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Mark Baxter
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Writer & IIlustrator. Editor at Moseley B13 Magazine, Brum.
Free Palestine. Slava Ukraine. Animal rights. Art for social change #Resistance 🌊
Radio Show Communities #Forgotten80s #80sTM #sts70s #DLXP #ChooseDay #PtoP #MWXS #Deeper80s #TOTP
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The November edition of @moseleyb13mag.bsky.social is out now! 🍂 The issue takes a look at the development of our new train stations, as well as the Kings Heath Walk of Fame tribute night for Christine McVie (Moseley School of Art alumna), and the story of Moseley’s Major John Kinsman Brodie in WWII
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"...these projects may encourage us to see the Beatles not as fixed historical figures but as subjects whose meaning continues to evolve with each retelling."
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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We lost Nick Drake 51 years ago today 🍂
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Day Is Done
YouTube video by Nick Drake - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Col. Nicole Mann (USMC) is a pilot & NASA astronaut. She is the first #NativeAmerican woman to go into space & to go on a spacewalk.

US Naval Academy & Stanford grad (engineering), she is of Wailaki heritage (Round Valley Indian Tribes).

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy🚀
Official NASA portrait of Col. Nicole Aunapu Mann, USMC. She is wearing a full white Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit with red and blue accents, American flag patch on her left shoulder, and NASA meatball logo on her right. She smiles confidently at the camera, one gloved hand resting on her gold-visored helmet, with the U.S. flag as backdrop.
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Amy Sherald (b. 1973, Columbus, Georgia, U.S.), fact was she knew more about them than she knew about herself, having never had the map to discover what she was like, 2015
Oil on canvas
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Delia Derbyshire (1937- 2001) UK musician/composer, pioneer of electronic music, working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1960s, she created the arrangement of the theme music for UK science-fiction TV series #DoctorWho
#WomensArt
Monochrome photograph of a white woman standing over a desk with reel to reel recording equipment
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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This is…brilliant.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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The first episode of 'Doctor Who' – “An Unearthly Child” – premiered on this day 62 years ago! (November 23, 1963)

#OTD #OnThisDay #DoctorWhoDay #DoctorWho #AnUnearthlyChild
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Krush get SOTN, with PSB as runner-uppers. Thanks for another top show. Hope to see you all again soon. #forgotten80s
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Surburbia always reminds me of sitting on the doorstep to the Brum indoor markets (waiting for my mom, nan or both) with the stink of fish and listening to the cassette single of the song. That was the 80s for you. #forgotten80s
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I love Krush 'House Arrest' so much. What an absolute banger and a half! #Forgotten80s
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Hey, Forgotten 80s! How is everyone? Excellent start to the show. #forgotten80s
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Yes!! Handmaids Army, DC!!! 11/22 at the Remove the Regime rally and march.
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Mahmoud Said (Egyptian | 1897 - 1964). Portrait of Mme. Batanouni Bey (1923, oil on canvas).
November 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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✨ ALL OUT FOR UNITY – JOIN THE PROCESSION OF LIGHT! ✊🏽

Bring your lanterns, torches, and banners 💜❤️🤍🧡💗

Sunday 23 Nov 2025 – 5pm
St Martin’s Square, (by the Christmas Tree)

#AllOutForUnity #TogetherWeRise #EndViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #StandUpToRacism #UnityInDiversity #SolidarityNotHate
WOMEN AGAINST THE FAR RIGHT BIRMINGHAM & BLACK COUNTRY BIRMINGHAM UNITY RALLY LED BY A PROCESSION OF LIGHT FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS BRING YOUR TORCHES & LANTERNS 23.11.2025 - 5PM St Martin's Square, B'ham City Centre (by the Christmas Tree) ✨ ALL OUT FOR UNITY – JOIN THE PROCESSION OF LIGHT! ✊🏽 We march in solidarity to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls — to honour, remember, and rise against all forms of violence, racism, and hate. As the far right tries to divide us with fear and falsehoods, we’ll stand together — anti-racists, anti-fascists, feminists, trade unionists, and allies — united for justice, equality, and real protection for women. Bring your lanterns, torches, and banners — and fill Birmingham with light, love, and collective strength. 💜❤️🤍🧡💗 📅 Sunday 23 Nov 2025 – 5PM 📍 St Martin’s Square, Birmingham City Centre (by the Christmas Tree) #AllOutForUnity #TogetherWeRise #EndViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #StandUpToRacism #UnityInDiversity #SolidarityNotHate
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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"Even when they’re bad, they’re good – they’re laughing about it. You hear the relationships and the fragility."
Giles Martin on giving new life to The Beatles’ ‘Anthology’: “It reveals how human they were” www.nme.com/news/music/g...
Giles Martin on giving new life to The Beatles' 'Anthology': "It reveals how human they were"
Giles Martin the new 'Anthology' album and TV series, how much is left in the vault, the magic of AI, and Sam Mendes' four Beatles biopics
www.nme.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Elizabeth Freeman (“Mumbet”) (1744–1829) - Freedom Seeker and Early Abolitionist - one of the first enslaved women to gain freedom through legal action.

#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen
Elizabeth Freeman (“Mumbet”) (1744–1829) - Freedom Seeker and Early Abolitionist Elizabeth Freeman, known as “Mum Bet,” was born enslaved in New York around 1744. She later lived in Massachusetts and was enslaved to Cl. John Ashley, a wealthy, and prominent Revolutionary War leader, who helped draft the State’s Declaration of rights, which included “All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights.”. One day, the Colonel’s wife struck Mum Bet with a burning shovel for protecting her sister. Mum Bet openly wore the resulting scar on her arm in quiet defiance; it would also be evidence in the suit Mum Bet filed against her enslaver. In 1781, with the help of lawyer Theodore Sedgwick, Mum Bet and another enslaved man named Brom sued for their freedom — and won. The argument was revolutionary: Massachusetts's new constitution declared all men free and equal. Slavery contradicted this fundamental principle. Therefore, slavery was illegal in Massachusetts, and Mum Bet and Brom should be freed. Her landmark case, Brom and Bett v. Ashley, became a key precedent that helped end slavery in Massachusetts, making her one of the first enslaved women to gain freedom through legal action. After the verdict, Mum Bet chose a new name for her new life: Elizabeth Freeman. Elizabeth Freeman's case set legal precedent that helped end slavery in Massachusetts. Two years later, the Quock Walker case (1783) cemented the constitutional argument against slavery, and Massachusetts became one of the first states where slavery was effectively abolished. Freeman then went to work for the Sedgwick family, became a respected midwife and nurse, and owned her own home — a rare achievement for women of her time. Her bravery and belief in equality helped lay the groundwork for the abolition movement in America. She lived until 1829, dying at approximately 85 years old. The Sedgwick family had her buried in their family plot—an extraordinary honor that a…
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Jane Clatworthy (b. 1966, Lancashire, England), De Profundis Clamavi, 2019
Oil, cold wax, gold leaf on canvas
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance
His love of ‘good northern soul and funk’ was always in evidence and had a lasting impact on alternative music www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance | Alexis Petridis
His love of ‘good northern soul and funk’ was always in evidence and had a lasting impact on alternative music
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Mani RIP
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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"...this is an issue that’s happening in the west and it’s becoming more and more rife because of the big F, fascism, and the rise of the right.”
Joy Crookes says UK and Ireland in ‘dark time’ amid rise of far-right politics www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Joy Crookes says UK and Ireland in ‘dark time’ amid rise of far-right politics
Musician’s Brixton and Dublin performances go viral after she performs Sinéad O’Connor’s anti-racism anthem Black Boys on Mopeds
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Catherine Lucey from Bloomberg was called Piggy by Trump yesterday. His misogyny knows no bounds.
Catherine Lucey, Bloomberg reporter
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Jane Clatworthy (b. 1966, Lancashire, England), Unwinding Light, 2021
Charcoal, graphite, ink
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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“The Enlightenment was a way of life in Derby, and he was a documenter of that. He’s really reflecting the spirit of the age.”
Exploring the home town of the artist Joseph Wright of Derby www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Exploring the home town of the artist Joseph Wright of Derby
With a new exhibition of his work at the National Gallery in London, a visit to the artist’s home town reveals the landscapes and industry that inspired him
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM