Tom Robinson
@tomrobinson.com
UK-based songwriter and broadcaster (b.1950). Rock Against Racism, Glad To Be LGBT+, Sometime DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music https://linktr.ee/tomrobinson
Absolutely this... Great piece on the joy of spoilers by @jaseokundaye.bsky.social in today's Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Absolutely this... Great piece on the joy of spoilers by @jaseokundaye.bsky.social in today's Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
BB for full playlist see Alt Text on image...
January 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
BB for full playlist see Alt Text on image...
Grateful thanks to #AmazingRadio for letting me curate a season of 8 Saturday night shows last Autumn. My final faves of 2025 went out last w/e with tips from colleagues #JimGellatly #ShellZenner #CharlieAshcroft & producer #MarkRyan. All shows streaming now via amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...
January 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Grateful thanks to #AmazingRadio for letting me curate a season of 8 Saturday night shows last Autumn. My final faves of 2025 went out last w/e with tips from colleagues #JimGellatly #ShellZenner #CharlieAshcroft & producer #MarkRyan. All shows streaming now via amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...
"Christmas morning was always tense at the Schrödingers" Cartoon by Viluissimo - from the current Xmas issue of @priveteye.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Christmas morning was always tense at the Schrödingers" Cartoon by Viluissimo - from the current Xmas issue of @priveteye.bsky.social
So very sorry to hear of Chris Rea's passing. A fine artist & genuinely big-hearted human being. We first met in 1974 when he and my first band were managed by Teesside legend John McCoy. By 1994 Chris was an international star but played on my album Love Over Rage as a favour for a penniless mate.
December 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So very sorry to hear of Chris Rea's passing. A fine artist & genuinely big-hearted human being. We first met in 1974 when he and my first band were managed by Teesside legend John McCoy. By 1994 Chris was an international star but played on my album Love Over Rage as a favour for a penniless mate.
For anyone in need of a daft three minute chuckle this weekend, here's Spike Milligan youtu.be/p-IU-NQ8c14
Spike Milligan - The Fresh Fruit Song
YouTube video by Spine Millington
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December 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For anyone in need of a daft three minute chuckle this weekend, here's Spike Milligan youtu.be/p-IU-NQ8c14
"Let me just get some proof of delivery"... cartoon by Martin Ross from @privateeyenews.bsky.social No.1665 - on newsstands now. An annual Private Eye subscription is £48 quid for 26 issues. www.subsonline.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Let me just get some proof of delivery"... cartoon by Martin Ross from @privateeyenews.bsky.social No.1665 - on newsstands now. An annual Private Eye subscription is £48 quid for 26 issues. www.subsonline.co.uk
Reposted by Tom Robinson
Albums of the Year
hear tracks from exceptional albums of 2025
BBC 6 Music
Sunday 6-8pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
hear tracks from exceptional albums of 2025
BBC 6 Music
Sunday 6-8pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Albums of the Year
hear tracks from exceptional albums of 2025
BBC 6 Music
Sunday 6-8pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
hear tracks from exceptional albums of 2025
BBC 6 Music
Sunday 6-8pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Together for Palestine’s charity single LULLABY is out today 12th December. Let’s make compassion this year’s real winner and get Christmas #1 for Gaza’s children. Buying from Bandcamp will count towards the chart & pass on the maximum of your money:
togetherforpalestine.bandcamp.com/album/lullaby
togetherforpalestine.bandcamp.com/album/lullaby
Lullaby, by TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE, NAI BARGHOUTI, LEIGH-ANNE & NENEH CHERRY
2 track album
togetherforpalestine.bandcamp.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Together for Palestine’s charity single LULLABY is out today 12th December. Let’s make compassion this year’s real winner and get Christmas #1 for Gaza’s children. Buying from Bandcamp will count towards the chart & pass on the maximum of your money:
togetherforpalestine.bandcamp.com/album/lullaby
togetherforpalestine.bandcamp.com/album/lullaby
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social cartoon by Dink: "Latest UK espionage report from LinkedIn: Colin Watkins has Mandy from Accounts in the Secret Santa".
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social cartoon by Dink: "Latest UK espionage report from LinkedIn: Colin Watkins has Mandy from Accounts in the Secret Santa".
Episode 6 of the Tom Robinson Show on @amazingradio.com went out on Sat 6 Dec 2025 at 9pm. Rewind/Listen Again link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to.... For full tracklist see Alt Text on picture...
December 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Episode 6 of the Tom Robinson Show on @amazingradio.com went out on Sat 6 Dec 2025 at 9pm. Rewind/Listen Again link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to.... For full tracklist see Alt Text on picture...
#TheRebelBear Instagram has even better pics of the new bronze pigeon atop The Duke www.instagram.com/p/DRIL7HlDOBN/
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#TheRebelBear Instagram has even better pics of the new bronze pigeon atop The Duke www.instagram.com/p/DRIL7HlDOBN/
South end of the common - I do my Pilates classes literally at the station :-)
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
South end of the common - I do my Pilates classes literally at the station :-)
Nah, swallowed so many of them over the last 50 years they stopped bothering... easier to buy more plectrums :-)
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Nah, swallowed so many of them over the last 50 years they stopped bothering... easier to buy more plectrums :-)
Oh feck - still got that to look forward to then... and the hernia bruising was bad enough !
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Oh feck - still got that to look forward to then... and the hernia bruising was bad enough !
HEALTH HEART & HERNIA UPDATES / GABRIELLE SEY / PAUL WELLER / MAIL ORDER CDs / NEW RADIO SHOW / SOLD OUT GIGS... All the news that's fit to print in the latest TR newsletter - now online at mailchi.mp/tomrobinson/...
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
HEALTH HEART & HERNIA UPDATES / GABRIELLE SEY / PAUL WELLER / MAIL ORDER CDs / NEW RADIO SHOW / SOLD OUT GIGS... All the news that's fit to print in the latest TR newsletter - now online at mailchi.mp/tomrobinson/...
Haha been there and (not) done that 🙊
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Haha been there and (not) done that 🙊
Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U
Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch (Official Video)
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton
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November 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U
ARTISTS! BANDS! MUSIC FANS! Can you lend FOTN your ears & expertise this weekend to help some deserving artists find a wider audience? Please drop by the Listening Post & tell us your favourite tunes at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch591 Big love & warm thanks if you’re able to help x
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ARTISTS! BANDS! MUSIC FANS! Can you lend FOTN your ears & expertise this weekend to help some deserving artists find a wider audience? Please drop by the Listening Post & tell us your favourite tunes at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch591 Big love & warm thanks if you’re able to help x
Thanks so much - will delete and repost!
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thanks so much - will delete and repost!
UPDATE: finally got that hernia op last week. Now back home for rest & recovery for next 5 wks til Xmas. Then at the end of January it's back out on the road for 10 extra duo shows by popular demand. Winchester's sold out already, Cromer & Stourbridge going fast: full details at tomrobinson.com/gigs
![THEN & NOW: Tom Robinson with Adam Phillips
Jan 2026
21 NORWICH - Arts Centre
22 CROMER - Community Centre
23 HALESWORTH - The Cut
24 HARLOW - Victoria Hall Theatre
25 SUTTON - Sound Lounge
28 WINCHESTER - Railway [SOLD OUT]
29 WOKINGHAM - Music Club
30 LICHFIELD - The Hub At St Mary's
31 STOURBRIDGE - Katie Fitzgerald's
Feb 2026
01 TROWBRIDGE - The Pump
20 OOSTERZELE - CC De Kluize
For more gig info and box office links see Linktree on profile.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d66p6hrju3h35wxh3sdegarv/bafkreidooc2mbkg4f7yeexkecivbvniveodz3uijojybaoewyt7tx5nej4@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
UPDATE: finally got that hernia op last week. Now back home for rest & recovery for next 5 wks til Xmas. Then at the end of January it's back out on the road for 10 extra duo shows by popular demand. Winchester's sold out already, Cromer & Stourbridge going fast: full details at tomrobinson.com/gigs
Thanks Wylie - me too!
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thanks Wylie - me too!
The Tom Robinson Show returns to Amazing Radio tonight (Sat 22 Nov). Listen live from 9pm via amazingradio.com/onair or after broacast via Rewind link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Tom Robinson Show returns to Amazing Radio tonight (Sat 22 Nov). Listen live from 9pm via amazingradio.com/onair or after broacast via Rewind link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE FORD CORTINA on BBC iPlayer. [Full disclosure: a much younger, slightly camper version of me appears about 5 mins into this classic Arena film by the late great Nigel Finch...] www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Arena - The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
A witty look at the history of the Ford Cortina, which was, in the 1980s, Britain's most popular, most stolen and most misunderstood car. With Alexei Sayle, John Betjeman and Magnus Magnusson.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE FORD CORTINA on BBC iPlayer. [Full disclosure: a much younger, slightly camper version of me appears about 5 mins into this classic Arena film by the late great Nigel Finch...] www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Totally - an annual Private Eye subscription is an absolute bargain at at £48 quid for 26 issues, Peter. www.subsonline.co.uk Voice held out for rest of tour thanks - got hernia fixed yesterday - just 6 weeks recovery then a heart op to go :-)
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Totally - an annual Private Eye subscription is an absolute bargain at at £48 quid for 26 issues, Peter. www.subsonline.co.uk Voice held out for rest of tour thanks - got hernia fixed yesterday - just 6 weeks recovery then a heart op to go :-)