Robin Turner
@robinturner.bsky.social
Wrote books about The Chemical Brothers and Heavenly Recordings, does PR for some of rock and / or roll's finest, part owns The Social. Now writing weekly newsletters about life with and after a brain tumour: https://acloudablossom.substack.com/
Last week I was unexpectedly signed off from a chemotherapy programme. Totally magical news that I just couldn’t process at the time - as if I was in the Upside Down when I should have been organising a street party piss up. Love, as always xx
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Oh me oh my I think it's been an eternity
Ocean sized, mind flayed, beginning after the end, raise a glass
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Last week I was unexpectedly signed off from a chemotherapy programme. Totally magical news that I just couldn’t process at the time - as if I was in the Upside Down when I should have been organising a street party piss up. Love, as always xx
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
When Mani was in the band, the records they made were pure magic www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oYy...
Long Life - Primal Scream
YouTube video by ricardo tapia
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November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
When Mani was in the band, the records they made were pure magic www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oYy...
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A lot of people -- very understandably -- shrug off the second (and only other full) Stone Roses album. I barely touch it myself. But "Begging You," lemme tell ya, if you haven't heard that one, you'll suddenly wish the entire album was like that.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A lot of people -- very understandably -- shrug off the second (and only other full) Stone Roses album. I barely touch it myself. But "Begging You," lemme tell ya, if you haven't heard that one, you'll suddenly wish the entire album was like that.
Worked with Mani for a few years, kept in touch ever since. One of the nicest, funniest people in rock n roll music. He made great records sound a lot fucking heavier too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk_W...
Primal Scream - Accelerator (Official Video)
YouTube video by PrimalScreamVEVO
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November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Worked with Mani for a few years, kept in touch ever since. One of the nicest, funniest people in rock n roll music. He made great records sound a lot fucking heavier too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk_W...
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We should also acknowledge Mani's stellar contribution to Primal Scream's ever best song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiX...
Primal Scream - Shoot Speed / Kill Light (Official Audio)
YouTube video by PrimalScreamVEVO
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November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We should also acknowledge Mani's stellar contribution to Primal Scream's ever best song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiX...
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I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
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It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
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Itemise loathing! My Manic Street Preachers book is one of today’s Kindle Daily Deals. Available for 99p until 23:59 GMT.
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Itemise loathing! My Manic Street Preachers book is one of today’s Kindle Daily Deals. Available for 99p until 23:59 GMT.
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"Happiness is an inside job..."
George Evelyn, the ringleader behind Nightmares On Wax, takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
George Evelyn, the ringleader behind Nightmares On Wax, takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
The New Cue #548 November 17: George Evelyn of Nightmares On Wax
"Happiness is an inside job"
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November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Happiness is an inside job..."
George Evelyn, the ringleader behind Nightmares On Wax, takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
George Evelyn, the ringleader behind Nightmares On Wax, takes on our Life & Times interview. It's a free edition: thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cu...
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Happy Monday! There are two ad slots left for this Friday's Moonbuilding Weekly. Buy one and get next week (28/11) for FREE. Email for details!
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Happy Monday! There are two ad slots left for this Friday's Moonbuilding Weekly. Buy one and get next week (28/11) for FREE. Email for details!
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Hey - thought I l would post a link to this piece i wrote about losing hearing more and more from chemo post operation (hopefully semi-solvable at some point). Features Saxon, and obliteration level gigs. open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...
Waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Humpback whales, Saxon, deafness, Red Zone
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November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hey - thought I l would post a link to this piece i wrote about losing hearing more and more from chemo post operation (hopefully semi-solvable at some point). Features Saxon, and obliteration level gigs. open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...
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The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test | The Observer
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November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
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November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
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Andrew Wasylyk's new digital single 'First Moon Beams of Adulthood' is released today. He also announces a UK tour in March:
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November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Andrew Wasylyk's new digital single 'First Moon Beams of Adulthood' is released today. He also announces a UK tour in March:
claypipemusic.bandcamp.com/track/first-...
claypipemusic.bandcamp.com/track/first-...
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We can't announce our Social NYE party and VERY SPECIAL guest just yet, news will be coming early December, but it is locked in and we can guarantee you won't want to miss it.
Find our first about all the details and tickets by joining the mailing listing list here.
mailchi.mp/thesocial/22...
Find our first about all the details and tickets by joining the mailing listing list here.
mailchi.mp/thesocial/22...
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We can't announce our Social NYE party and VERY SPECIAL guest just yet, news will be coming early December, but it is locked in and we can guarantee you won't want to miss it.
Find our first about all the details and tickets by joining the mailing listing list here.
mailchi.mp/thesocial/22...
Find our first about all the details and tickets by joining the mailing listing list here.
mailchi.mp/thesocial/22...
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The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social out now: Smiths, Stones, Floyd, CMAT, Van, Jarvis, Hüsker Dü & Sugar, Dion, Mulatu Astatke, Manics, Sly, Nick Drake, Ten Years After, D'Angelo, SLF, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Snocaps, Horsegirl, Jacob Alon, Steven Wilson, Chris Dreja & - don't worry! - a bit of Weller
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social out now: Smiths, Stones, Floyd, CMAT, Van, Jarvis, Hüsker Dü & Sugar, Dion, Mulatu Astatke, Manics, Sly, Nick Drake, Ten Years After, D'Angelo, SLF, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Snocaps, Horsegirl, Jacob Alon, Steven Wilson, Chris Dreja & - don't worry! - a bit of Weller
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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There are British Trump fans on Twitter openly begging him to sue the BBC so we the tax payer can hand him a few million.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There are British Trump fans on Twitter openly begging him to sue the BBC so we the tax payer can hand him a few million.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy