Squeezy John
@johnspiers.co.uk
John Spiers. Squeezebox player with Gigspanner Big Band, Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Jackie Oates & John Spiers …
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
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The next album shortlisted for Folk Album of the Year is "Turnstone" by Gigspanner Big Band. Watch the full show to hear a track from the album, as well as what Peter Knight and Hannah Martin had to say about it!
Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ
Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The next album shortlisted for Folk Album of the Year is "Turnstone" by Gigspanner Big Band. Watch the full show to hear a track from the album, as well as what Peter Knight and Hannah Martin had to say about it!
Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ
Watch here: youtu.be/UDrHNykW5cQ
BREAKING: The OBR have just released the details of how every Star Wars film ends.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
BREAKING: The OBR have just released the details of how every Star Wars film ends.
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'If a Chancellor were to extend a freeze on tax thresholds, that would increase taxes on working people, wouldn't it?'
Susanna Reid @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social
Susanna Reid @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
'If a Chancellor were to extend a freeze on tax thresholds, that would increase taxes on working people, wouldn't it?'
Susanna Reid @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social
Susanna Reid @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social
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Quick #Budget note: to hit people on low earnings, you freeze tax thresholds. To hit the rich, you raise tax rates, especially on higher bands. By their actions you shall know them.
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Quick #Budget note: to hit people on low earnings, you freeze tax thresholds. To hit the rich, you raise tax rates, especially on higher bands. By their actions you shall know them.
Aaaaaaaargh! Nooooo! I don't want ANYTHING with AI that you are trying to force on me.
Fake Instagram videos, Google AI overview, tooltips in computer programs, email overviews, adverts read out by mad robots.
Stop this madness. It's horrible!
Turn it on for me by default & you lose my custom.
Fake Instagram videos, Google AI overview, tooltips in computer programs, email overviews, adverts read out by mad robots.
Stop this madness. It's horrible!
Turn it on for me by default & you lose my custom.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Aaaaaaaargh! Nooooo! I don't want ANYTHING with AI that you are trying to force on me.
Fake Instagram videos, Google AI overview, tooltips in computer programs, email overviews, adverts read out by mad robots.
Stop this madness. It's horrible!
Turn it on for me by default & you lose my custom.
Fake Instagram videos, Google AI overview, tooltips in computer programs, email overviews, adverts read out by mad robots.
Stop this madness. It's horrible!
Turn it on for me by default & you lose my custom.
Revolting UK 🤮
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Revolting UK 🤮
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It’s astonishing that Nigel Farage hasn’t been forced to resign as an MP and as leader of Reform - any other MP or party leader would have been hounded out by all of this evidence of racism and antisemitism, so why is he still in post…?
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s astonishing that Nigel Farage hasn’t been forced to resign as an MP and as leader of Reform - any other MP or party leader would have been hounded out by all of this evidence of racism and antisemitism, so why is he still in post…?
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Google is getting increasingly weird!
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Google is getting increasingly weird!
I forgot to tag this great magazine's Bluesky account ... so here you go ... @folklondon.co.uk
Folk album of the year? Why thank you Folk London ... don't mind if we do!
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I forgot to tag this great magazine's Bluesky account ... so here you go ... @folklondon.co.uk
Folk album of the year? Why thank you Folk London ... don't mind if we do!
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Folk album of the year? Why thank you Folk London ... don't mind if we do!
I saw Boris Johnson today while in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell ... not surprising given that he now lives there.
The village was originally called Brightwell until Boris Johnson moved there when the "Cum Sotwell" was added to reflect the drunk shambling sexually incontinent haystack now resident.
The village was originally called Brightwell until Boris Johnson moved there when the "Cum Sotwell" was added to reflect the drunk shambling sexually incontinent haystack now resident.
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I saw Boris Johnson today while in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell ... not surprising given that he now lives there.
The village was originally called Brightwell until Boris Johnson moved there when the "Cum Sotwell" was added to reflect the drunk shambling sexually incontinent haystack now resident.
The village was originally called Brightwell until Boris Johnson moved there when the "Cum Sotwell" was added to reflect the drunk shambling sexually incontinent haystack now resident.
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We’re absolutely delighted to let you know will be touring again in November 2026 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Burlesque! We'll be joined by celebrated kora master Seckou Keita. Tickets go on general sale this Friday at 10am 🥳
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We’re absolutely delighted to let you know will be touring again in November 2026 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Burlesque! We'll be joined by celebrated kora master Seckou Keita. Tickets go on general sale this Friday at 10am 🥳
Any Peruvian restaurants out there who want to pay me top dollar for some fresh Rocoto chillies? There can't be much of a supply here in the UK at the arse end of November! I'm open to offers.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Any Peruvian restaurants out there who want to pay me top dollar for some fresh Rocoto chillies? There can't be much of a supply here in the UK at the arse end of November! I'm open to offers.
This church never ceases to make me laugh when I see it!
“Quick! The tower is falling over …. Don’t worry … I’ve got this … I’ll just put this huge diagonal buttress through this bit on the side … nobody will notice!”
“Quick! The tower is falling over …. Don’t worry … I’ve got this … I’ll just put this huge diagonal buttress through this bit on the side … nobody will notice!”
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This church never ceases to make me laugh when I see it!
“Quick! The tower is falling over …. Don’t worry … I’ve got this … I’ll just put this huge diagonal buttress through this bit on the side … nobody will notice!”
“Quick! The tower is falling over …. Don’t worry … I’ve got this … I’ll just put this huge diagonal buttress through this bit on the side … nobody will notice!”
Sorry ... almost every time I go out to eat through necessity I feel conned now. I can make a better meal for less money than I am being charged. Restaurant/pub chains have chosen to make meals smaller/lower quality to combat inflation rather than put prices up. And then they fuck it up as well.
November 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Sorry ... almost every time I go out to eat through necessity I feel conned now. I can make a better meal for less money than I am being charged. Restaurant/pub chains have chosen to make meals smaller/lower quality to combat inflation rather than put prices up. And then they fuck it up as well.
Finally! A Premier Inn with a cat. Touring bingo is completed. #touring #musicianlife
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Finally! A Premier Inn with a cat. Touring bingo is completed. #touring #musicianlife
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Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
Good morning from the Peter Knight and John Spiers tour! We’ve been having a great time so far, and wanted to remind you that tonight’s gig at @downendfolkroots.bsky.social is also being live streamed for anyone who can’t come in person to our dates.
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Buy tickets – Knight & Spiers + Fly Yeti Fly – Zoom
Knight & Spiers + Fly Yeti Fly – Zoom, Fri 21 Nov 2025 - This hybrid gig is being livestreamed in partnership with Downend Folk & Roots. You can go along to the gig in person at Christ Church Down...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Good morning from the Peter Knight and John Spiers tour! We’ve been having a great time so far, and wanted to remind you that tonight’s gig at @downendfolkroots.bsky.social is also being live streamed for anyone who can’t come in person to our dates.
events.livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/livet...
events.livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/livet...
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As always, we’ll be getting our evening underway in fine style at this month’s concert next Friday (21st November).
Before Knight and Spiers take to the stage, we’ll have a set from Fly Yeti Fly. Here’s a video.
Info & tckets: downendfolkandroots.com/index.php/55...
#livemusic #downend #bristol
Before Knight and Spiers take to the stage, we’ll have a set from Fly Yeti Fly. Here’s a video.
Info & tckets: downendfolkandroots.com/index.php/55...
#livemusic #downend #bristol
Next at Downend Folk & Roots: Fly Yeti Fly (support)
YouTube video by Downend Folk & Roots
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November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As always, we’ll be getting our evening underway in fine style at this month’s concert next Friday (21st November).
Before Knight and Spiers take to the stage, we’ll have a set from Fly Yeti Fly. Here’s a video.
Info & tckets: downendfolkandroots.com/index.php/55...
#livemusic #downend #bristol
Before Knight and Spiers take to the stage, we’ll have a set from Fly Yeti Fly. Here’s a video.
Info & tckets: downendfolkandroots.com/index.php/55...
#livemusic #downend #bristol
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@knightandspiers.bsky.social Thank you for a wonderful show at Salisbury Arts Centre. I think I smiled the whole way through! (Which is no mean feat). Good luck with the test of the tour, and see you next time!
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@knightandspiers.bsky.social Thank you for a wonderful show at Salisbury Arts Centre. I think I smiled the whole way through! (Which is no mean feat). Good luck with the test of the tour, and see you next time!
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🎵 …couldn’t bescape if I bonted to 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎵 …couldn’t bescape if I bonted to 🎶