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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Quite touched that a lot of NME people i spoke to have said "we enjoyed writing for it but we felt this wasn't the golden age"

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That JRT fella @biggytee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Looking forward to seeing TFATD in Bristol tonight, only the 5th time in 12 years!

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8bitnorthxstitch @8bitnorthxstitch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When Blessed was rehearsing Peter Pan in Manchester, my mate had to deliver a big rubber crocodile to the company. He was told to deliver the prop to the room. When he walked in, Blessed roared, ‘here comes the fucking crocodile!’ grabbed it, and wrestled it to the floor. What a legend.

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I hate the way duvet salesmen talk down to you

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trying to contact Andrew Collins for the book. Anyone on here know the best way to contact him?

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Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And lastly here's "It's Only Love" from"Rubber Soul" or "Help" if you're from the UK RS youtu.be/LupGXLeUiso?...

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RON SINGS "IT'S ONLY LOVE" WRITTEN BY LENNON & MCCARTNEY

YouTube video by Rawnboy

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Real Gone (Raaargh Grrrrrrr) @realgonerocks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New at REAL GONE: The Fall - Post Script (review) Very much not a real new Fall LP. www.realgonerocks.com/2026/10/post... #Music #NewMusic #MusicSky #FallFriday #MDANT

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THE FALL – Post Script | Real Gone

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Richard Brooks @thebrookso.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oscar Levant said: “There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased that line.” He didn’t live long enough to see Flick Colby put a massive great big Sharpie through it again. #TOTP youtu.be/wMC2N--L4kk?...

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Pans People - Get Down - TOTP TX: 25/12/1973

YouTube video by Andee Bee

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just read writer the brilliant memoir from writer Andrew Davies. I remember a show i used to watch as a kid with Freddie Garrity out of Freddie and the Dreamers in it but could never name it or pinpoint it.Thought i'd imagined it. Andrew Davies talks about writing for it!

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Found a site that has scans of most NMEs. It's by someone i've spoken to but i didn't know the site existed. I'm only midway thru 1985. I might never leave the house again!

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Great to talk to @iestyngeorge.bsky.social during the week for the book.Top guy.Might have to do some research into how often Swells went boating on the Serpentine and missed major events. Was it the Poll tax riots as told by James Brown or was it the change of editor NME strike. Or both?

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy birthday to Richard Hell. Here he is with The Voidoids performing Blank Generation at CBGB

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Up to 71,000 students take the Irish Junior Certificate And Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social is now on the English curriculum. Absolutelybloodyawesome! @thebookseller.com

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Landmark Ilkley Literature Festival returns The North’s longest-running literature festival celebrates Yorkshire talent in its 2026 programme By Yorkshire Bylines

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Landmark Ilkley Literature Festival returns

The North’s longest-running literature festival celebrates Yorkshire talent in its 2026 programme

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Back at work today but had a stroll up to Bolton Abbey yesterday. Beautiful day.

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

back in the day worked in a bookshop for a few weeks in Huddersfield. The manager (Diane Aukin) used to talk about music and being a punk in Huddersfield and later going to Portsmouth Poly. She said her mate was due to have a poetry book published. I later read Zoom and got into Simon Armitage.

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Call A & E there's another self inflicted foot wound!

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Has anyone ever written about early Z-Cars? The acting and (importantly) writing is brilliant.

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This guy has not quite gone all the way. He got off at Edge Hill.

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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

March 1988, The Adephi Club, Hull, My Bloody Valentine onstage. I'm suprised MBV didn't literally bring the house down, as the Adelphi was, literally, a converted end of terrace house

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Got a bit of "tear duct eye irritation" watching the Pulp film.

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@iestyngeorge.bsky.social Hi Iestyn. Can i dm you on here about something? (It's basically about the thing mentioned in my profile description)

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Celebrating Twenty years of Indy Publishing. Two books adapted for BBC TV series. The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession. Both productions pouring millions into the creative industries. All from our front room. @thebookseller.com

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Jude Rogers @juderogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

...so read my long love-letter to this show, in which I explore all its complications and unanswered questions, here. juderogers.substack.com/p/the-unansw...

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The unanswered questions of 70 Up

The death of Nick, goodbye to Neil, and the power of watching fourteen real lives in time-lapse – the return of my Mid-Week Culture Culture Blast

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Pete Selby @peteselby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My second Shads/HBM related project with Bob. We worked on Throw Down A Line together in 2018. We really like teal. @rockingbob.bsky.social

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Big up Johnny Marr

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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Regular reminder that JG Ballard’s final novel, “Kingdom Come” (2006), is about a far-right English town which creates their own militarised breakaway state in a shopping mall, where they worship the gods of St George and consumerism. Old JG wrote it as tongue-in-cheek satire. At the time.

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Patrick Clarke @paddyclarke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Noticing a few "publications" lifting a lot of my recent Soft Cell feature wholesale, so re-upping it in case there's anyone who still wants to read it from the source!

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?

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The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows

The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.

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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As a little bit of context of the passage of time in #70Up / #UpSeries, here's an overview of some of the television programmes that were around the time each one was broadcast. Seven Up! (5/5/64) was shown in the week of the penultimate ep of #DoctorWho's Keys of Marinus: Sentence of Death.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who snapped this up last night. This morning it’s #1 on the Kindle Music chart!

My book Into The Groove: screenshot from Amazon, Wed morning 16 Sept. It’s the #1 best seller on the Kindle Music chart.

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@nigetassell.bsky.social not seeing any dms from you but i've just sent one to you. Is it working?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It was one of the great joys of my recent life to know Bonnie Greer. A truly remarkable person who radiated such wisdom and intellect. And when she spoke the audience was rapt. A kind, generous, passionate and very funny human. Thank you for giving us you Bonnie. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77

The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband

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James Collingwood @jamescollingwood.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bit late watching it but just watched last week's Record Room from @rockingbob.bsky.social Brilliant. Pointing out the influences on the Saint Etienne aesthetic (it's their last UK tour) Dexys, The Fall and ABC.

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