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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 1m

Ay up, the @britishlibrary.bsky.social have got an exhibition about Doctor Who's Face The Raven's trap streets. events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...

Sign outside the British Library advertising a Secret Maps exhibition, 24 October 2025 to 18 January 2026.

Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 9h

What's that game called where you have the name of a famous person stuck to your forehead and you have to guess their identity through asking "Yes", "No" questions? Anyway, I was Demis Russous once.

I didn't guess it.

Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 9h

#MusicChallenge #EUrOcktober

10. Greece: Forever And Ever - Demis Russous youtu.be/F3vCB3YBMUo?...

Sorry. It had to be done.

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 9h

#MusicChallenge #EUrOcktober

10. Greece: Forever And Ever - Demis Russous youtu.be/F3vCB3YBMUo?...

Sorry. It had to be done.

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Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 1d

A literary Iguanodon at the Earth Sciences Library. Do any other libraries have dinosaurs or other antediluvian creatures carved into the furniture?

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge #EUrOcktober

9. United Kingdom: Cool Waves - Spiritualized® youtu.be/-34Z21pozb4?...

Cool Waves

YouTube video by Spiritualized - Topic

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 1d

Campaigners gathered outside the Westdene Library in Brighton to protest its closure on Tuesday 7th October 👇 #BookSky

Campaigners gather to protest Brighton & Hove's library closure plans

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 1d

What if everything since has been the Doctor's dream? That's would explain becoming Billie Piper.

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, another claim to fame, and one I've only found out recently, was that she had one of her own compositions performed for Ravi Shankar.

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 2d

My aunt (ex- music teacher) appeared in a Bogies section of Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow where's she's conducting a school orchestra.
Her other claim to fame is that she taught one of the members of Roachford.

Why Don't YouTube? @whydontyoutube.bsky.social · 2d

20 YEARS AGO TODAY: won't spoil this week's Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow guest star but the reveal five minutes in, and their circumstances, made us genuinely laugh out loud. And that's before Celebrity Bogies with Jodie Marsh and a very physical Muck Phrase.

Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow S05E09 8th October 2005

This week saw SAS Andy McNab as this weeks Celebrity Bungalowhead Follow me on Social media Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/otakubecky Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/otaku_becky/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/OtakuBecky TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@otakubecky #dickanddom #cbbc #bogies

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 2d

It's a real shame you don't see famous people opening supermarkets these days (correct me if I'm wrong). Michael McIntyre opening a new branch of Aldi, say.

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 2d

"Need some fruit? Step right in and pick up a nice juicy pear. Nyak nyak nyak"

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge #EUrOcktober

8. Ireland: Mandinka - Sinéad O' Connor youtu.be/Gf_RHVjPrHY?...

Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by SineadOConnorVEVO

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 3d

#MusicChallenge #EUrOcktober

7. Denmark: Let's Rave On - The Raveonettes youtu.be/Vd_l8_L4onI?...

Let's Rave On

YouTube video by The Raveonettes - Topic

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, UK: Tonight’s the night to watch @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social!

Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 4d

Recommended viewing: Storyville: The Librarians, BBC4, Tuesday, 7 October. Explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians

Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 3d

Heart Of Glass
The Song Remans The Same
Udon Have To Say You Love Me

america’s local band cheekface @cheekface.bsky.social · 3d

does anyone know a song about noodles

Stacie Loves David @juststacie5683.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning! Today is National Noodle Day. Yes!! I love carbs in tube form.

What song is snaking through your brain today?

#EarWorm
#NationalNoodleDay

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 4d

#MusicChallenge #EUrOcktober

6. The Netherlands: Yeah Yeah Yeah - Candy Dulfer youtu.be/5pJdH34u9Uw?...

YeahYeahYeah

YouTube video by Candy Dulfer - Topic

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 4d

Recommended viewing: Storyville: The Librarians, BBC4, Tuesday, 7 October. Explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Storyville, The Librarians

Documentary about the US librarians who are risking their safety to defend free speech.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Stéise @booksparrow.bsky.social · 15d

Need:
(No idea where I’d wear it to…. World book day? Afternoon tea? Just doing a big shop?)

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 23

Steampunk style 'book dress' by contemporary French designer Sylvie Facon #WomensArt

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 5d

Now you mention it, this is my modem youtu.be/lgR4IhVivG0?...

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 5d

When I was selling my last house, just as the estate agent photographed the living room, my cat Jasper decided to lie on his back legs akimbo. That was the photo that was used and it was plain, that some viewers thereafter, were only there to meet Jasper rather than have any interest in the house!

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 6d

As an incurable surfer of RightMove, one of my little obsessions is photographs of houses where a pet has wandered into the shot to get in on the action. This tousled behemoth of a cat is a notable favourite.

A bland but not particularly awful modern living space with what appears to be a full-size mountain lion in the corner of the room, who is feeling bumptious, having just returned from a salon.

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 5d

#MusicChallenge #EUrOcktober

5. Luxembourg: Eng déck Schnëss - Serge Tonnar & Legotrip youtu.be/qMZlnicmO9Y?...

(I may have fallen down a Luxembourgish music rabbit hole!)

Eng déck Schnëss

YouTube video by Serge Tonnar

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, wow!

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 5d

What #Strictly #DoctorWho pun related tune is Alex Kingston going to be dancing to tonight?

Take Me To The River?
Your Song?
A Good Man Tangoes War?

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 6d

#MusicChallenge #EUrOcktober

4. Italy: Senza Una Donna - Zucchero youtu.be/bP7yDn8Rw8U?...

Senza Una Donna (Remastered 2007)

YouTube video by Zucchero - Topic

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 6d

I have woken with a warm glow following last night's Edwyn Collins gig. I am not a churchgoer but there should be more gigs in churches. I saw Moon Duo a few years ago at St Bartholomew's church, Brighton, and that too was a suitably transcendental experience.

Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 6d

Inside tonight's venue.

Inside St George's church, quite an ornate space. The acoustics should be good.

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Mark Faulkner @markfaulkner24.bsky.social · 6d

It was! I'm not going to lie!

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