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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 5h

GLA Building #OpenHouseLondon

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 1d

Gore Vidal from the Archives of In the Psychiatrist's Chair on #BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

In the Psychiatrist's Chair - Gore Vidal - BBC Sounds

Professor Anthony Clare scrutinises the legendary American writer.

www.bbc.co.uk

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 2d

Written in the clouds #London

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 2d

#NZO's mix on #BBCSounds to start the week www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The 6 Mix with Mary Anne Hobbs - NZO - BBC Sounds

The 6 Mix this week comes from the Sheffield-based electronic artist NZO.

www.bbc.co.uk

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 3d

Bored Lord's track 'wait wait wait' to start Sunday boredlord.bandcamp.com/track/wait-w...

wait wait wait, by Bored Lord

from the album 3213123

boredlord.bandcamp.com

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 5d

As the new album launches #BBC #Data #journalists take a look back at Taylor Swift's career www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

How Taylor Swift made herself too big to fail - BBC News

With a passionate fandom and chart supremacy, it seems like nothing can damage Taylor Swift, as expectation about her new album grows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 6d

Narrow vanishing point (Arsenal)

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 8d

RIP Terry Farrell architect of the least discreet intelligence agency building and many other enjoyable structures. Recommend his book on London.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Terry Farrell, architect who designed MI6 building, dies aged 87

He also designed the headquarters for ITV's 80s breakfast show TV-am, with giant eggcups on the roof.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 9d

Coppola has certainly made better films, but his Dracula is enjoyable in its own way www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in a foreign land.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 15d

Indeed. I wonder if the CMA has noticed?

Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 15d

Starting to look like a coordinated shakedown...

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15d

Eli Lilly boss brands UK ‘worst country in Europe’ for cheap drug prices on.ft.com/4gDHedQ

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 17d

Fresh from the printers... Atomic Albion by Tom Bolton is now with us ready in time for the launch on Monday 22nd September!

Available in 300 limited edition hardbacks or paperback versions.
Pre order your copy strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/atomic-a...

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 16d

I knew The Prodigy's 'Out of Space' had many samples, but hadn't quite appreciated how much. It's like a very clever jigsaw puzzle made out of other jigsaws www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF8Q...

OUT OF SPACE - How did The Prodigy get away with it?

YouTube video by Gyu Beats

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 17d

Baby Rasta & Gringo's 'The Noise Live' (Phran & DNGDNGDNG mix) to start Sunday denguedenguedengue.bandcamp.com/track/baby-r...

Baby Rasta & Gringo - The Noise Live (Phran & DNGDNGDNG´s Latin Jungle Mix), by Phran & DNGDNGDNG

from the album Sonido Underground: Planta Baja Vol.1

denguedenguedengue.bandcamp.com

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 19d

Kate Moss fronting an 8 part series on Bowie on #BBCSounds (mostly covering the period up to Young Americans) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC - Music Uncovered, David Bowie Changeling, 1. Oh You Pretty Things!

The Birth of Bowie. From schoolboy vanity to Space Oddity, Bowie’s first transformation.

www.bbc.co.uk

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 20d

Scream on #BBCiPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Scream

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorised by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.

www.bbc.co.uk

John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 22d

RIP Nicholas Grimshaw creator of one of my favourite London buildings: Grand Union Walk www.dezeen.com/2025/09/15/n...

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 23d

Clive Merrison as Holmes and Jack May playing a Colonel - the voice audio equivalent of chocolate on #BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sherlock Holmes - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Series 1 - Silver Blaze - BBC Sounds

When a racehorse favourite disappears and its trainer murdered, the sleuth heads to Devon.

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 24d

Fracture & Tim Reaper's 'Whipcrack' from their forthcoming album to kick-start Sunday #dnb futureretrolondon.bandcamp.com/track/whipcr...

Whipcrack, by Fracture & Tim Reaper

from the album APHAFR001

futureretrolondon.bandcamp.com

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 26d

David Hockney's 'Garrowby Hill' (1998)

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Adam Nathaniel Furman @anfurman.bsky.social · 27d

Nice renovation and extension of an historic terracotta building in Chicago. Note how the windows of the main building have been angled to match the extension above

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · 29d

From #BBCSounds - an irascible Will Self on a road-trip in search of James Clerk Maxwell (in an electric car obvs)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Self Drives - Maxwell's Equations - 1. Maxwell's Edinburgh - BBC Sounds

Will Self begins a 600 mile road trip on the trail of physicist James Clerk Maxwell.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · Sep 8

Interesting programme on #BBCiPlayer on the Philbrick art fraud. The memoir on the same subject 'All That Glitters' is also worth reading. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The Great Art Fraud

Lies, forgeries, manipulation - and fraud worth $86 million. How Inigo Philbrick deceived the super rich of the art world - and ended up going from paradise to prison.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is very interesting, and exactly the kind of thing we need to actually achieve tech sovereignty in Europe:

"[Dutch] ASML becomes [French] Mistral AI’s top shareholder after leading latest funding round, sources say"

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Exclusive: ASML becomes Mistral AI’s top shareholder after leading latest funding round, sources say

The round will make Mistral the most valuable AI company in Europe with a 10-billion-euro pre-money valuation in its latest Series C funding round, sources said.

www.reuters.com

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John Davies @johnardavies.bsky.social · Sep 7

Brenda's sinuous 'Rápido & Lento' (Convextion remix) to start Sunday brendaa.bandcamp.com/track/r-pido...

Rápido & Lento ;) (Time Light Curve aka Convextion remix), by Brenda

from the album Húmedo

brendaa.bandcamp.com

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TTU Book History and Digital Humanities @ttubhdh.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is an absolutely amazing digital project: all the text in NYC, searchable and mappable.
NYC’s Urban Textscape buff.ly/9VGvSoR

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