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Keith Burge @carryonkeith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Hi Kemi, it's Michelle from Iron Dome Services."

Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Spot on. Reading 3 children a bedtime story was sometimes a bind when I was trying (and invariably failing) to get to band practice on time. But it was magical, and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Just bought our first grandchild 'Mr Magnolia', and I'm reliving the joy all over again.

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A "games cafe" opened up here in the former NatWest premises. Within weeks a banner outside announced "UNDER NEW MANAGMENT". Needless to say the new regime didn't last long either.

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Magpie Lane @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Attention Oxford people, and other people who like to come and see us in concert in Oxford at Christmas.... Tickets for this year's Christmas concert at the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church are now on sale. Sat 05 December Concert start time: 2.30 pm wegottickets.com/ft/PeQUAKnjCC

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Magpie Lane Oxford Christmas concert

Folk band Magpie Lane have been playing seasonal concerts in Oxford every year since 1993, and these Christmas shows have become very much part of the Oxford musical landscape. The tradition continu...

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sadly, I'm busy that night, but if you live near Oxford, and you want to hear 4 Irish women singing beautifully in harmony together - FREE! - then make sure you get your ticket on Friday

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And, possibly, that he quite likes the idea of a bit of fascism in a country he loves so much he no longer lived here.

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Frankly I don't care if this turns out to be Photoshopped. It's genius.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The RNLI isn't subsidised by the taxpayer. Some people seem to be getting them mixed up with Eton, Harrow and Winchester.

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ah, but I expect he teaches the theory of Ethics. Doesn't mean he has to be ethical in practice...

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Just received a notification for this. I'm otherwise engaged. But for that, despite the fact I saw them just a couple of months ago, I'd be sorely tempted. www.ents24.com/london-event...

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Tamikrest London tickets at 100 Club, London on 20 August 2026 | Ents24

Official tickets and information for Tamikrest at 100 Club from Ents24 - rated Excellent on Trustpilot.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Feel Robert Jenrick laundering white supremacist rhetoric into the mainstream via his social security policy should be bigger news, but that would depend on the BBC and others caring, or having a clue

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Magpie Lane @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you can't wait till Christmas to see us, come along to the White Horse Folk Festival in Grove this evening. We're playing their "Friday Night Early bonus concert", a one-hour concert from 7pm till 8pm. www.whitehorsefolkfestival.co.uk

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White Horse Folk Festival – Fri 14th – Sun 16th August 2026

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Magpie Lane @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Feeling hot? Don't worry - it's less than 4 months till our Christmas concert in the Wesley Mem in Oxford! Sat 5 December at 2.30 Tickets go on sale at the start of September, and members of our mailing list will get first dibs. So sign up to our mailing list now www.magpielane.co.uk/ml_contact.htm

Photo of a bare tree in a snowy field, with a grey sky in the background.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What you're saying when you say "DEI" when universities say "EDI" (as happens here) and vice versa. And why it actually matters. The great majority of UK (esp. British) universities use "EDI" while US universities use "DEI". Is that "just" semantic, or does it matter? A thread. 🧵1/8

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How Jason Arday’s appointment became a reckoning for Cambridge

Resignation of Black professor forces university to examine its approach to diversity, equality and inclusion

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So, only 27% of Clacton voters wanted Farage. That's not a "resounding victory," Nigel. Mind you, I have no sympathy with the 55% who simply couldn't be arsed.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And here's information about the singers that Vaughan Williams got it from, Mr and Mrs Truell of Gravesend in Kent. kenttrad.org/mr-and-mrs-t...

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Mr and Mrs Truell – Kent Trad: songs sung in Kent

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm in the latest ED&S waxing lyrical about the song 'Spencer The Rover'. The article is not unconnected with the fact that I'll be performing at @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social on Weds 2nd December. www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...

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Trad Night: Andy Turner

The highly-regarded singer and anglo-concertina player plays an intimate, acoustic gig.

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A different set of adjectives, beginning with 'hypnotized' youtu.be/VQ_Wqtnlv4U?...

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Natalie Merchant - Carnival

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Odd customs - for which Steve Roud can find no sensible explanation

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

In 1675 the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sent a letter to the Zaporozhian Cossacks demanding they surrender to him. He got a spectacularly insulting reply. Watch and gurgle with delight as Matt Berry and Peter Capaldi recreate this robust exchange, industrial swearing and all.

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Matt Berry and Peter Capaldi read a FIERY letter exchange

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Exactly this. My heart sank when I heard that Burnham had voted for Mahmood's hateful Immigration Bill last week, but I thought maybe there's some cunning plan, some arcane point of parliamentary procedure I'm unaware of... I never dreamed that he'd keep her at the Home Office. So nothing's changed?

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The White House spokesman is relaxed about the banner held by the Argentina team. It's a freedom of speech issue, apparently. Wonder if the US administration would be as relaxed if Lamine Yamal borrowed Janet's on Sunday?

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It doesn't mention this at all on the Museum website, but I'm reliably informed that they will be opening up specially from around 10 am on Monday!

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

After playing with Magpie Lane on Sunday evening, on Monday morning Mat, Ian and myself will be doing a short spot in True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum. Among other things we'll be singing a few of the songs that Vaughan Williams collected from old fishermen in Kings Lynn in 1905. truesyard.co.uk

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Home - True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum

Discover the forgotten world of the Northenders Step back in time and see how the lost Lynn fisherfolk community lived and worked in the North End. Explore the galleries, original fisherfolk cottages,...

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Magpie Lane @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

So now we know England won't be playing Spain on Sunday night, there's really no reason not to come and watch Magpie Lane in concert in King's Lynn...

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For God's sake. FIFA haven't got a clue.

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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It is obvious now that the Parliamentary Commissioner was about to throw the book at Farage so he’s decided to circumvent that formal punishment by resigning. However Farage could be stopped in his tracks - read this:

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Magpie Lane @magpielane-oxford.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Two weeks today. Perfect for discerning music fans in Norfolk or Lincolnshire who have no interest in watching the World Cup final! Magpie Lane in concert at the King's Lynn Festival www.kingslynnfestival.org.uk/whats-on/thr...

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Three chords and the truth | King's Lynn Festival

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

"Who really funds the left?" Yes of course that's what we want to know. Not, "Will you look at all these shady gazillionaire tech bros with extremely dodgy views secretly funding the ultra right?"

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Damned if they don't integrate; damned, it seems, if they do.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Summary of the Home Office Impact Assessment for Asylum Bill is hilarious (if it weren't so depressing). HO analysts say "basically no evidence to suggest *any* of these policies will work *even on their own terms*" (but will probably cost money). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a43e1...

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Here's several thousand additional reasons to hate Tr*mp and, especially, Elon M*sk.

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Actually it's a lectern - but a very good point, which hadn't occurred to me

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Yes Yes Yes! The misuse of - the frankly rather ugly - neologism 'Staycation' is a real bugbear for me. If only foreign holidays count as holidays, I've hardly ever been on holiday.

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

If you feel the same way, email your MP. An email template and some useful resources can be found at writetheletter.bimini.workers.dev

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Write the Letter, Babes

EDM 240 / prayer motion is live. Your MP needs to sign it. Two taps via the coalition tool.

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Time for the big white fightback. No matter that when a white person is killed by a foreigner, it is the cue to repress minorities still further and when a black person is killed by a white person, it is the black person’s fault for being here in the first place" Well said @mrjohncrace.bsky.social

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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/05/2026

Trump Boasts Annual Physical Turned Up No Signs Of Pedophilia theonion.com/trump-boasts-annual-ph…

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Andy Turner @audinarymusic.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

They're probably open to serious offers if any international conglomerates are looking to expand their portfolio into NW morris dancing!

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