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Who's better, Half Man Half Biscuit or Menahan Street Band? I don't go in to Spotify much these days, but they do seem to know me quite well...

A screenshot from the Spotify app showing 'best of' playlists for Half Man Half Biscuit and Menahan Street Band

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Noticed today that it's 40 years since Lyon October des Arts, when comic images were put on the side of bin lorries and this book was produced to commemorate it. I picked up my copy in Forbidden Planet a couple of years later at a much marked down price #SergeClerc #YvesChaland #EverMeulin etc.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They don't encourage bulk buying at Prestonpans Scotmid

Crisps for sale in Scotmid in Prestonpans. The price is £1.25 per packet or two for £3

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Simple Minds and Not The Nine O'Clock News

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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.

A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If, like me, you aren't familiar with most of the acts playing Edinburgh Psych Fest this Sunday, here's a handy playlist with the most popular track on Tidal for each of them...

tidal.com

Edinburgh Psych Fest 2026

Playlist - Edinburgh Psych Fest 2026 - 34 items

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craftyprimrose.bsky.social @craftyprimrose.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Highly recommend 'The Legacy of Slavery' exhibition at the Playfair Library (part of Edinburgh University Old College buildings). It's harrowing, overwhelming and utterly necessary. On Saturday and Sunday, free, e-tickets available from www.eif.co.uk/events/the-l...

QR code on a small card, allowing access to more information

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Brian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Happy Skynet day to all those who celebrate

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Mike Sterling, A Halloween Comic Shipping First Week of November @mikester.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I still really enjoy that series, by the way. First issue came out right after my 16th birthday!

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Edinburgh Fortean Society @edinburghforteansociety.org.uk · 12/08/2026

Just saw the Eggclipse! (It was quite tasty) #Eclipse #Egg

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

And your followers feeds as well. Welcome Brian

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A seven hour playlist of Yorkshire related music for #YorkshireDay, inspired by the Craig Ferguson book

tidal.com

Yorkshire Pop

Playlist - Yorkshire Pop - 97 items

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yorkshire Salad (lettuce, onion, vinegar, mint) as is traditional for #YorkshireDay

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 18/07/2026

I happened across a picture of the original pedestrianisation signs for Rose Street in 1979 and boy were those pictogram pedestrians stylish back in the day 🕺

black and white street photo of Rose Street at corner of Kenilworth Bar, 1979. Shows a pedestrianised street with some modern planting and a large upright sign saying "Pedestrian Precinct" with the pictogram image of a man, woman and child, with distinctly 1970s clothing, shoes, haircuts and poses. Clipped from https://www.trove.scot/image/466052 Reference: SC 466052

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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Spider Man Rides The Tube Not every superhero swings through the city, some catch the tube instead. It took a few attempts to nail the timing, but I finally made the SpiderMan poster look like Spidey is hitching a ride on a passing train. Captured at Oxford Circus station.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've stayed loyal to Love and Rockets and Hate all these years and recently started picking up Swamp Thing 88. That's about it (plus original books and collections, small press etc.)

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I hardly ever buy new comics these day, but I did enjoy the new Concrete, just a shame it has a typo on the very first page and another a few pages later. I know Dark Horse isn't the company it used to be and this might be the result of editorial cuts, just jarring to see in a much loved book

The cover of the first issue of the new Concrete series, Stars Over Sand

A typo on the very first page, a misspelling of Monument Valley

And then two different spellings of Dolbear in the same panel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolbear%27s_law

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

That's up there with your very best work ;-)

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Hattifattener @hattifattener.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The dedication in the JK Galbraith

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Five book haul from Burns Yard today

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I love the pre Beatles glimpse of coffee house culture. My mum loved Cliff and my daughter loves Elvis ;-)

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

and inspired by the song If I Could Be With You by Julie London... There are more of these stories in the Rebellion book A Very British Affair

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Inspired by the song Maybe by Gene Vincent, the tale of Ginger who works in an expresso bar

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Imagine if Thatcher had resigned in 1981 after losing 1000 council seats in that year's local elections. Maybe we could afford clean water in our rivers and sea. Maybe we would have council houses etc. etc. Not sure what calamity Keir Starmer resigning saves us from...

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Yesterday's charity shop haul. Elvis vs Peaches vs Massive Attack. The Peaches record is a single that plays at 33. After the tune there is about 20 minutes of applause. The Valentine mag is from 1960, and as well as lots of pop pics, also has comic strip adaptations of two hit songs of the time

A 1960 Fleetway pop magazine called Valentine with Elvis on the cover
A 12" single by Ludwig Amadeus Horzon featuring Peaches
A Cd single of Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack with an HMV Import sticker
A DVD of the Brian De Palma film The Black Dahlia
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Eggs and coffee are a great combination, but fried egg in a roll or on toast works great with tea as well

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Do you still have the ticket? If so I'm interested... ;-)

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Mediapolitic @mediapolitic.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

You guys, the White House accidentally ordered 10x the amount of Porta-Potties that they needed. The lawn is just acres of Porta-Potties. It’s all fenced off and you can’t see, but I took this photo through a hole in the fence netting.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Vinyl group tonight. The theme is real people

A selection of records about real people

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Matt Hill @gethill.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Prime with ads. Just how Kubrick intended.

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The saddest and most extraordinary story in the paper is this court report of a man dangling a five year old boy over a motorway bridge because, he claimed, the boy had asked him for money to watch his car. The sheriff accepted the story and he was fined £10. All this late at night in a pub car park

A newspaper court report about a man fined £10 for dangling a five year old boy over a motorway bridge in Glasgow

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

20 year old Gordon Strachan (with moustache) signed for Aberdeen. He would stay there for seven seasons, winning the SPL twice, as well as the European Cup Winners Cup and Super Cup and the Scottish Cup three times. He retired from playing 20 years later

Newspaper report of Gordon Strachan signing for Aberdeen

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Lovely big houses for sale in Dalgety Bay and North Queensferry for sale for less than £30k

Ads for new properties in Dalgety Bay and North Queensferry

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Efforts were being made to preserve plaster work and mosaics from the Palace of Varieties in Glasgow's Gorbals before demolition. The Theatre Museum in Covent Garden closed in 2007 and any items they were gifted are now part of the V&A collection. cinematreasures.org/theaters/62295

A newspaper article about preservation of architectural artefacts from the Glasgow Gorbals Palace of Varieties

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A review of the movie Black Joy starring Trevor Thomas and Norman Beaton. I haven't seen this film but it is free to view on YouTube so I probably wil check it out. The review quoted in this Wikipedia article is a bit more positive and the soundtrack looks great. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_J...

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Power cuts were expected due to industrial action. In these electricity board adverts you could look up what times you would be affected. Prestonpans is in group Y1 so would have been most at risk during peak times on Tuesday and Friday with no service on Sunday afternoon

A full page advert explaining when different areas in the South of Scotland might be affected by power cuts due to industrial action

Highest risk for Y1 areas was peak times on Tuesday and Friday

A similar schedule of potential power cuts for the North of Scotland

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Plans were afoot to limit growth in Livingston in an effort to revitalise inner Edinburgh. Livingston is now about four times as big as it was in 1977. Not sure what effect this had on Edinburgh. I don't think the petro-chemical works at Cobbinshaw ever went ahead

Newspaper coverage of a plan to limit growth in Livingston to benefit inner Edinburgh. Also plans for a petro-chemical works at Cobbinshaw

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Aberdeen University bought a single Honeywell 66/80 computer in a deal worth up to £2.5 million. I found this picture of a similar Honeywell computer on Wikipedia.

A 1977 newspaper story about Aberdeen University buying a Honeywell 66/80 computer

A picture from Wikipedia of a similar Honeywell computer

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A report on possible CIA involvement in a plot to assassinate Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley. The Scotsman picked up the story from Penthouse magazine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...

A newspaper article suggesting CIA involvement in the plot to assassinate Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A Friday/Sunday off season fare from Edinburgh to London was £28.45 return if booked before Tuesday on the week of travel. That fare includes two nights of hotel accommodation and continental breakfasts. No phone number so I guess you had to go to the station to purchase

A 1977 advert for weekend train journeys from Edinburgh to London

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nigeblog @nigeblog.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I picked up this copy of the Scotsman from November 1977 in Burns Yard a couple of weeks ago. Labour's Scottish and Welsh Devolution Bill is the lead story and I think it's probably the first time Tam Dalyell asked the West Lothian question, much discussed over the next few decades

The cover of The Scotsman newspaper from November 4th 1977

An extract of the lead article where Tam Dalyell first asks the West Lothian question

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