John Prendergast
@prendy.bsky.social
Cracking SOH
The West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire
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Carrying on whatever ‘they’ say … with our first headline tour in 3+ years next month AND our first as the new five piece PLUS a bit of a belated celebration of a record we never got to tour
Tickets at the ready please friends, we’re on the home straight now :
www.thenightingales.org.uk/live
Tickets at the ready please friends, we’re on the home straight now :
www.thenightingales.org.uk/live
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Carrying on whatever ‘they’ say … with our first headline tour in 3+ years next month AND our first as the new five piece PLUS a bit of a belated celebration of a record we never got to tour
Tickets at the ready please friends, we’re on the home straight now :
www.thenightingales.org.uk/live
Tickets at the ready please friends, we’re on the home straight now :
www.thenightingales.org.uk/live
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#Davidsmonthofmusic
#31DayMusicChallenge
#MusicChallenge
Day 2
A song that starts with B
Born Again in Birmingham
The Nightingales
Go to see them on their forthcoming UK tour - they are fucking marvellous!
@flisskitson.bsky.social
#31DayMusicChallenge
#MusicChallenge
Day 2
A song that starts with B
Born Again in Birmingham
The Nightingales
Go to see them on their forthcoming UK tour - they are fucking marvellous!
@flisskitson.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
#Davidsmonthofmusic
#31DayMusicChallenge
#MusicChallenge
Day 2
A song that starts with B
Born Again in Birmingham
The Nightingales
Go to see them on their forthcoming UK tour - they are fucking marvellous!
@flisskitson.bsky.social
#31DayMusicChallenge
#MusicChallenge
Day 2
A song that starts with B
Born Again in Birmingham
The Nightingales
Go to see them on their forthcoming UK tour - they are fucking marvellous!
@flisskitson.bsky.social
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The Nightingales - Gales Doc (not from 2025 but shown to me this year and I love it, in fact it’s as old as Pink Pony Club) youtu.be/jDeAxCQIcGM?...
The Nightingales - Gales Doc
YouTube video by firerecords
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Nightingales - Gales Doc (not from 2025 but shown to me this year and I love it, in fact it’s as old as Pink Pony Club) youtu.be/jDeAxCQIcGM?...
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
The Nightingales:
🎵 The New Emperor's New Clothes
#6music #TheNightingales
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
The New Emperor's New Clothes, by The Nightingales
from the album The Awful Truth
thenightingalesuk.bandcamp.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
The Nightingales:
🎵 The New Emperor's New Clothes
#6music #TheNightingales
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song/Cover on #Bandcamp:
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Even in the most unhinged corners of Hollywood a film plot for a US President attacking Venezuela without armed provocation, kidnapping the President and running the sovereign country against its will.. would be dismissed as fecking mental❗️
That this shit is really happening, is beyond terrifying🤦🏼♂️😱
That this shit is really happening, is beyond terrifying🤦🏼♂️😱
Venezuela latest: Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place'
The president says the US launched an
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Even in the most unhinged corners of Hollywood a film plot for a US President attacking Venezuela without armed provocation, kidnapping the President and running the sovereign country against its will.. would be dismissed as fecking mental❗️
That this shit is really happening, is beyond terrifying🤦🏼♂️😱
That this shit is really happening, is beyond terrifying🤦🏼♂️😱
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Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.
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None of us are safe. Nobody. And that includes Americans.
Not all leaders are the same - and it matters who sits at the top so a big screw you to the people who elected Trump and the people who are still saying that Harris would have been just as bad.
Not all leaders are the same - and it matters who sits at the top so a big screw you to the people who elected Trump and the people who are still saying that Harris would have been just as bad.
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 AM
None of us are safe. Nobody. And that includes Americans.
Not all leaders are the same - and it matters who sits at the top so a big screw you to the people who elected Trump and the people who are still saying that Harris would have been just as bad.
Not all leaders are the same - and it matters who sits at the top so a big screw you to the people who elected Trump and the people who are still saying that Harris would have been just as bad.
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“2026 can be a better year – but only if we demand that those in the political and media mainstream reject these websites [ie - X], this language and these ideas.”
Very good, as ever, from @iandunt.bsky.social and a New Year’s resolution we can all get behind.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/409...
Very good, as ever, from @iandunt.bsky.social and a New Year’s resolution we can all get behind.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/409...
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“2026 can be a better year – but only if we demand that those in the political and media mainstream reject these websites [ie - X], this language and these ideas.”
Very good, as ever, from @iandunt.bsky.social and a New Year’s resolution we can all get behind.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/409...
Very good, as ever, from @iandunt.bsky.social and a New Year’s resolution we can all get behind.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/409...
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“Over half (54%) of exporters in a survey of almost 1,000 businesses – the majority of which were small and medium-sized firms – said the (Brexit) trade deal negotiated by Boris Johnson’s govt… was not helping them”
Paying a v high price for Brexit ‘sovereignty’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Paying a v high price for Brexit ‘sovereignty’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms
Labour urged to accelerate reset with Brussels as many exporters struggling to trade in the EU after Brexit deal
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“Over half (54%) of exporters in a survey of almost 1,000 businesses – the majority of which were small and medium-sized firms – said the (Brexit) trade deal negotiated by Boris Johnson’s govt… was not helping them”
Paying a v high price for Brexit ‘sovereignty’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Paying a v high price for Brexit ‘sovereignty’.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Last show of the European tour in Bristol. I’m posing by the blue plaque denoting that this was Vivian Stanshell’s boat. Vivian was the singer and conceptualist behind the Bonzo Dog Band.
December 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Last show of the European tour in Bristol. I’m posing by the blue plaque denoting that this was Vivian Stanshell’s boat. Vivian was the singer and conceptualist behind the Bonzo Dog Band.
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UK society is divided by misinformation in the press and wealth inequality; unity is possible through organised local communities | Cleisthenes' Disciple
A divided UK can be unified through strong local communities
UK society is divided by misinformation in the press and wealth inequality; unity is possible through organised local communities
northwestbylines.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
UK society is divided by misinformation in the press and wealth inequality; unity is possible through organised local communities | Cleisthenes' Disciple
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For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
Farage’s Tory recycling scheme
And why it will surely backfire...
writesbright.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
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I’ve just popped a jar of pickled red cabbage in the fridge for eating with my Christmas ham and alongside or in sandwiches next week, and thought it was only fair to bring the recipe to your attention now, too!
www.nigella.com/recipes/pick...
www.nigella.com/recipes/pick...
Pickled Red Cabbage
Soft, soused, slow-braised red cabbage has been part of my Christmas table forever. I will never forsake it (and do check out the tangy version with cranberries) but I have come to the conclusion that...
www.nigella.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I’ve just popped a jar of pickled red cabbage in the fridge for eating with my Christmas ham and alongside or in sandwiches next week, and thought it was only fair to bring the recipe to your attention now, too!
www.nigella.com/recipes/pick...
www.nigella.com/recipes/pick...
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Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government…
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government…
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
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The £17bn is fake, the idea that we can save it is fake, the idea we need to be ready to fight a war is beyond stupid and the notion that £17bn would get us ready for that - is detached from reality…Kemi Badenoch is probably the most stupid leader the Tories have yet had. I hope she keeps her job.
December 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The £17bn is fake, the idea that we can save it is fake, the idea we need to be ready to fight a war is beyond stupid and the notion that £17bn would get us ready for that - is detached from reality…Kemi Badenoch is probably the most stupid leader the Tories have yet had. I hope she keeps her job.
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In Tune In I quoted a 1960 Paul McCartney letter declaring that the Beatals (yes) had ‘competence, confidence & continuity’ … and just today I’ve found that Paul nicked it from a Midland Bank cheque book, Competence–Continuity–Confidence being printed on the inside back cover. Great nicking, Paul!
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In Tune In I quoted a 1960 Paul McCartney letter declaring that the Beatals (yes) had ‘competence, confidence & continuity’ … and just today I’ve found that Paul nicked it from a Midland Bank cheque book, Competence–Continuity–Confidence being printed on the inside back cover. Great nicking, Paul!
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You can pick any album from Stevie's classic period and give it GOAT status, but Innervisions just feels special for so many different reasons.
We're rewinding the clock back to the 1970s and celebrating the decade's greatest albums including Stevie Wonder's 'Innervisions' (1973) | Listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/SWInnervisions
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You can pick any album from Stevie's classic period and give it GOAT status, but Innervisions just feels special for so many different reasons.
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They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Is there any better endorsement of Zack?
They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Is there any better endorsement of Zack?
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Bob Dylan, Idiot Wind. The best vision of the last 45 yrs of "'merica". Listen to the lyrics! No one else captured our essence so clearly and substatially. It is about media and its impact. He might as well have been singing about Meta, X, or any other.
youtu.be/8dxzGAuFITo?...
youtu.be/8dxzGAuFITo?...
Bob Dylan — Idiot Wind. Hard Rain film, 1976. New higher quality version with audio upgrade
YouTube video by nightly moth
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Bob Dylan, Idiot Wind. The best vision of the last 45 yrs of "'merica". Listen to the lyrics! No one else captured our essence so clearly and substatially. It is about media and its impact. He might as well have been singing about Meta, X, or any other.
youtu.be/8dxzGAuFITo?...
youtu.be/8dxzGAuFITo?...
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The ‘where are they now?’ chaser to Farage’s schoolboy racism..
“He inspired the country on a tide of xenophobia to leave the EU, a decision that most of the country regrets or outright hates, and.. went abroad to get a standing ovation from the German far right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“He inspired the country on a tide of xenophobia to leave the EU, a decision that most of the country regrets or outright hates, and.. went abroad to get a standing ovation from the German far right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations | Musa Okwonga
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The ‘where are they now?’ chaser to Farage’s schoolboy racism..
“He inspired the country on a tide of xenophobia to leave the EU, a decision that most of the country regrets or outright hates, and.. went abroad to get a standing ovation from the German far right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“He inspired the country on a tide of xenophobia to leave the EU, a decision that most of the country regrets or outright hates, and.. went abroad to get a standing ovation from the German far right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘People have realised that there is little to gain, & a huge amount to lose, by creating free content for a billionaire's online platform. All those monolithic platforms now have the air of deserted out-of-town malls built during a boom’
@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/7e46...
@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/7e46...
Social media is dead — none of my friends are posting any more
‘Everyone is scared that something they share might attract the attention of social media’s angry hordes, always ready to accuse on X, Facebook and Instagram’
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘People have realised that there is little to gain, & a huge amount to lose, by creating free content for a billionaire's online platform. All those monolithic platforms now have the air of deserted out-of-town malls built during a boom’
@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/7e46...
@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/7e46...