grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Try Old Mercia ? oldmercia.comoldmercia.comOld Mercia - The indie folk band from Tunbridge WellsOld Mercia are a 5 piece indie folk band based out of Tunbridge Wells in the garden of England. You'll probably like our songs. 020
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026In a world that has decided That it's going to lose its mind Be more kind, my friends Try to be more kind Magnificent song from the great @frankturner.bsky.social 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 21/03/2026No Friend To This House by @nataliehaynes.bsky.social is magnificent - a wonderful read and I now want to be Medea (eeek!) 110
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Artworks- a people’s history of punk on @bbcsounds.bsky.social by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social is superb inspirational nostalgia! Wonderful 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Bowie: The Final Act on @channel4.bsky.social is superb - music history for future generations 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025#Riotwomen on #bbc #iplayer is absolutely superb. Bravo to the magnificent cast, beautiful Hebden Bridge and writer #SallyWainwright more please! 031
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025This is a delight - very cheering which is much needed! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukIlluminated - CS Lewis, the Evacuee and the Wardrobe - BBC SoundsEmma Freud sits down with her mother to hear the fascinating tale of her link to CS Lewis. 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Excellent new music from Old Mercia - recommended! open.spotify.com/album/1sxGbV...open.spotify.comWeald 010
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Am late to this but sisterswithtransistors.com is a wonderful inspirational filmsisterswithtransistors.comsisters with transistorsCargo 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 30/08/2025A Thousand Feasts by @nigelslater.bsky.social is a mesmerising delight - like Sei Shonagan’s The Pillow Book with more cooking but the same joy at fresh snow and beautiful gardens. Recommended 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Excellent news! @profbriancox.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social 010
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025It’s great! Recommend for all wolfish readers! 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Wilko: Love and Death and Rock n Roll @swkplay.bsky.social is a total delight - recommended!swkplay.bsky.socialSouthwark Playhouse (@swkplay.bsky.social)An exciting programme of theatre productions across two venues: Southwark Playhouse Borough and Southwark Playhouse Elephant🐘+🏰. No booking fees! Contact us: boxoffice@southwarkplayhouse.co.uk Visit ... 020
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Clemency Burton-Hill is magnificently brave in the impressive My Brain: After The Rupture on @bbc and @bbciplayer superb and important. Bravo! 010
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Mussolini: son of the century is superb- and very timely. Directed by Joe Wright for Sky 010
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 16/03/2025#RyeLane film is a delight! 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 24/02/2025This is absolutely delicious! It also works for vegans with a tin of black beans added before the cheese. And then Parmesan as well for the non- vegans. Mmmm 010
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Love this by John Atkinson 010
Reposted by @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.socialBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 14/02/2025If you’re struggling to write a poem for a loved one for Valentine’s Day, take heart: even the great poets had to start somewhere. 10414103
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Uproar- a magnificent trawl through gossipy political satire and scandal - the memes of Georgian England - by @historyalice.bsky.social is a total delight! Recommended 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Joanna Page’s Wild Life on #bbc2 #iplayer is absolutely wonderful! Balm for the soul 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Pub Walks in Underhill Country by Nat Segnit (radio 4) and My Mess is a Bit Of A Life by Georgia Pritchett (veep, succession)- both wonderfully chortlesome 000
Reposted by @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.socialChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 24/12/2024If you're up early tomorrow morning for some reason, this is your reminder that the UK has a brilliant pass of the International Space Station, which passes overhead about 6.07am (check timings for where you are at heavens-above.com). Worth pointing out to anyone small who has woken you up... 1129278
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Medieval Horizons, Why The Middle Ages Matter by @ianmortimer.bsky.social is fascinating, important and a great read - very quotable - we stand on the shoulders of medieval giants 121
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 18/12/2024#WolfHall soundtrack is ethereal magical superb 020
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Ooh that book is a delight! Fascinating and quotable 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 15/12/2024#WolfHall was magnificent 020
Reposted by @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.socialBirmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Happy 45th birthday to London Calling. Released by The Clash on this day in 1979 ▶️ open.spotify.com/album/6FCzva... 1213743396
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Strong Message Here by @aiannucci.bsky.social and @helenlewis.bsky.social on #bbcradio4 #bbcsounds is superb 010
Reposted by @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.socialSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know. Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day. 266132891599
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Kentish hops. Real ale IKEA style 000
grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social @grumpyoldbookworm.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Some fabulous art will be here - 61 Lower Pantiles 29 Nov- 8 Dec 010
