Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Adam Macqueen

@adammacqueen.bsky.social

1.3K followers 600 following 840 posts

Author, Private Eye hack and Page 94 podcaster. Third 🏳️‍🌈Tommy Wildeblood thriller, The Inalienable Right, is out now: http://bit.ly/3EugugB

bit.ly

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · Feb 4

🧵 It’s 🏳️‍🌈LGBT+ History month in the UK 🏳️‍🌈. So let me take you back to a time when life for gay people in this country was very different indeed.

A headline from the Sun newspaper reading "Screaming Gays Bring Commons To Halt!"

1 6 26

Reposted by Adam Macqueen

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

340 7.6K 20K

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 14h

It's me in the big seat for the Eye podcast this fortnight, with an Archbishop of Canterbury joke I'm rather proud of, and a great deal else besides. Listen and weep!

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 15h

🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW

This week: Bishops, Buggers and Health Freaks

Adam, Ian and Jane discuss the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the police forces prepared to break the rules to look after their own, and RFK Jr’s very peculiar ideas about Making America Healthy Again.

pod.fo/e/339047

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 14h

In other "pop culture observations from two decades ago", I have strong opinions about season one of Heroes

1 2

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 14h

Dad in The Black Parade is a bit of a weirdo, isn't he? Like, dad, chill out, I thought we were just coming to watch a marching band, was hoping maybe you'd get me an ice cream afterwards.

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 4d

It's not a war until you've faked some photos of soldiers, Piers

20 59 290

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 5d

Just watching Carrie. So glad that she got to go to the prom and have her happy ending and everything's going to be fine now.

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 5d

Innit?

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 5d

Had no idea this was on until I saw my Amazon ranking jump sky high and my mum phoned all cross because I hadn't told her:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A Good Read - Patricia Routledge and Alexander Waugh - BBC Sounds

Sue MacGregor, Patricia Routledge and Alexander Waugh discuss favourite books.

www.bbc.co.uk

1 1 3

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 5d

RIP Patricia Routledge. A superb actress - her Talking Heads is as heartbreaking as the best of them - and a woman with superb taste in books.

Dear Adam Macqueen,
Your letter gave me such pleasure - thank you.
I was so pleased that Sue MacGregor and Alexander Waugh (the latter slightly grudging, though won over eventually), were enthusiastic about your book. I'm even more delighted that the programme has given such a boost to the sales and acknowledgement.

You are immensely readable; I look forward to your 'Private Eye's history.
'The King of Soap' had a special interest for me both, in memory, as a child and also because of my regard for the late Lord Leverhulme, a great benefactor and impressive descendant of the original.
Keep writing!
With best wishes
Patricia Routledge

1 3 52

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 7d

Man, even I got this reference, and I'll bet I was bullied even more at school than Christian Calgie.

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 7d

Tell me you’ve never played sport without telling me you’ve never played sport

2 7

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 7d

These days, the Woke Brigade will call you racist just for being racist. And that's outrageous.

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 7d

To the non vestment-botherers like ourselves, this does read like a shoplifting confession.

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 7d

... don't want to spoil it for anyone, but I have cleared my diary from the weekend onwards. And been shopping for croziers.

Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 7d

Full story here:

Who will be named Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday?

Pete Wilcox, Guli Francis-Dehqani, Sarah Mullally, Michael Beasley, Rachel Treweek...

Lot of consensus around these as the main contenders

But a surprise could still be in store:
www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...

Outside bet emerges as contender for next Archbishop of Canterbury

Pete Wilcox, the Bishop of Sheffield, who until now has not featured on any bookmaker list, is being touted as a frontrunner to succeed Justin Welby

www.thetimes.com

1 1 2

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 8d

It is! And with cellars going down into the cliffs. Have always been v envious I never got to live there.

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 8d

(amazing house, innit? They bought it for £3,400 in 1960 and sold it four years later because they couldn't afford to do ANY of the work required to stop it falling down.)

1 4

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 8d

93-year-old parent pictured pointing to Bob's bedroom/ proto-robot-dog laboratory.

1 6

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 8d

My dad has waited 50 years - well, 48 strictly speaking - to tell me that Bob Baker, as in the actual "creator of K9" Bob Baker, was their lodger in the first house they owned in Bristol. BOB ACTUAL BAKER. I had a K9 cake for my 9th birthday. How has this happened?

share.google/0KR2HEKeRFeA...

Bob Baker (scriptwriter) - Wikipedia

share.google

1 5 46

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 9d

The Palestontian Authontonty.

1 1

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 11d

Fun dresscode in your office.

1 3

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 12d

I'm not a cartoonist, and I'm certainly not new, but I'm in this nonetheless.

The New Cartoonist @thenewcartoonist.bsky.social · 12d

The new issue is out! With the brilliant @roystoncartoons.bsky.social on the cover, an Interview with @privateeyenews.bsky.social @adammacqueen.bsky.social @chicanepictures.bsky.social on Schulz, @martinrowson.bsky.social meeting David Rowe loads of toons. Go grab a copy! issuu.com/thenewcartoo...

1 5

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 13d

It's actually short for "All is terrible", he's a prime case of nominative determination.

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 14d

More insultingly, I also get described as a "Londoner". I should sue.

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 14d

Multiple commenters on the latest Private Eye podcast taking issue with my description of the Tommy Robinson march and angrily pointing out that *actually*, it's not racist to be racist, so I feel I've done some good this week.

youtu.be/z3px0sxEnkk?...

It's Your Party, Cry If You Want To

YouTube video by Private Eye Magazine

youtu.be

2 10

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 14d

😮

Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 14d

You can read all about the motherfarqer here:

bsky.app/profile/thet...

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 16d

James Farquharson, 53, said that the book The Hate U Give ‘promotes partisan political views’ about race and GCSE students are being ‘brainwashed’

School removes ‘divisive’ BLM book The Hate U Give after complaints

James Farquharson, 53, said that the book The Hate U Give ‘promotes partisan political views’ about race and GCSE students are being ‘brainwashed’