www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...

Why your next upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop

"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you! She is indeed amazing

John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you!

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Economics Teacher @busecon.bsky.social · 15h

A must read book, still one of may favourite reads this year. The Kraftwerk chapter is proper emotional.

John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 15h

In Ilkley or nearby on Sunday? At 3.45 I'll be talking about my book Maybe I'm Amazed and everything that surrounds it - music, autism, why songs soundtrack our lives. Details here itsoninbradford.co.uk/events/john-...

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you!

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 15h

In Ilkley or nearby on Sunday? At 3.45 I'll be talking about my book Maybe I'm Amazed and everything that surrounds it - music, autism, why songs soundtrack our lives. Details here itsoninbradford.co.uk/events/john-...

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 15h

In Durham? Or not? Tomorrow at 3pm I'll be talking about my book Maybe I'm Amazed, music, autism & more with the great Paul Smith from Maximo Park. Be there or livestream it, details here galadurham.co.uk/galapost/joh...

John Harris: Maybe I’m Amazed

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 18h

Rum stuff about SEND from two insiders here. "There's a lot of worry in the system," says one. No, there are a lot of worried parents. Who, as per the screenshot, know that targeted provision based on assessment is what SEND is (or was?). Which is why we're worried schoolsweek.co.uk/send-adviser...

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 1d

Carpool karaoke's gone shite

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry Jews

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 1d

It's a great plan. But it still leaves the prices question unanswered

John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 2d

Further to today's tickets piece, here's more absurdity

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 2d

Two weeks tonight we welcome author @keithcameron2.bsky.social to Walthamstow for the deepest of dives into the history of The Manic Street Preachers 📕 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-...

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 2d

It is!

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 2d

Latest from me: the era of the £100+ gig ticket spells cultural disaster www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 4d

The stuff in it about autism is shockingly bad.

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Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social · 4d

Really looking forward to interviewing @johnharris1969.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. #MaybeImAmazed is my personal choice for book of the year; a tender, deeply moving memoir about music and autism — and essential reading!

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Frank! See you on Sunday

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, America famously was politically correct in Vietnam.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 5d

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 5d

Yes

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 5d

A point not heard often enough is that the Labour Party was founded on a civil liberties issue www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 6d

Next weekend I'm going to be talking about my book Maybe I'm Amazed, music, neurodivergence & more at two festivals
Saturday: Durham, chaired by Paul Smith from Maximo Park galadurham.co.uk/galapost/joh...
Sunday: Ilkley itsoninbradford.co.uk/events/john-...

John Harris: Maybe I’m Amazed - It's On In Bradford

When prize-winning writer and journalist John Harris’s son James was diagnosed with autism, it was music – The Beatles, Kraftwerk, Funkadelic, The Velvet Underground and more – that became a source of...

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 7d

I made it! He was great

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