Paul Stokes
@stokesie.bsky.social
Filling in time between serious news items…
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Our Christmas special is now up. Waldemar explains how art invented Santa Claus. And I look into Peter Bruegel the Elder's mysterious and brilliant Adoration of the Magi.
Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.
Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Our Christmas special is now up. Waldemar explains how art invented Santa Claus. And I look into Peter Bruegel the Elder's mysterious and brilliant Adoration of the Magi.
Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.
Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.
Always a suave way to see out the year... Rome label Four Flies have just posted their annual playlist rounding up their best from the last 12 months.
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-o...
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-o...
BEST OF 2025, by Four Flies Records
16 track album
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Always a suave way to see out the year... Rome label Four Flies have just posted their annual playlist rounding up their best from the last 12 months.
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-o...
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-o...
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New event! Jamie Mackie & Shaun Derry live Q&A on 25 March 2026 at The George IV in Chiswick
Tickets on sale now: www.tickettailor.com/events/newgo...
Tickets on sale now: www.tickettailor.com/events/newgo...
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
New event! Jamie Mackie & Shaun Derry live Q&A on 25 March 2026 at The George IV in Chiswick
Tickets on sale now: www.tickettailor.com/events/newgo...
Tickets on sale now: www.tickettailor.com/events/newgo...
@tobiasjones.bsky.social I see next year’s Giro is going through Cosenza, a pink dust jacket for Ultra to celebrate?
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@tobiasjones.bsky.social I see next year’s Giro is going through Cosenza, a pink dust jacket for Ultra to celebrate?
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I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
Asked Sleaford Mods some questions while lurking behind a camera... mercifully, here are their answers only.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Asked Sleaford Mods some questions while lurking behind a camera... mercifully, here are their answers only.
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This week on the podcast, we interview Andrew Graham-Dixon about Vermeer, lay into the BBC's arts coverage, and ask why royal portraits are so bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
Waldy & Bendy | Season 5 | Episode 09: Why are royal portraits so ugly?
YouTube video by ZCZ Films
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November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This week on the podcast, we interview Andrew Graham-Dixon about Vermeer, lay into the BBC's arts coverage, and ask why royal portraits are so bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
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Charity Park Rangers
Podcast Episode · QPR Podcast · 06/11/2025 · 57m
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November 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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New episode of the podcast out today. We ask if art is good for your health; interview Katy Hessel about her new book; and try and work out if the bird lives or dies in Wright of Derby's epic 'Airpump'.
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New episode of the podcast out today. We ask if art is good for your health; interview Katy Hessel about her new book; and try and work out if the bird lives or dies in Wright of Derby's epic 'Airpump'.
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Wrote about brain fog - a common side effect of chemo treatment that ends up feeling like scrolling social media for hours with no end in sight. Written last week - today feels more optimistic thanks to Zohran Mamdani and his brilliant speech. Thanks for reading! open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...
No explosions, no crashes, no fights
Fog on the mind, perpetual scrolling, endless Sunday, boredom meets optimism
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Wrote about brain fog - a common side effect of chemo treatment that ends up feeling like scrolling social media for hours with no end in sight. Written last week - today feels more optimistic thanks to Zohran Mamdani and his brilliant speech. Thanks for reading! open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...
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#OnThisDay 1083 Matilda of Flanders, queen of William the Conqueror, died in Normandy. Contrary to popular myth, she was not 4’2” tall. A (short) thread:
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#OnThisDay 1083 Matilda of Flanders, queen of William the Conqueror, died in Normandy. Contrary to popular myth, she was not 4’2” tall. A (short) thread:
Closed around 30 tabs this morning, some open for years. Now ready to option the experience as a make-over TV format.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Closed around 30 tabs this morning, some open for years. Now ready to option the experience as a make-over TV format.
30 years of Difference Class courtesy of Pulp.
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
30 years of Difference Class courtesy of Pulp.
Paging all the actors who missed out on The Thursday Murder Club…
A 77-year old man is the main suspect in an investigation that has involved raids in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, leading Bavarian police to seize forged Picasso, Rembrandt and Kahlo paintings
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/27/f...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/27/f...
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Paging all the actors who missed out on The Thursday Murder Club…
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Baxter Dury released Prince Of Tears on this day in 2017 (27 October 2017). You can replay the listening party (no_345) here:
Baxter Dury
Prince Of Tears
timstwitterlisteningparty.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Baxter Dury released Prince Of Tears on this day in 2017 (27 October 2017). You can replay the listening party (no_345) here:
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I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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October 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I was intrigued to see which two of the Vatican’s ten Raphael tapestries were chosen for today’s unprecedented service in the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are very rarely shown - was Pope Leo XIV conveying any message in the choice?
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Happy 25th to PJHarvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea...
and also happy birthday to the easiest 'Where It's At' (cover location feature) I did for Q, though it was very nice to speak to Maria Mochnacz about her evening wandering around Times Square with Polly.
and also happy birthday to the easiest 'Where It's At' (cover location feature) I did for Q, though it was very nice to speak to Maria Mochnacz about her evening wandering around Times Square with Polly.
October 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy 25th to PJHarvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea...
and also happy birthday to the easiest 'Where It's At' (cover location feature) I did for Q, though it was very nice to speak to Maria Mochnacz about her evening wandering around Times Square with Polly.
and also happy birthday to the easiest 'Where It's At' (cover location feature) I did for Q, though it was very nice to speak to Maria Mochnacz about her evening wandering around Times Square with Polly.
Also an good title for a TV programme, according to now 8 year-old Leonard...
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Also an good title for a TV programme, according to now 8 year-old Leonard...
A first-ever vinyl pressing of Elsio Mancuso & Berto Pisano's Nude Per L'Assassino giallo soundtrack in this morning's post.
Roma's Four Flies label perfectly on target with their vault-scouring as ever (and not just for sending me number 002/100).
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nude-p...
Roma's Four Flies label perfectly on target with their vault-scouring as ever (and not just for sending me number 002/100).
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nude-p...
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A first-ever vinyl pressing of Elsio Mancuso & Berto Pisano's Nude Per L'Assassino giallo soundtrack in this morning's post.
Roma's Four Flies label perfectly on target with their vault-scouring as ever (and not just for sending me number 002/100).
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nude-p...
Roma's Four Flies label perfectly on target with their vault-scouring as ever (and not just for sending me number 002/100).
fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nude-p...
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Mercury Prize tomorrow. If you want more on those heading to Newcastle, check out 6 Music's 2025 Pocket Guide.
An honour to play Makepeace to Matt Everitt's Dempsey by interviewing Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, Martin Carthy & Pa Salieu on nomination day 🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
An honour to play Makepeace to Matt Everitt's Dempsey by interviewing Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, Martin Carthy & Pa Salieu on nomination day 🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Mercury Prize - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Mercury Prize on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Mercury Prize tomorrow. If you want more on those heading to Newcastle, check out 6 Music's 2025 Pocket Guide.
An honour to play Makepeace to Matt Everitt's Dempsey by interviewing Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, Martin Carthy & Pa Salieu on nomination day 🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
An honour to play Makepeace to Matt Everitt's Dempsey by interviewing Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, Martin Carthy & Pa Salieu on nomination day 🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Mercury Prize tomorrow. If you want more on those heading to Newcastle, check out 6 Music's 2025 Pocket Guide.
An honour to play Makepeace to Matt Everitt's Dempsey by interviewing Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, Martin Carthy & Pa Salieu on nomination day 🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
An honour to play Makepeace to Matt Everitt's Dempsey by interviewing Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, Martin Carthy & Pa Salieu on nomination day 🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Mercury Prize - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Mercury Prize on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Mercury Prize tomorrow. If you want more on those heading to Newcastle, check out 6 Music's 2025 Pocket Guide.
An honour to play Makepeace to Matt Everitt's Dempsey by interviewing Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, Martin Carthy & Pa Salieu on nomination day 🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
An honour to play Makepeace to Matt Everitt's Dempsey by interviewing Emma-Jean Thackray, Jacob Alon, Joe Webb, Martin Carthy & Pa Salieu on nomination day 🎧
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
So many wonderful performances… farewell to one of greats.
October 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So many wonderful performances… farewell to one of greats.