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Caradoc Gayer

@caradocsmg.bsky.social
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Writer & journo – LeftLion Magazine, Line of Best Fit, Still Listening Magazine, Far Out Magazine, High Clouds, Dandelion Revolution Press, Substack ■ also music muckrack.com/caradoc-gayer-1

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long
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LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It's sad to hear that the world famous Nottinghamshire Major Oak Tree has come to the end of its life, after playing a big role in stories, artworks, and lots of people's personal memories. Our July 2025 magazine had a cover inspired by the tree, created by Beth Gillespie. Here's a reminder 🌳
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Why did Nigel Farage have to pollute Substack with his racist bile
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Another Substack post. It's a creative piece, but also a journalism piece about an electronic music artist from Utah who I really love. nightbusmagazine.substack.com/p/night-bus-...
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night bus 6 – carousel by ford.
A song plays next to my head, and I wake up on a bunk.
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thanks to the kindness of Alex Hall at Never Better PR I got to see Jacob Allen AKA Puma Blur live in Manchester. Here's the review plus polaroids from the person I believe is his fiancee and current visual director Olivia Hamilton open.substack.com/pub/nightbus...
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night bus live: puma blue at the deaf institute, manchester
All photos by Olivia Hamilton
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I got to do another pinch me interview with acclaimed ambient electronic singer, producer and saxophonist Laura Misch. It is one of only two interviews she's done so far about the new album cycle and my debut by-line on Still Listening Magazine! Check it out via the link in thread ○●
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My profile of Portuguese artist MARO is now live on The Line of Best Fit website. This is one of the best profiles I think I've written – definitely the best I've written for Best Fit. It felt great to portray MARO at her most professionally content (continued in thread).
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Back in August a short story I wrote at Uni was published in a Pennsylvania based digital literary journal. I realised I never posted about this on Bluesky so wanted to rectify that here – here's an extract. Still proud that I achieved this at 23 :) #booksky
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Here's the intro to a review I wrote of the band English Teacher live in Nottingham – I'm pleased with it :) Read the whole thing with photos by excellent Notts photographer Nigel King at the link in comments ☆
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Nigel King Photography @nigelking.photography · 18/11/2025
My photos of English Teacher with @theorielles.bsky.social at ROCK CITY Nottingham are with this review by @caradocsmg.bsky.social for @leftlion.bsky.social Magazine leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
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Gig review: English Teacher at Rock City
Just over a year from winning the Mercury Prize, Leeds indie-art-rock quartet English Teacher headline Rock City for a show packed full of top class musicianship and immersive soundscapes.
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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Want to see billionaire brainwashing in action? Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it. But they think the majority of people DON’T support it. That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵
Giant offshore windfarm supported by 7 out of 10 Brits
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I just put up my second post on my substack Tracks, a newsletter about music and travel. The post is called Echoing Green: a travelogue about memory. It's about my travel experiences and the music I love. If that sounds like your thing I'd be grateful if you checked it out 🌲 link is in comments :)
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LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The April issue of LeftLion is out now! We've got interviews, reviews, exhibitions, local history, music and more - here's a sneaky preview of what's inside. Read online at the link below or pick up a paper copy in Notts' best hangouts! leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
In Feb Nottingham was rocked by 3 highly publicised spates of knife violence. I reported on the succeeding demonstration in Old Market Square for @leftlion.bsky.social
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"The power is with the people": standing up to knife violence in Old Market Square
After three tragic spates of knife violence rocked Nottingham, and were subsequently highly publicised, local campaigners organised a demonstration in Old Market Square to draw attention to the underl...
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I've become one of many writers with a #substack: the latest post is on nomadic lifestyles in the 90s featuring a convo with acclaimed photographer Tom Hunter: caradocgayer.substack.com/p/not-the-de...
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Not the destination: Life as a nomad in the freewheeling 90s
The early 90s saw nomadic lifestyles expand across the UK and Europe in tandem with the cultural tidal wave some now call 90s rave. I spoke to 2 folks who experienced it firsthand...
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
A truly cool exhibition capturing everything special about 80s and 90s counterculture. Would recommend. It's at the National Portrait Gallery in London. #art #artexhibition #thefacemagazine
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Caradoc Gayer @caradocsmg.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I've been excited to write a couple of freelance bits recently, the latest of which is published on the @highcloudsmag.bsky.social site. It's an interview with ambient electronic musician Elsa Hewitt, an sorely underrated artist with a taste for the surreal; read via the link in the thread...
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LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The December issue of LeftLion is out now! ❄ Featuring magical cover art by Marcus Gilmore, in this edition we feature George the Gorilla, Working Man's Kitchen, Saltbox's Sam Heaton, The Woolly Tellers, Victory Lap & lots more! Pick up a copy in Notts' best bars, cafes & hangouts, or read online 🌲
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LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
In 1991 Smokescreen Soundsystem decided to 'do it themselves' and started holding parties on a hill near Sheffield. In our rebellion-themed, November magazine we trace the legendary party crew from the political rumblings of the time to the present day... leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
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House and proud: a retrospective of Smokescreen Soundsystem
Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house soundsystems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep house music - but what were the origins of these now legendary g...
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LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Ay up Bluesky, We're one of the UK's longest running local culture magazines 🦁🏹 Pleased to be here!
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