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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Farage's grinning response says it all. Every day Reform and its supporters reveal themselves for who they are and yet the media continues to treat them as just another normal political party.

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Louis CK announced to play Captain Mainwaring in forthcoming Dad's Army reboot

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

4 September 1962 The Beatles fly from Speke Airport to London to record Love Me Do at Abbey Road with newly added drummer Ringo. George has a black eye from an encounter with Denny Flynn when the band had been filmed at the Cavern Club on 22 August

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

29:25 into the YouTube vid Liverpool Trams - Green Goddesses Remembered. Who do you think that is at the back? The boy and his mother are literally in this dark shadowy shot for about 2 seconds www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbMP...

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Beatles Books Podcast @beatlesbookspod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New Podcast! I’m joined by Steve Taylor to talk about his book ‘Across The Universe’. Steve’s book looks at psychological, cultural, and spiritual forces behind the Beatles’ genius - how much of their success was pre ordained? What made them stand out from their peers?

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It is a lot to take in in one sitting... #Tolstoy #WarAndPeace #books #bookworms #diningout Unpublished #cartoon

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Duck food available from Cosmic News. Presumably to try and stave off an invasion of cosmic ducks

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

pca.st/episode/771a.... Fantastic interview on always great pod. Listen to the end. Jimi Hendrix was a Goons fan! And of course his drummer, when he was a child actor, was quoted in one of the interviews in the first Goon Show Scripts book @goonpod.bsky.social

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Maureen O'Grady - RAVE magazine September 1965

RAVE journalist Maureen O'Grady discusses the September 1965 issue of the magazine - along with a million wonderful anecdotes. Hosted by Chris Shaw. To read along with Maureen and Chris click…

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

29 August 1966 The Beatles at Candlestick Park - their final live show in front of a paying audience. Seven years to the day after they began playing at the Casbah Club, West Derby, Liverpool. Their final song was Long Tall Sally - one of the songs Paul had played on 6 July 1957, the day he met John

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

29 August 1959 the day after John was sacked from his summer job and bought his Hofner Club 40 guitar from Frank Hessy's, The Quarrymen made their debut at the opening night of The Casbah Club - a club run by future Beatles drummer Pete Best's mum Mona in the basement of the Best family home

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Mill Brow Water Treatment Centre ion Southport Road, Scarisbrick near Ormskirk where John Lennon worked in the summer of 1959 raising the money to buy his Hofner Club 40 guitar at Frank Hessy's shop in Liverpool only to be sacked from the job the same day he put down his deposit

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

28 August 1959 John Lennon purchased his Hofner Club 40 guitar from Frank Hessy's Music Centre on Stanley Street, Liverpool - £17 down then 5 shillings (25p) a week for the next 53 weeks. That day was the 752nd anniversary of King John's charter in 1207 creating Liverpool as a town or borough!

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Two of my favourite podcasts of all time combined - Goon Pod and Nothing Is Real. Thanks so much to Tyler and Steven for the mention early on in this episode. Beatles walking and car tours, Liverpool history tours and more available via www.liverpoolfamouswalkingtours.com

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Liverpool Famous Guided Walking Tours

Liverpool Famous Walking Tours offers fabulous, informative & entertaining guided tours. Experienced guides -Liverpool born & bred are passionate about sharing their knowledge of this fantastic city. ...

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You'll have to trust me on this one. I took this picture in Morrisons 3 weeks ago and if I'd posted it then it would have been absolutely incredible. But now it's 23 August so who cares!

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

23 August 1962 John Lennon and Cynthia Powell get married at Liverpool Register Office on Mount Pleasant. Brian Epstein is best man. Paul, George and Cynthia's brother and sister in law are there and a man who looked like Noddy Holder from Slade was using a pneumatic drill just outside the window

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EggPod Express @eggpod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

New EggPod Express online! Available anywhere you pod! This, then, is Maureen O’Grady discussing her time at Boyfriend magazine in the 1960s; her friendship with The Beatles; and more…

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Speaking of #gardening here's a Spectator #cartoon (You won't be surprised to learn that I despise #ArtificialLawns)

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Spencer's piece in the Liverpool Echo today re Brian Epstein's NEMS shop plaque that was unveiled by Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram yesterday

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Nothing Is Real Podcast @beatlespod.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Tomorrow's the day - August 23rd! Get listening… shows.acast.com/nothing-is-re...

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

At the unveiling of the Liverpool Music Heritage trail plaque for the site of Brian Epstein's NEMS shop on Whitechapel, Liverpool with legendary Beatles Fan Club secretary Freda Kelly, Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram and the great Spencer Leigh

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New! SOFT BEDS, HARD BATTLES (1974) With @paullitchfield.bsky.social & @jlimb.bsky.social Peter Sellers got to cosplay as Hitler & 5 other characters in this ill-judged wartime comedy. Stand by for farting Nazis, himself in yellowface & a whirlwind romance with Liza Minnelli! pod.link/1569929507

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

shows.acast.com/word-in-your... Liked story in the Word pod of Brian Epstein taking The Beatles to see The Shadows at the Liverpool Empire in 1962 to show them a proper professional group but Bruce Welch was replaced by Peter Carter of the Checkmates and Jet Harris and Tony Meehan had left the band

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

18 August 1962 first appearance of The Beatles with their new official line up including Ringo for the local Horticultural Society at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight. Paul was always keen on horticulture

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Beatles 17 August 1960. The day they arrived for their first stint playing in the clubs of Hamburg. Pete Best had only joined the band a few days earlier and had not received the memo re the colour of jacket required

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New! THE SILENT BUGLER With Chas Early pod.link/1569929507 A Cold War thriller, Goon Show style. So, not a thriller at all. There's a Russian time machine involved, so could it be Cold War sci-fi? No, not really. We look at two versions of the show plus reveal how Ray Ellington was a hero motorist!

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

31 July 1957 Ringo makes his debut at the Cavern Club one week before The Quarrymen (from Spencer Leigh's book The Cavern Club)

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Jenrick is an idiot sandwich. Read all about it. iandunt.substack.com/p/jenrick-is...

At any given moment you could ask yourself: What’s the most cynical, self-interested, irresponsible and yet also incredibly basic thing you could do now, and that’s precisely what he’ll do - whether it’s making anti-immigration videos or joining Reform. And yet, despite the obviousness of the action itself, he will always pursue it with this look of deep seriousness, as if he were Napoleon devising the Italian campaign.

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Just read this. Surely a contender for @beatlesbookspod.bsky.social one day! If the author didn't get sponsorship from Ronseal Fence Treatment he missed a trick

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Found myself thinking back this week to this family tree that appeared in the Radio Times in 1975

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A drug warning some of the members of the band failed to heed

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

ONLY TWO CAN PLAY (1962) With Paul Whitelaw @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social pod.link/1569929507 The film where Peter Sellers said his co-star couldn't act for toffee. She proved him right by winning a Bafta. He also sold his shares in the film right before it went on and made major coin. Oh, PETER!

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

PUCKOON (1963) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... Spike Milligan’s novel is set amid the turbulence of 1920s Ireland. A border is drawn through the middle of the titular village and the villagers are not pleased. We discuss the book’s creation, characters and the relentless brilliance of its gags.

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thing I learnt today - The Money Song on Monty Python series 3 episode 3. The harpist in the background is Sheila Bromberg who played on The Beatles' She's Leaving Home

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Showing the burn mark from where someone held a crucifix up to ward him off

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Big Beatles & Sixties Sort Out Podcast @bigsort.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Well, despite working here, I didn't spot this news on our website... now both RINGO and ME have degrees from the University of Liverpool! (P) news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/07/08/p...

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Peace, Love…and an Honorary Degree for Ringo - University of Liverpool News

Peace, Love…and an Honorary Degree for Ringo

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So good I will listen to it again straight away. Always great to hear Samira. Fab episode last week with @graemelf.bsky.social also. Especially the voices!

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Farage just called a referendum on the concept of objective reality iandunt.substack.com/p/farage-jus...

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

My Beatles' Liverpool book seen in the wild at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight (in the shop - not as an exhibit amongst the Pre-Raphaelite paintings!)

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

7 July Ringo's birthday in 1940 and Paul's dad Jim McCartney's birthday in 1902. When The Beatles returned to Liverpool on 10 July 1964 after conquering the world, Paul bought his dad a house and a racehorse! Wonder what his brother Mike got his dad for his birthday that year?!

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The other side of it is called Mount Tushmore

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

2 July 1963 The Beatles walking in London from the Hotel President on Guilford Street into Russell Square. Twenty four hours earlier they had recorded their fourth Parlophone single She Loves You. Dezo Hoffmann's photo inspired Andy Edwards' statue of The Beatles at the Pier Head in Liverpool

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

And by an extraordinary coincidence I am just about to take to the stage this afternoon to talk to the Hoylake U3A about John's accident and other vehicle related incidents in the Beatles story nb I will not be playing that guitar at any point

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

1 July 1969 John Lennon crashed his Austin Maxi near Durness in the north-west Highlands where he was travelling to visit his aunt and her family. Lennon had 17 facial stitches, Yoko had 14 stitches in her forehead, Yoko's daughter Kyoko had 4 stitches and John's son Julian was treated for shock

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Beatles/Goons connection alert!

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Mike Haskins @mikehaskins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

30 June 1960 Paul McCartney buys his Rosetti Solid 7 guitar from Frank Hessy's Music Centre on Stanley Street in Liverpool. With the departure of original Beatles bassist Stuart Sutcliffe in 1961, the instrument was adapted into Paul's first bass by means of some strings snipped from a piano

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