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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 · 13/08/2026

I still can't believe the bastard Wilkins made my mum cry. And also me. Bastard.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 13/08/2026

"Y'all keep talking about that dang Civil War, but who the hell is this Oliver Cromwell guy y'all bringing up? Was he a damned Yankee?"

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 13/08/2026

Really glad you enjoyed the talk though — it was one of the highlights of the con for me!

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 13/08/2026

Hello! Quick correction to this, as I've seen it crop up all of the place! It wasn't "an email that runs to 27 pages", it was "27 pages of emails", lots of different conversations between Rob, Amazon and BBC Studios etc. I wouldn't want people to think it was just one long, super-mail!

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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

Weird song to hear in the gym, anyway.

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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 · 13/06/2026

Likely to be one of these, but it could actually be anyone in the main cast!

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 13/06/2026

I'm so glad you used that! I think I remember you asking me where it came from at one of the shows.

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 13/06/2026

A lot of the cast on those shows played multiple parts. It was very much an atmosphere of "we need a voice for this character, who's around today?", unfortunately that leads to not-very-useful "other voices provided by the cast" and "various" credits. You'd need to track down the director!

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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 · 15/05/2026

The review is very critical of the Thanos snap, I call it a “confession of failure”! And I said that even though I liked the ending (which I also say some will hate), it wasn’t enough to save it.

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

Meanwhile, "created for television by", "Television story by", "Co-written by"... just so we know whose fault this really is.

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

We were told many times that the GO finale was based on a Pratchett/Gaiman storyline. Someone really, really wanted us to know that "this is not the Good Omens sequel Terry planned".

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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 mean, have they seen what the Nazi’s did to paedophiles?

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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

Oh, and Michael says how happy he is to be making his first solo album - Off The Wall - having apparently forgotten the four he made for Motown in the 70s. A small detail, but it annoyed me.

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

and no-one involved in Michael, certainly not Jaafar Jackson or Antoine Fuqua, is capable of telling that story based on the evidence here, and the Jackson estate would never sanction a version that did it justice anyway.

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

It ends with a hint of a sequel. My god, I hope they don't make it. Because that's a film about an addict horrifically damaged by his fame in the midst of accusations of the worst crime imaginable, mutilating himself with surgery and entering a slow spiral toward an early death

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

This is getting bad reviews because it's a laughably cliched join-the-dots biopic that tells a surface-level version of a human story and makes no attempt to show us the real man that inspired it. Sanitised and rubber stamped.

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

A good chunk of Jackson fandom thinks this is getting stinky reviews because the media want to pull down and victimise their hero. There's been accusations of racism (even though some of the best Black film critics in the world have hated it) and bias. No.

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

Do you know who isn't a terrible actor? Colman Domingo. He's terrifying in this. He elevates the material. He's playing a complicated person, and every time he's on screen it feels like we're watching a different movie. Nobody else in this film is doing half as much work.

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

And maybe that's not his fault. Maybe it's because he's not been given a script about a real person. There's virtually nothing on the page. Even so, it's a cloying turn.

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

The main issue is with Jaafar Jackson who is an *extraordinary* dancer but a *terrible* actor. He gets Jackson's moves down perfectly. It's genuinely electrifying in places. But the rest of his performance is wooden, mannered, caricatured and, occasional, unintentionally funny. You snigger at it.

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

This isn't a film about the real human Jackson. It's a film about a one dimensional cartoon character. The music is great, the dance sequences are amazing, the script is *awful*. It's laughable. Insultingly so.

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