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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 14m

Starting our shows this (UK) evening very shortly, Phantom Circuit #453 features a session by Trem 77 along with music by Axophobe, Canned Heat, Four Jacks & a Jill, Canned Heat, Lilith Anthropocene, Kamiya, Tomita and many more.

🎧 Listen from the top of the hour (19:00 BST / 18:00 UTC) at…

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 17h

That’s your actual French.

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Marek Kohn @marekkohn.bsky.social · 2d

Teenagers grass up guerrilla gardening, police 'rehome' cannabis plants 😉 World's turned upside down in Eastbourne, isn't it? www.theargus.co.uk/news/2552206...

'Vigilant teenagers' alert police to cannabis plants growing in public

Police in Eastbourne, East Sussex, say they have "safely rehomed" cannabis plants that were growing in a public space

www.theargus.co.uk

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Paul Welsh @paulwelsh89.bsky.social · 1d

Eastbourne’s International Workers Mural. "The War"
Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)

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Paul Welsh @paulwelsh89.bsky.social · 1d

Eastbourne’s International Workers Mural
"The Industrial Revolution" and "No Time for Leisure"
Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 1d

‘Funderground #122’ by @toxicchicken.bsky.social

Drums and rhythms are to the fore in this energetic edition, with the sounds of South London Samba, Obeka, @pettaluck.bsky.social, Mauro Gatto, Possessed Children, Diversum, @furchick.bsky.social, RX-101 and many more.
First heard yesterday on BHR.

Funderground #122

Drums and rhythms are to the fore in this energetic edition, with the sounds of South London Samba, Obeka, Mauro Gatto, Possessed Children, Diversum, RX-101 and many more. First heard on BHR on Tuesd...

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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 1d

Three Barn Owls at a quatrefoil church window. Shot at a local church in North Norfolk, England.
📷 Richard Brooks

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Phantom Circuit @phantomcircuit.bsky.social · 1d

And is that all our society/culture is about now? “Productive industries"? Is artistic activity not productive, not of any worth?

(I’m not going to waste time reading the news item and this is just my micro-rant on the overall cultural theme. 😉)

Daz @dazwright.com · 1d

Is that the same performing arts which is one of the UK's most productive industries?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 1d

Very Friendly!

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 1d

Battle of Britain: 7th October 1940 (thread):

Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 2d

Sgt Basil Whall of 602 Squadron was hit by return fire from a Junkers 88 off Beachy Head. Unable to nurse his damaged Spitfire back to base at Westhampnett, he crashed attempting a forced landing near Alfriston and died shortly afterwards in hospital.
📷©️bbm.org.uk
🧵8/10

Basil Whall, fair haired and wearing RAF uniform, smiling for a portrait photograph.

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Phantom Circuit @phantomcircuit.bsky.social · 1d

Phantom Circuit #453 on @beachyheadradio.bsky.social this Thursday at 19:00 BST (18:00 UTC) brings an excellent session by Trem 77 promising “colour and texture as tangible auditory and physical sensation”. So, enjoy a listen, a look and maybe a feel (careful now!). +On-demand listening from Friday.

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 2d

Coming right up: ’Funderground #122’ with the sounds of RX-101, South London Samba, Crazy Maniacs, Possessed Children, Oven Toast Jam and many more.
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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 2d

That cat is an eccentric menace.

Slightly off-topic, but I always highly recommend this Web site re UK wildlife. You might well enjoy it too (or maybe you already know it of course). It has well researched articles and sensible commentary.

The Natural History of British Wildlife

Wildlife Online is a free, educational, and not-for-profit resource, providing information about British wildlife.

www.wildlifeonline.me.uk

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 2d

Avian police would like to interview this cat that was seen here two days ago.

“What..?”

A black cat with a white feather stuck to its face. Somehow. Maybe the wind blew it there. Yes.

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 2d

Some corvids seem surprisingly unwary around foxes. If a fox is eating, magpies (admittedly, especially bold corvids) will try to join in. Once I did see a fox take advantage of the complacency, snatch a magpie and carry it off. The local magpies were shocked and lamented for an hour afterwards.

Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 2d

I wouldn’t presume in your case but from my observations (& reading), in UK, a cat will nearly always be responsible for abandoned or partly chewed kill. If it’s small and moves, they will hunt it! Foxes don’t like to waste energy, so will kill only to eat (or maybe cache for later), not for play.

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 2d

Are you trying to make Chris Packham eat crow?

But seriously folks…

Why do you suspect it was a fox that killed the crow? Any fox that had made the effort to hunt it would have carried it off. Heck, even most cats would (and they are, from what I have seen, *much* more likely to be the culprits).

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 5d

Eyvind Earle (American, 1916–2000)
"Grazing in Peace", 1970.
Serigraph on Paper, 55.6 × 69.2 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyAr

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Phantom Circuit @phantomcircuit.bsky.social · 6d

Phantom Circuit #452: Didn’t You Hear?

@syntheticvillains.bsky.social, Covolux (c/o @earthrid.bsky.social), @mvw-mikimososumi.bsky.social, Bill Leeb (c/o @shamelesspromotion.bsky.social), @crowslabyrinth.com, @sugaarpan.bsky.social, Talkdemonic (c/o @bathysphererecords.bsky.social) and many more.

Phantom Circuit #452: Didn’t You Hear?

From experimental ambient to avant-garde soundtracks to post-industrial, EBM and electro… and then all the way back again! First heard on BHR on Thursday, 2 October, 2025—which was the 17th anniversa...

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 8d

I promise not to ask too often, but if you could help Small Son and I raise funds for The Miscarriage Association we'd really appreciate it.

We are going to be doing a sponsored walk on the 12 October and all donations are very welcome via our fundraising page.

www.justgiving.com/page/p-boynt...

Miscarriage Association's Memory Walk 2025

Help Petra Boynton raise money to support The Miscarriage Association

www.justgiving.com

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 6d

We missed this, but our show of poetry and other readings from literature, ‘Book Drop’ (now in its fifth year) might well feature this poem some time…

“… Choose ye your need from Thames to Tweed,
And I will choose instead
Such lands as lie ’twixt Rake and Rye,
Black Down and Beachy Head.…”

CPRE Sussex @cpresussex.bsky.social · 7d

#NationalPoetryDay today is the biggest mass celebration of poetry in the UK. It’s a chance for all of us to share in the pleasure. You can enjoy a poem about Sussex written by #RudyardKipling who lived in Burwash, East Sussex, here:
www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_sussex.htm

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Flightline UK @airshows.org.uk · 8d

AIRSHOW NEWS: Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow Schedules 2026 Return

Airbourne: Eastbourne International Airshow is scheduled to return from 13 – 16 August 2026 after meeting its cost neutral target this year.

buff.ly/yMyp5Zj

#airshows #avgeek #airdisplays

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Liz Overs @overslizzie.bsky.social · 6d

We’re having a ghost night in Eastbourne on Friday 10th October.

Psychical Researcher & Ghost Club Chairman Alan Murdie will be speaking. I’m opening with ghostly ballads…

www.lizovers.com/event-detail...

Ghosts with Alan Murdie | liz overs

Alan Murdie is a lawyer and psychical researcher. He has investigated numerous cases of ghosts and hauntings in Britain and abroad. He is chairman of the Ghost Club (founded 1862) and a member of the ...

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East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service @eastsussexfrs.bsky.social · 6d

It's #Eastbourne #Northiam & #RotherfieldandMarkCross bonfire nights this weekend - have fun & stay safe!
#ChooseLocal - organised events are much safer than having fireworks & bonfires at home.
Check travel & attendance info before attending.

👉 www.esfrs.org/choose-local-is-back-for-bonfire-season

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Beachy Head Radio @beachyheadradio.bsky.social · 7d

Just about to start: an extended edition of ‘Phantom Circuit #452’, which offers music by Mort Garson, MetaComplex, Front Line Assembly, Talkdemonic, Tom Dissevelt, Synthetic Villains and many more.
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