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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is a story about finding treasure among trash, about being open to magic and the joy of the dump-it site. Wild story ! So proud to play a part. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'More will turn up' - Work by Scottish artists unearthed for homecoming exhibition

Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde were among the most celebrated figures in British art.

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Haa haa! I need to dig out the photos of Paul Siminon and Mick Jones that Jim McDaid took in the Inverness dressing room.

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Charlie Brooker @charliebrooker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(it’s aimed at people who like jokes)

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There was some narrative tidying-up in @nivenj1.bsky.social re-telling of my Cosmo Vinyl hairdo… Was actually done after the Clash’s show a couple of days later in Inverness. There’s a story, why it didn’t happen in Irvine.

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Got caught taking a photo of the moon…

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Somebody here mentioned John Schwartzwelder. This is for you: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons”

My Interview with a Reclusive Genius (his first)

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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today the original artwork for 'Time Out,' by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, sold at auction for a record-breaking $576K. Its artist and designer, S. Neil Fujita, is part of a brilliant new exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Here’s a piece I just wrote about him, and the show.

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A designer of iconic jazz albums shines in a new show at the Barnes

'Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America' explores the impact of Japanese-American incarceration on modern American design. One of its six featured artists is S. Neil Fujita, whose work is known t...

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, all content is available free but paid support makes it possible. Many thanks, link to subscribe: noelcasler.substack.com/p/lay-it-on-...

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‘Lay It On The Line’

I don’t think the true reality of what occurred in Minneapolis earlier this year has fully sunk in yet for most Americans

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our undercover reporter, Chris Atkins, posed as a far-right journalist at the Reform Conference and got thrown out for asking difficult questions about Farage's corruption scandal @scatatkins.bsky.social

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Lauren Edwards MP @laurenedwardsmp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Over 100 members of the House of Lords are urging MPs to send my assisted dying bill back “as quickly as possible” we consider it this Friday. The cross-party list of signatories includes Neil Kinnock, Ruth Davidson, Harriet Harman, David Blunkett, Alf Dubs and David Willetts: buff.ly/HnPVRXT

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We failed but will do better, say Lords requesting speedy...

More than 100 peers are urging MPs to send the bill back to them, citing a ‘filibuster’ by a minority in the Lords that ‘undermined trust’

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Too much contrast in that photo! 😂

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here’s a photo I took in 1983 (or thereabouts) of John on drum machine with the Galloping Gunshot Boys at the Grange in Irvine. Davy Hughes on guitar & vocals. Davy still somehow looking the same. Possibly John’s first public performance.

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thanks for that. I didn’t know John well, but any time I met him it was always the best encounter of the week. Was surprised and delighted to get an invite to the TCS show in Irvine in June and had hoped to get a chat with John, but got caught up with other lovely people I hadn’t seen for years.

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@kensweeney @kensweeney.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Will forever be grateful John Douglas told me his story in Trashcan Sinatras, from record deal to touring US, getting dropped, losing studio & being declared bankrupt, ending up busking on London tube. It’s all in this 2024 radio doc with John playing his acoustic on.soundcloud.com/y67KAtVHmtFb...

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The Trashcan Sinatras

Silver Winner at IMRO Ireland’s National Radio Awards 2024. Documentary maker Ken Sweeney travels to the West Coast of Scotland to tell the story of The Trashcan Sinatras, featuring recollections fro

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 30/07/2026

Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester behind the scenes of “The Bride of Frankenstein” 1935

Frankenstein and his Wife relaxing after their wedding. They are drinking tea, a very popular drink amongst the gothic classes

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Jason Heeley @jaseheeley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I think compulsory purchase and demolition of the entire property are the only option here. It may sound harsh, but it's for their own good.

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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

As I said, ignore the dopey headline. But there is a point to be made. We raised £22k for this short film. Writers and schools should be joining forces with local filmmakers everywhere. It's hugely rewarding. Maybe I should write a guide for writers and schools. inews.co.uk/opinion/forg...

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Forget The Thick of It, the best writers' room I've been in was full of nine-year-olds

Getting kids so immersed in the writing and filming process can really spark something special

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Reform UK donor and Farage ally George Cottrell carried a fake Swiss passport under the name ‘Oscar Drewitt’. Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami. A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigation

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‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures

Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...

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D Marie @gypsysoul1968.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Who did this? 🏆 😆

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

If Farage didn’t want to join the circus, he shouldn’t have been such a fucking clown. Enjoying every minute of this.

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Saving up for a can of Barbecue Light Bitter. Whatever the hell that was.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🔴 Is Britain’s Plug-In Solar Revolution Really Just Months Away? Ministers are consulting on rules that will let households plug cheap solar panels straight into their mains. But several big questions remain unanswered. I've delved into the details: bylinetimes.com/2026/06/25/i...

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Is Britain's Plug-In Solar Revolution Really Just Months Away?

Ministers are consulting on rules that will let households plug cheap solar panels straight into their mains. But several big questions remain unanswered, reports Josiah Mortimer

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The Onion writing headlines for Al Jazeera now.

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Basil Pieroni @basilatwork.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I went out into the garden yesterday morning after the Scotland game finished and watched the sun rise on a grateful nation. Only it wasn’t the sun, it was the floodlights on a work crew on the railway. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/06/2026

Here is a livestream of crews removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center. I’m pretending this is part of the 250 celebrations. www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...