Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Found this fellow under a rock in our garden today: 040
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I quite enjoyed this place earlier this year: maps.app.goo.gl/PfuPAoTQX9MN...maps.app.goo.gl 220
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026At the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I like how this lady, at the base of the Crucifixion, is already pushing the branded merch: 010
Reposted by Andrew FurlowMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“A spectre is haunting Europe.” 2916518
Reposted by Andrew FurlowRosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had no idea this was an option. 841382
Reposted by Andrew FurlowThe Quietus @thequietus.com · 28/09/2026'In 2022, it became apparent that a larger facility was needed to handle the influx of visitors to the memorial stone, and a full Cliff Burton Museum was opened. There is no equivalent museum for heavy metal’s other lost heroes...' The Legacy of #CliffBurton buff.ly/EGRd3ix 082
Reposted by Andrew Furlowflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ten years of relentlessly hateful, comically elitist anti-democratic politics across the white people world, helpfully summarised. The wrong people are talking, the wrong people are deciding and it’s harming the careers of important people who actually matter. Smithers! Release the hounds 81490676
Reposted by Andrew FurlowGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925431731
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I see your cat in a box and raise you a cat in a bag 0101
Reposted by Andrew FurlowRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Rees-Mogg is such a helpful corrective to the Tory myth. All that education, all that wealth, all that power, all those old-fashioned values, all those practised affectations, and oh look, this is how he spends his time, the money-grubbing old prick. 5264
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Thin glasses there I see, despite what Get Carter might lead one to think about Newcastle pubs 050
Reposted by Andrew FurlowMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/09/2026thinking about this tweet again, and the fact that it's got such a hold on me that I genuinely think about it whenever I write a feature because I don't want to do "the hot dog thing" 602550270
Reposted by Andrew FurlowJR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 13/09/2026‘ELECTRIC WIZARDS: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present’ is five years old already. Have you read it? Did you recommend it to anybody? What’s your favourite section? Why is there a whole chapter on FUNK? Any musical discoveries from its pages? ⚡️🧙♂️🤘🎸 📕 🎂 @reaktionbooks.bsky.social #booksky 8327
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I hadn’t heard that Frances Stoner Saunders had died - what a loss! Like everyone i loved Who Paid… but very much enjoyed The Suitcase fairly recently too www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comFrances Stonor Saunders obituaryAuthor and documentary-maker best known for her 1999 book about CIA-funded cultural espionage Who Paid the Piper? 011
Reposted by Andrew FurlowRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/202690 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵) 4123691265
Reposted by Andrew FurlowDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161168607
Reposted by Andrew FurlowAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The headline doesn’t do justice to this piece. It is extremely good, thoughtful and philosophical. I hate the pervert glasses so much, and this expresses exactly why. (Yes, with a carve out for people who actually need assistive tech, as the piece also says.) 822366
Reposted by Andrew FurlowPast Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! David talks to philosopher and author Nikhil Krishnan about the life and times of a little known but highly influential 20th-century philosopher: J. L. Austin, who believed that the deepest truths lay in understanding how ordinary language worked. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com 0143
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I thought it was a lovely doc. Most keen to hear what @goingmedieval.bsky.social thinks! 040
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Dolly tribute you didn’t know you needed (feat. @drkerryandrew.bsky.social and others): youtu.be/RM1bhmlTPag?...youtu.beDolly Does DollyYouTube video by Dollyman - Topic 030
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A brilliant piece in @thequietus.com here from @audioontology.bsky.social on my favourite Maiden album, Somewhere in Time, which grasps its rich play with time itself: thequietus.com/opinion-and-...thequietus.comHaunted By Time: Iron Maiden's Wasted Years & Somewhere In Time Revisited | The QuietusJamie Stephenson examines Iron Maiden as time travellers, breaking down the barriers between past, present and future. 030
Reposted by Andrew FurlowMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 20/08/2026www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...theguardian.comUkrainian publishers call for support after Russian attacks destroy 10m booksThe country risks ‘the collapse of the entire book ecosystem’ following destruction of warehouses in July and August, say Ukrainian publishers 01610
Reposted by Andrew FurlowCarole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I’m listening to this book read by its author @robcowen.bsky.social It’s astonishing! Layer upon layer of poetic prose and hard fact, it’s like reaching down to the soul of the land and its tracks, Rob’s personal story makes us contemplate our own and the roads we live by and have traveled. So good! 192
Reposted by Andrew FurlowProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today I, and other UK climate scientists, sent an open letter to the Energy Secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, asking her to take serious note of the science when making a decision about the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil fields @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social 918679
Reposted by Andrew FurlowProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026"Summer book post: the perfect beach-on-fire read!" "A great recent book on the subject is 'The Fate of the World' from the outspoken Bill McGuire, who takes us through our geological past to put the present in context" Thank you so much Ben Carey - Creative Director, Utopia Bureau 43214
Reposted by Andrew FurlowProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 29/07/2026As governments row back on green measures, there has never been a more important time to make a lot of noise True, many climate scientists are speaking out and taking action, but many more are still hiding in the undergrowth This is just not good enough www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuireFive years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire 911659
Reposted by Andrew FurlowIndependent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Want to join IHN? You can now sign up as a member for just £10 a year! You'll get our newsletter, access to free online events with experts, invites to our meet-ups and access to online resources. The more of us, the better! Do join up! membermojo.co.uk/independenth... 12320
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This would be devastating. Let's hope that it can quickly be reversed. 000
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I was also thinking when I was there how much of a historical fuck-you it is that this riotously queer party happens, with public funds, moments away from what was once Nazi central. What happened yesterday diminishes that not one bit 010
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This is so grim and sad. I’m just on my way back from Berlin and was there at Pride briefly, maybe 30mins before the attack. It was such a joyful and inclusive and transgressive party at that point; it’s so upsetting that someone felt the need to spoil it 2274
Reposted by Andrew FurlowMusic Maps Podcast @musicmaps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026NEXT WEEK: our only event in the coming weeks so join us to talk Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath & more with Keith Kahn-Harris & his new book THE BEAUTIFUL DEATH OF OZZY OSBOURNE - Thursday July 30th, Mothers Ruin, Walthamstow, 7pm - tickets: tinyurl.com/4rs9sdb2 001
Reposted by Andrew FurlowKeith Kahn-Harris @keithkahnharris.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I really enjoyed talking all things Ozzy and metal with The Spoken Metal Show Podcast. And I am thinking of getting a tattoo of the show's highly apposite logo. [The show is also on Spotify] soundcloud.com/user-7325494...soundcloud.com#227 Keith Kahn-HarrisKeith Kahn-Harris is a British sociologist and music critic. He is an honorary research fellow and senior lecturer at Birkbeck College. Keith graduated with MA and PhD degrees from Goldsmiths Univers 122
Reposted by Andrew FurlowZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...goodlawproject.org‘Discriminatory’ and ‘unworkable’ trans guidance to come into force | Good Law ProjectThe equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August – we’re pushing back 401424566
Reposted by Andrew FurlowTom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · 16/07/2026The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar? 6769372630
Reposted by Andrew FurlowAdam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Roses are red So is Carnation 0317
Reposted by Andrew FurlowExtraordinary Books @extraordinarybooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026What if one of the twentieth century's greatest artists also happened to be its most unlikely detective? Come and join us for a conversation between Oscar de Muriel and SJ Bennett at Librería! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-end-of... 002
Reposted by Andrew FurlowAnne Balke Staver @anneavelo.bsky.social · 07/02/2026The most letter to the LRB letter to the LRB that I have ever read. 19231
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 06/07/2026We did the same but had to forward through much of the second half to avoid the crippling anxiety… 100
Reposted by Andrew FurlowKeith Kahn-Harris @keithkahnharris.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It's been a year since the Back To The Beginning concert. I found it profoundly moving and wrote this article for @thequietus.com. That led to @andrewfurlow.bsky.social inviting me to write a book about Ozzy. 'Life-changing' is an overused term but applies here. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...thequietus.comConfronting & Celebrating the Limits of the Body: Black Sabbath Live at Villa Park | The QuietusBlack Sabbath began with a broken body – Tony Iommi's industrial accident – it is both fitting and inspirational they end in the same way. 2233
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 04/07/2026‘Kahn-Harris has done his subject matter a great service. It’s not just a book about Osbourne, but a book about legacy and mortality. Ozzy Osbourne was a flawed person, but aren’t we all?’ Excellent! 010
Reposted by Andrew FurlowJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 03/07/2026🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?goodlaw.socialI stand with trans people | Good Law Project 131568984
Andrew Furlow @andrewfurlow.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Can’t read this yet thanks to their paywall but very pleased to see The Irish Times review @keithkahnharris.bsky.social’s The Beautiful Death of Ozzy Osbourne today: 111
Reposted by Andrew FurlowProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Now out in hardback, e-book and audiobook For chapter headings and to read an extract, subscribe free to my Substack #CoolEarth newsletter Please do share 👍😊 12917
Reposted by Andrew FurlowAnthony Dhanendran @dhanendran.co.uk · 29/06/2026"Charismatic Stokes" ought to have been one of the names on The Mayflower in 1620. 3114
Reposted by Andrew FurlowProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 28/06/2026At risk of sounding arrogant, the #FOTW contains urgent info about where our climate, our world, and our society are headed, which everyone needs to hear But it is getting very little traction 😞 Please help share and promote 🙂 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @jporritt.bsky.social @anthonyhorowitz.com 28455
Reposted by Andrew FurlowProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/06/2026If you think the coming week is hot You ain't seen nuthin' yet We are rewinding the climate clock back millions of years Our world is in the throes of rapid prehistorification and it is not going to end well 65725