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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Patients with ADHD will no longer be formally diagnosed. Instead people will be encouraged to say ‘oh, he’s just a bit, you know,’ while doing a new hand gesture designed to indicate, you know, that he’s a bit like that

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 17/09/2026

The Band With Rocks In would like to announce that they are no longer comfortable supporting Ed Sheeran on his tour of the Sto Plains.

A still from the 1997 animated version of Soul Music, based on Terry Pratchett’s book. Buddy, Discworld’s reluctant human rock star, strikes a suitably heroic pose with his guitar at the microphone. Behind him, Cliff the troll drummer looms among the rocks, while the Librarian — definitely not a monkey — plays the organ. To the right, Glod the dwarf, who can blow anything, provides brass accompaniment.

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

And now, The Emergency Alert. Viewers in Scotland can watch the Emergency Alert on BBC2 on Thursday night at 11.

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b𝚘օO𝚘ₒts @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

How to explain Strange New Worlds to people who don't know Star Trek. it's - well did you ever watch Mr Benn?

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 07/07/2026

Instructor on the stepping machine video session: “check in on your heart rate. Is it over 100? 120? That’s good. We want that heart pumping” My heart rate:

Apple Watche display showing a heart rate of 173 bpm

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 30/06/2026

I don't know what the hell the Instagram algorithm thinks I'm into, but if I do want somewhere to sell my .. *checks notes* .... Chinese Art I will be sure to make ... *checks notes* Sotheby's my first port of call.

A screengrab of an Instagram post from Sotherby's showing a large Chinese vase and the caption "Thinking of selling your Chinese Art? Sotherbies combines global reach, market leading expertise, and decades of ..."

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 30/06/2026

Can someone commision me to write something on why 'Common People' both is and isn't a song about class war, and why that's something you'll instinctively understand if you were raised in the UK but isn't so obvious if you weren't? I'll do it for cheap. I'm very good.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 26/06/2026

I KNEW IT. They have shaved 10g off Snickers in the UK. They were 50g, now they’re 40g. Some stores still have the biggers ones and I bought one for comparison. Same price, obviously. We have lost 20% of Snickers.

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Vix Leyton @vixleyton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Cardiff! Excited to be doing this home town run out of my comedy lecture on the history and cultural significance of pettiness - complete with charts. Joined by @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk sharing his 10 best songs of all time & the life he lived around them. Next Thursday! Porters!

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 22/06/2026

I see Wes Streeting has realised he can't beat Burnham so will toady along behind him until he can stab him in the back. Snivelling, weasley little shit that he is.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 22/06/2026

Brian Molko has taken a swing at reworking one of the core albums of my teenage angst. I wrote this for @super-deluxe.bsky.social on why it meant so much to begin with, and why it didn't really need the retooling: superdeluxeedition.com/reviews/revi...

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 20/06/2026

Hot take. ‘Fade Into You’ by Mazzy Star is a gorgeous song but it’s also just ‘Knocking On Heaven’s Door’ done as dream pop.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 19/06/2026

The Elvis 68 Comeback Special is on BBC4 and my god, it is SO. FUCKING. GOOD. My god, no-one has been this charismatic ever again.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 19/06/2026

You know when you hear a song in a cafe and have a little moment where you think "Do you know what? That is actually a really, really perfect song isn't it?" I've just had that with 'Otherside' by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and I don't know who I am anymore.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 31/05/2026

The guy who wrote this Times article is an AI shill for a living, so I suppose I should expect it, but you’d hope THE ACTUAL TIMES would be a bit tighter on polishing the obvious ChatGPT tells out of the slop he handed in.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 31/05/2026

Have a Sunday morning deep-dive into one of the great alt-rock debuts, wot I wrote for @super-deluxe.bsky.social superdeluxeedition.com/reviews/smas...

The front cover of Smashing Pumpkins classic 1991 debut, Gish. It features a photo of the band taken with a fish eye lense, th epicture is black and white and then artificially colourised to give it a surreal feeling, surrounded byy a ring of red flowers. The band's name and the title of the album are hand written in Billy Corgan's hand writing, against a dark, plush background.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 29/05/2026

The Hacks finale! It’s been a pretty upbeat season, it’s not going to be *that* emotio… oh.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 13/05/2026

The absence of "Story by Terry Pratchett and..." in the Good Omens 3 credits is very interesting, isn't it? His only mention is for the novel. People go to war over TV credits. If someone's not listed it's a choice.

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Juliette Burton @julietteburton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Then earlier that same day Get Your Geek On - mixed bill nerdy comedy with some of my absolute favourite (and nerdiest) acts …this week featuring @soozuk.bsky.social @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk @garethgwynn.bsky.social Sunday 10th May 1:30pm The Walrus Pay-what-you-want Come have fun!

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 05/05/2026

Saw the Reading line up and genuinely thought, just for a minute, that it said “Chas N Dave”. Which would be extraordinary for several reasons.

The Reading festival 2026 line up. Chase & Status are listed over two lines, next to the grime artist Dave, meaning reading across a single line it says “Chase & Dave”.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 01/05/2026

I think i’ve found the internet’s most insane take.

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Lothian Life Magazine @lothianlife.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

With a wave of 90s nostalgia gripping the nation, @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk brings his Britpop Show to @standcomedyclub.bsky.social. www.lothianlife.co.uk/2026/04/inte... #edinburgh #thestand #comedy #music #britpop #90s #indie

Marc Burrows with his hair quiffed up, in a dark denim jacket and white tee, with a Union Jack guitar slung over his shoulder. He's doing a cheeky wink

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 24/04/2026

Culture writers looking to write their first book! My publishers Pen & Sword/White Owl are looking for pitches for music biographies, album by album guides to iconic artists and iconic movies/TV. All above board with a real advance and they take chances on new writers which, believe me, is rare.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 24/04/2026

I saw the Michael Jackson movie because I wanted to have an actual informed opinion about it. It's awful. Whatever you think about Michael Jackson, he deserves better than this. Because whatever else he was, he was a human being, a complicated man with three dimensions. Everybody is.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 15/04/2026

We are, I swear, a maximum of two years away from that Kool-Aid film from The Studio.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 06/04/2026

I’m always surprised that Clash of the Titans was made in 1981. The same year as Raiders of the Lost Ark, four years after Star Wars. It feels like it was made in 1958!

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 23/03/2026

I've said this before and I'll keep banging this drum ... charging a touring performer 20% commission on their merch sales when they man the stall themselves with their own card machine is morally indefensible. Plenty of venues don't do this. It's not industry standard. It's grasping and greedy.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 21/03/2026

Okay, first sketch and opening monologue banging. I’m all in. #SNLUK

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Iain McDermott @poprambler.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The new episode of Back to Now is here! 🎧 1997, in all its poptastic glory with @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk What memories are triggered by NOW37? Episodes & album playlist: linktr.ee/poprambler And catch Marc’s wonderful Britpop show on tour now! www.marcburrows.co.uk/the-britpop-...

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Iain McDermott @poprambler.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Back to Now! New Episode! Join @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk as we revisit NOW37 and the hits & memories of summer 1997! Available to subscribe and listen now at your podcast place of choice or via this super handy link! linktr.ee/poprambler

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 17/03/2026

"Marc, what is the absolute dream podcast you could appear on?" "Why, son, it's an extremely deep dive into NOW37, obviously". Go listen here! bsky.app/notifications

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Iain McDermott @poprambler.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Back to NOW! New Episode! 🎧 Arriving tomorrow, join @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk as we revisit 1997 and NOW37! Available at all podcast places or this handy link: linktr.ee/poprambler

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 17/03/2026

Just made a baby giggle in a cafe, and I'm going to chasing that high for the rest of the week

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 16/03/2026

I'm incredibly proud to featured on Marianna Spring's important documentary 'Inside The Rage Machine', on BBC2 tonight (16/3) and on the iPlayer already, about how social media companies monetise your rage and prioritise it above your (and our) safety. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 16/03/2026

I didn't have Oliva Rodrigo covering Magnetic Fields making me cry on today's bingo card.

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Kirsten Amy @kirstenp.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Cannot recommend Marc's show highly enough! Do go see it, it's a joyous evening

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 15/03/2026

Come see my hit Edinburgh Fringe show The Britpop Hour on tour around the UK this Spring! It's a stand up comedy celebration of Britpop. How did it happen, why did it end and how did it come back! Dance like Jarvis! Flirt like Damon! Tweet like Liam! Details: www.marcburrows.co.uk/live-dates

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 15/03/2026

TIL that “Jesus H Christ” isn’t a play on “Harry H Corbett” as I have genuinely assumed for about 30 years.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 12/03/2026

Ah, the annual reminder that a student flat for two weeks at the Fringe costs more than a month's rent for my entire three-bedroom house with a garden in Bristol.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I suddenly want Timothee Chalamet to win everything.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 11/03/2026

"Genetically, peadophiles have more in common with hammers than they do with you and me."

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 23/02/2026

Do I know anyone who can redraw a photo of me and a friend in the style of an early victorian satirical cartoon? Think Punch magazine. Not using the obvious technology. Some budget available ...

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