Marc Burrows
@20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk
Writer/musician/comic. Pratchett biographer.✏️: Guardian, New Statesman, Big Issue, Independent, Radio Times & more. Used to work at Twitter. Always writing a book. NIRVANA — A detailed guide to the band changed everything OUT NOV 30! He/Him 🏳️🌈
Why does it look like AC-12 do their briefings in a PBH Venue in Leith?
February 17, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Why does it look like AC-12 do their briefings in a PBH Venue in Leith?
This is interesting. I was looking up an article I wrote back in 2021 on the flawed Discworld adaption The Watch, and if I read this now I would be abspolutely convinced it was a ChatGPT job that the author had them fluffed a bit. The opening, the dash and "quietly deploys" are dead giveaways.
February 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
This is interesting. I was looking up an article I wrote back in 2021 on the flawed Discworld adaption The Watch, and if I read this now I would be abspolutely convinced it was a ChatGPT job that the author had them fluffed a bit. The opening, the dash and "quietly deploys" are dead giveaways.
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February 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Cambridge UK!
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My watch’s definition of “moderate” is VERY different to mine. 💀⚰️🪦
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
My watch’s definition of “moderate” is VERY different to mine. 💀⚰️🪦
"Everyone learned how to press buttons, and no one remembered how to dive for pearls" - beautiful Terry Pratchett line (from 1981's Strata) that I'm going to start deploying whenever someone posts shit AI Discworld art.
February 14, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"Everyone learned how to press buttons, and no one remembered how to dive for pearls" - beautiful Terry Pratchett line (from 1981's Strata) that I'm going to start deploying whenever someone posts shit AI Discworld art.
I fucking love this song. I also love the it's Blur pulling an In Utero— Both Blur and Nirvana released albums that got them huge teenybopper audiences, and both opened their next albums with a queasy dischord to scare the shit out of them.
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 AM
I fucking love this song. I also love the it's Blur pulling an In Utero— Both Blur and Nirvana released albums that got them huge teenybopper audiences, and both opened their next albums with a queasy dischord to scare the shit out of them.
"we sold a million records last year. Didn’t even get off the couch and I’m not sure there’s a songwriter that can match that.” I think Noel might be misremembering last year a bit. He looked quite busy to me. www.nme.com/news/music/n...
Noel Gallagher talks BRIT Awards Songwriter Of The Year controversy: "If anybody's got a problem with it, meet me there. We'll have it out on the red carpet"
Noel Gallagher has addressed the controversy around his BRIT Award for Songwriter of the Year, calling on critics to “meet me there”.
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February 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"we sold a million records last year. Didn’t even get off the couch and I’m not sure there’s a songwriter that can match that.” I think Noel might be misremembering last year a bit. He looked quite busy to me. www.nme.com/news/music/n...
Gang, how are we currently coping with *all this*? Because I'm not coping especially well today.
February 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Gang, how are we currently coping with *all this*? Because I'm not coping especially well today.
Honestly watching people post AI art is like watching people queue up to walk into suicide booths because there's a sign on them that says "This way to the Egress".
February 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Honestly watching people post AI art is like watching people queue up to walk into suicide booths because there's a sign on them that says "This way to the Egress".
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Our new episode is out now! This month @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk joins is to talk about Club Kerrang from August 1997, featuring 3 Colours Red, LK, Tampasm, Radish, Iron Monkey, Cable, ManBREAK, Daytona, Acrimony, Groop Dogdrill & more
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February 8, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Our new episode is out now! This month @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk joins is to talk about Club Kerrang from August 1997, featuring 3 Colours Red, LK, Tampasm, Radish, Iron Monkey, Cable, ManBREAK, Daytona, Acrimony, Groop Dogdrill & more
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The use of Phantom Planet’s ‘California’ in the finale of Wonderman made me feel incredibly old, because it implies The OC was so long ago that it’s once-indelible theme can be safely used in something else without the entire audience going “Is that the song from The OC”?
February 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The use of Phantom Planet’s ‘California’ in the finale of Wonderman made me feel incredibly old, because it implies The OC was so long ago that it’s once-indelible theme can be safely used in something else without the entire audience going “Is that the song from The OC”?
God, I know I'm a sucker and it's kind of a scame these days but ... Record Store Day 2026 seems designed to purposely torture me, personally. I am DROOLING.
February 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
God, I know I'm a sucker and it's kind of a scame these days but ... Record Store Day 2026 seems designed to purposely torture me, personally. I am DROOLING.
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'And now, we move on to liars...'
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
'And now, we move on to liars...'
Blur's The Ballad of Darren really is a gorgeous album, isn't it? I feel like it gets slept on because it's so low-key. It's the least hit-singley, and probably the least musically varied of all of their albums, but there's so much soul on it. As much of a classic Blur album as any, I think.
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Blur's The Ballad of Darren really is a gorgeous album, isn't it? I feel like it gets slept on because it's so low-key. It's the least hit-singley, and probably the least musically varied of all of their albums, but there's so much soul on it. As much of a classic Blur album as any, I think.
Speaking as a journalist who has worked as a fact-checker and is trained to spot bad faith takes and language that swerves cleverly around invconvenient facts ... that blog being hailed as "Good Journalism" sure does contain a lot of bad journalism.
February 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Speaking as a journalist who has worked as a fact-checker and is trained to spot bad faith takes and language that swerves cleverly around invconvenient facts ... that blog being hailed as "Good Journalism" sure does contain a lot of bad journalism.
'Bildungsroman’ is a great word. It sounds like a South African describing Italian architecture
February 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
'Bildungsroman’ is a great word. It sounds like a South African describing Italian architecture
Some Tuesday reading for you. Did you know Smashing Pumpkins put out a vinyl-only, full album at the end of last year? Billy Corgan has done precisely ONE (1) interview about it. And it was with me! A proper deep dive music feature of which I'm very proud: louderthanwar.com/smashing-pum...
The Hidden Smashing Pumpkins Record:
The Hidden Smashing Pumpkins Record: Billy Corgan on Zodeon at Crystal Hall
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January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Some Tuesday reading for you. Did you know Smashing Pumpkins put out a vinyl-only, full album at the end of last year? Billy Corgan has done precisely ONE (1) interview about it. And it was with me! A proper deep dive music feature of which I'm very proud: louderthanwar.com/smashing-pum...
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
Finally saw Bone Temple. What a THUNDERINGLY good film. I love it when you sit down in a cinema and from one moment to the next you have no clue where the story is going to go, what it's going to look like or how it will make you feel.
January 25, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Finally saw Bone Temple. What a THUNDERINGLY good film. I love it when you sit down in a cinema and from one moment to the next you have no clue where the story is going to go, what it's going to look like or how it will make you feel.
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It is Harry Styles versus Taylor Swift in the merch wars, and our Northern lad comes out top for value for money. Thanks to @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk for doing the maths… www.thinkmoney.co.uk/blog/harry-s...
harry styles is wearing a red and white dress with hearts on it while standing in front of a microphone .
ALT: harry styles is wearing a red and white dress with hearts on it while standing in front of a microphone .
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January 24, 2026 at 10:30 AM
It is Harry Styles versus Taylor Swift in the merch wars, and our Northern lad comes out top for value for money. Thanks to @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk for doing the maths… www.thinkmoney.co.uk/blog/harry-s...
The Traitors makes me really, really wish TV Burp was still on. Can you imagine how good it would be?
January 22, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The Traitors makes me really, really wish TV Burp was still on. Can you imagine how good it would be?
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“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
The new He-Man film actually looks sort of great, and appropriately camp. But I'm extremely annoyed that it's ruined a very sold joke from my stand up set.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The new He-Man film actually looks sort of great, and appropriately camp. But I'm extremely annoyed that it's ruined a very sold joke from my stand up set.
I legit think this looks great.
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I legit think this looks great.
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Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.
January 22, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.