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m john harrison @mjohnharrison.bsky.social · 11d

I was bawling long before the end of this.
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‘There was comedy at all times’: Andrew O’Hagan on 15 years of funny, frank and champagne-fuelled friendship with Edna O’Brien

In the last decades of her life, the two novelists became close friends. He recalls their intense bond, their last trip to Ireland and her memories of being romanced by Richard Burton

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Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social · 5d

Great to celebrate the launch of Yann Chateigné Tyltleman’s Blackout at Veranda Books last night, expertly chaired by @clementoctober.bsky.social. Out now from @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social

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Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social · 8d

A September Substack essay from me on the last day of the month. Read What I Love There: On Literary Subjectivity for FREE here: judecook.substack.com/p/what-i-lov...

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Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 12d

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Ramandeep Kaur @mumof3amigos.bsky.social · 16d

#SEND parents will not give up without a fight.

#SaveOurChildrensRights

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After last week, UK ministers should know this: a huge rebellion is coming – we will fight for our children's rights | John Harris

From mooted Whitehall cost-cutting to the bigoted views of Reform, parents of children with special needs see the latest threats, and we are mobilising, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Dan Jenks @dantjenks.bsky.social · 21d

The invincible Andy Miller. Providing a reason to check your social media every Wednesday.
These Neko Case entries are lightning in a bottle.

Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · 21d

A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, read this, support the podcast.

This week: Neko Case, pt two: The Worse Things Get, The More I Fight, The More I Fight, The More I Love You.

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INVENTORY: AN UNRELIABLE GUIDE TO MY RECORD COLLECTION by Andy Miller

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 20d

A joy to discuss Withnail & I with @juderogers.bsky.social for tQ's pod: masculinity, the complexity of Uncle Monty, the lie of the Nature Cure, the grim 90s & how the film is relevant today in our age of oomska, still "shat on by Tories, shovelled up by Labour..."

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Low Culture Podcast: Withnail & I | The Quietus

With John away, Luke gave tQ regular and all-round excellent scribe Jude Rogers a shout to see if she’d be up for coming on a special edition of the Low Culture podcast about Withnail & I, Bruce Robin...

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 21d

🎨 #GeraldHoltom, English artist and graphic designer (Nuclear Disarmament (ND) logo, which later became an international peace symbol), #DOTD 18 September 1985. #Art #GraphicDesign

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Dan Jenks @dantjenks.bsky.social · 25d

This is what she’s like…

Kev Adams @kevadams.bsky.social · 25d

Released 40 years ago today, how it all came about could fill a book. Soon forgotten at the time by all but a few. Always grateful for the love still out there though, what a difference (a mere) four decades makes 😄

Cover of Don’t Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners

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Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · 25d

#nowplaying This has 80 tracks on it, or 80 singles in old money, every one of which is very good to great, perfectly sequenced and mastered. You can buy it for a tenner. Fiftysomething friends, this is the time for action.

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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 28d

You can listen back to the Hounds of Love feature here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Hounds of Love at 40

Sinead Gleeson and Graeme Thomson on Kate Bush's celebrated 5th studio album, "Hounds of Love," which was released 40 years ago.

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Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Echobelly pissed all over Oasis as a live band"

A choice quote of @jamesbpcook.bsky.social's in this double interview we did for @drownedinsound.org about the *other* Britpop... 🙌

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Drowned in Sound | Newsletter & Podcast & Community @drownedinsound.org · Sep 6

New: 30 years on from the britpop wars, two authors in the thick of it, one a teenage fan, the other in a band you’ve somehow never heard of

@annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

Inside the other Britpop

30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · Sep 5

I wrote about Caroline Elton's 'Looking After', a vitally important addition to the tiny corpus of literature about autistic adults, for the new-look @thetls.bsky.social
www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...

How autism shapes adult life

“If it takes a village to raise a child”, writes Caroline Elton in Looking After, “it takes a small town” to care for an autistic adult. A psychologist

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · Sep 4

This installment is about searching ... for a music scene, a sense of home and something much deeper. My favorite INVENTORY yet.

Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · Sep 3

A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the
@backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up and you’ll get this plus a bunch of other stuff, all while supporting the podcast.

This week: the Canterbury Scene pt. two - Hatfield and the North and Matching Mole.

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · Sep 3

Two authors speak out about Britpop! My joint interview with the brilliant @annadoble.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...

Inside the other Britpop

30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion

www.drownedinsound.org

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Bob Stanley @rockingbob.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Britpop’s best foundational band. From day one – in the post-perestroika summer of Italia 90 – their approach to music, lyrics, and films has always crossed borders, been open-minded, and kept time-travelling.” Thank you Jude Rogers. thequietus.com/interviews/s...

The Strange World Of… Saint Etienne | The Quietus

In the April 1993 issue of Select (a key text in the run-up to Britpop) the first band interviewed in its famous ‘Yanks Go Home’ feature wasn’t its cover stars, Suede. It was Saint Etienne, a trio nam...

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · Sep 2

'Rights matter'. Essential reading from @johnharris1969.bsky.social about the proposed changes to SEND provision. #autism

John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Maybe I'm Amazed Substack returns! Latest piece from me is here: a long cold lonely winter for SEND families?... subscriptions are free
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/a-long-col...

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Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · Sep 2

New episode up now. The Tombs of Atuan (1970) by Ursula K. Le Guin, the second part of Earthsea, with guest Frank Cottrell-Boyce in conversation with Una McCormack and Andy Miller. @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0sc5...

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Mark O'Connell @markoconnell.bsky.social · Sep 1

The days of asking are all gone as LA LA LAND RECORDS announce a two-disc dive into the unreleased cues and alternate songs of THUNDERBALL! With only 5000 copies available, go break your turntable's heart without regret...
lalalandrecords.com/thunderball-...
#Thunderball #JohnBarry #JamesBond

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Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social · Aug 28

I reviewed Benjamin Wood's lyrical, Hardyesque @thebookerprizes.com 2025 longlisted novella, Seascraper, in @guardianbooks.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood review – a story that sings on the page

A young shrimp fisher’s horizons are broadened by the arrival of a stranger in this atmospheric Booker-listed tale

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Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social · Aug 27

A late-August Substack from me: an essay about writing my second novel, Jacob's Advice (2020). Paris In the Blood: How To Research a Novel. Read for FREE here 👇 judecook.substack.com/p/paris-in-t...

Paris In the Blood

How To Research a Novel

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · Aug 27

You say it's your birthday . . . #birthday

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