Jon Arnold
@jonarnold.bsky.social
Black Archives, Strangers in Space, Busting Balls mainly. Former Westeros charcoal. Too old, too Welsh, too bad.
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Helllo Everyone! This week @dwcoverstory.bsky.social, @jonarnold.bsky.social & @docoho44.bsky.social join me for a filthy fun commentary of the Five Doctors.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
The Five Doctors Commentary with the Lads!
open.spotify.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Helllo Everyone! This week @dwcoverstory.bsky.social, @jonarnold.bsky.social & @docoho44.bsky.social join me for a filthy fun commentary of the Five Doctors.
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
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I gotta know you're meant to be the POLL I NEED -
It's Day 7 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
You have votes in each of 6 matches and a BONUS VOTE -
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It's Day 7 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
You have votes in each of 6 matches and a BONUS VOTE -
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PeoplesPop25 DAY 7
Welcome to THE WORLD CUP OF 2025! Throughout January we'll be polling the best tracks of 2025 until we reach an ultimate winner.
Vote in each of the 6 groups and then choose one track from the whole ...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I gotta know you're meant to be the POLL I NEED -
It's Day 7 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
You have votes in each of 6 matches and a BONUS VOTE -
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It's Day 7 of
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
You have votes in each of 6 matches and a BONUS VOTE -
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
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It was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made.
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
Our Friends in the North
30 years on from the first episode of this groundbreaking drama, we take a closer look into the programme’s archive to reveal a time capsule of a turbulent era.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 8:53 AM
It was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made.
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...
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The BBC's videotape digitization process remains unrivaled
January 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The BBC's videotape digitization process remains unrivaled
Lots of drama queen moves in this season of #TheTraitors - you can see people going for their memorable moment. Bound to happen when people have seen enough to know how to work the show’s format.
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Lots of drama queen moves in this season of #TheTraitors - you can see people going for their memorable moment. Bound to happen when people have seen enough to know how to work the show’s format.
We’ll be accompanying the amnesiac Doctor all the way through on his century long sojourn on Earth, beginning with a literal scorched earth policy for the EDAs.
We look at Doctor Who arc in print - the 'Caught on Earth' arc that kick starts with The Burning. The Doctor has no memory, and a fiery force is awake from the ground to take over theEarth...
@dwcoverstory.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social
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@dwcoverstory.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social
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January 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
We’ll be accompanying the amnesiac Doctor all the way through on his century long sojourn on Earth, beginning with a literal scorched earth policy for the EDAs.
In which Ben Aaronovitch casually strolls in and does Iain Banks better than Banks himself could.
We're going on holiday to a Dyson's sphere but there's been a murder. Along the way there is some stunning worldbuilding and extraordinary character development; particularly of Roz and Benny
@dwcoverstory.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
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@dwcoverstory.bsky.social @jonarnold.bsky.social @grumpy2eb.bsky.social
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January 12, 2026 at 10:38 PM
In which Ben Aaronovitch casually strolls in and does Iain Banks better than Banks himself could.
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Listened to most of 'Bowie Day' (11 Jan 2016) yesterday and it *really does* have the feel of a turning point.
Amazing bit where Lauren read out a listener's text that was *literally* "my youth is dead, the golden days are over, where will the new voices come from?"
(she politely disagreed fwiw)
Amazing bit where Lauren read out a listener's text that was *literally* "my youth is dead, the golden days are over, where will the new voices come from?"
(she politely disagreed fwiw)
January 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Listened to most of 'Bowie Day' (11 Jan 2016) yesterday and it *really does* have the feel of a turning point.
Amazing bit where Lauren read out a listener's text that was *literally* "my youth is dead, the golden days are over, where will the new voices come from?"
(she politely disagreed fwiw)
Amazing bit where Lauren read out a listener's text that was *literally* "my youth is dead, the golden days are over, where will the new voices come from?"
(she politely disagreed fwiw)
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The Busting Balls Podcast starts 2026 with a Podblast, as @jonarnold.bsky.social + I talk the firings of Enzo Maresca, Ruben Amorim + Wilfried Nancy, + more! @brasilianfury.bsky.social
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
Special Podblast: The Fired Squad
Just a podblast to open our account for 2026, as Jon & Geoffrey talk the firings of Enzo Maresca, Ruben Amorim AND Wilfried Nancy (thank GAWD!), as well as AFCON and the edgy Arsenal v. Liverpool matc
soundcloud.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The Busting Balls Podcast starts 2026 with a Podblast, as @jonarnold.bsky.social + I talk the firings of Enzo Maresca, Ruben Amorim + Wilfried Nancy, + more! @brasilianfury.bsky.social
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
#Soundlcoud soundcloud.com/busting-ball...
#Spotify open.spotify.com/show/0Yz2r4p...
#soccer #football #futbol
This 49ers team is ridiculous. Footballing Terminators, it doesn’t matter which parts drop off they just keep on going.
January 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
This 49ers team is ridiculous. Footballing Terminators, it doesn’t matter which parts drop off they just keep on going.
It’s a hell of a trudge til the end of the season from here for United. Looking well short on hope or even what passes for entertainment at Old Trafford these days.
January 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It’s a hell of a trudge til the end of the season from here for United. Looking well short on hope or even what passes for entertainment at Old Trafford these days.
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I wrote a piece about #DavidBowie. It’s called, This Is All I Ever Meant.
#music #Bowie
www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2026/1/...
#music #Bowie
www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2026/1/...
This Is All I Ever Meant - A tribute to David Bowie — Nick Abadzis
A Tribute to David Bowie
www.nickabadzis.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I wrote a piece about #DavidBowie. It’s called, This Is All I Ever Meant.
#music #Bowie
www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2026/1/...
#music #Bowie
www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2026/1/...
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I heard the Bowie news after I woke up, wrote this all in one go for my site then Pitchfork said can we run it, I said sure, not re-read it since so sorry if it’s rubbish
pitchfork.com/thepitch/990...
pitchfork.com/thepitch/990...
The Life Changing Power of Discovering David Bowie
Critic Tom Ewing recalls how discovering David Bowie as a teenager in the 1980s illuminated rock's history—and his own personality.
pitchfork.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I heard the Bowie news after I woke up, wrote this all in one go for my site then Pitchfork said can we run it, I said sure, not re-read it since so sorry if it’s rubbish
pitchfork.com/thepitch/990...
pitchfork.com/thepitch/990...
Not a proponent of the ‘Bowie’s death was when it all went to shit’ theory, but I do think it was one of the best examples of what made social media worthwhile. It allowed for a communal grieving experience, the telling of stories and processing of shock. It let all the lonely people find each other
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Not a proponent of the ‘Bowie’s death was when it all went to shit’ theory, but I do think it was one of the best examples of what made social media worthwhile. It allowed for a communal grieving experience, the telling of stories and processing of shock. It let all the lonely people find each other
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Of all the hours of radio and TV dedicated to David Bowie this week, my favourite is this enchanting and moving drama by @paulmagrs.bsky.social - based on a true story which offers a glimpse of the gentle, complex, generous soul that lay behind that remarkable artist. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Goblin King and Me
A story about a real-life encounter with David Bowie, marking ten years since his passing.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Of all the hours of radio and TV dedicated to David Bowie this week, my favourite is this enchanting and moving drama by @paulmagrs.bsky.social - based on a true story which offers a glimpse of the gentle, complex, generous soul that lay behind that remarkable artist. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Lovely mention by @juderogers.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social for our radio drama The Goblin King and Me. observer.co.uk/culture/audi...
Listen today at 2.15pm on BBC Radio 4!
Listen today at 2.15pm on BBC Radio 4!
BBC Radio’s week of Bowie | The Observer
The Thin White Duke dominates the airwaves for a week of tributes, featuring interviews, ghostly archival footage and a new Labyrinth-inspired radio drama
observer.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Lovely mention by @juderogers.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social for our radio drama The Goblin King and Me. observer.co.uk/culture/audi...
Listen today at 2.15pm on BBC Radio 4!
Listen today at 2.15pm on BBC Radio 4!
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2025 is the first year in maybe 15 where I stopped tracking what my favorite new albums were and just spent time listening to things I liked. As such, I have no Best of 2025 list and it feels liberating to be free of an obligation entirely of my own making.
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
2025 is the first year in maybe 15 where I stopped tracking what my favorite new albums were and just spent time listening to things I liked. As such, I have no Best of 2025 list and it feels liberating to be free of an obligation entirely of my own making.
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It's here! Welcome to
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
256 bangers, but only one can (eventually) prevail! Kick off with the first 6 groups and don't forget to use your BONUS VOTE
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
256 bangers, but only one can (eventually) prevail! Kick off with the first 6 groups and don't forget to use your BONUS VOTE
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PeoplesPop25 DAY 1
Welcome to THE WORLD CUP OF 2025! Throughout January we'll be polling the best tracks of 2025 until we reach an ultimate winner.
Vote in each of the 6 groups and then choose one track from the whole ...
docs.google.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
It's here! Welcome to
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
256 bangers, but only one can (eventually) prevail! Kick off with the first 6 groups and don't forget to use your BONUS VOTE
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 #PeoplesPop25
256 bangers, but only one can (eventually) prevail! Kick off with the first 6 groups and don't forget to use your BONUS VOTE
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Not seen so many people going after Judy since Twin Peaks: The Return #TheTraitors
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Not seen so many people going after Judy since Twin Peaks: The Return #TheTraitors
Always half wonder if Neil Hannon was tempted into doing backing vocals on this as he thought it might be a Walker Brithers cover. #TOTP
January 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Always half wonder if Neil Hannon was tempted into doing backing vocals on this as he thought it might be a Walker Brithers cover. #TOTP
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We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range.
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
January 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range.
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you.
obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...
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A wonderful online find: the archive of music written for De Wolfe Production Music by Wayne Hill, including such classics as Left Bank Two (the Vision On gallery theme), Antrim Road (Ulster Television), The Power Game (Middlesbrough) and much more.
www.dewolfemusic.com/search.php?i...
www.dewolfemusic.com/search.php?i...
De Wolfe
De Wolfe Music | Production Music Library | Search, demo and download Production Music | Music for TV, Film, Radio & New Media
www.dewolfemusic.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
A wonderful online find: the archive of music written for De Wolfe Production Music by Wayne Hill, including such classics as Left Bank Two (the Vision On gallery theme), Antrim Road (Ulster Television), The Power Game (Middlesbrough) and much more.
www.dewolfemusic.com/search.php?i...
www.dewolfemusic.com/search.php?i...