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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 19/09/2026

CALLING MANCHESTER: Thursday's gig is at HALLÉ ST MICHAELS, a gorgeous old church in the Northern Quarter, just 5 mins walk from Piccadilly Gardens. Adam and I are joined by our mate, Moston legend Lee Forsyth Griffiths playing a rare hometown set. Don't miss it - he's on at 8pm! tomrobinson.com/mcr

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 17/09/2026

Cat looking at rice fields near Asakusa, Colour woodblock print by Hiroshige (1857)

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 30/08/2026

Oh what a brilliant thing to have Isabel! There was another bee-related limerick have that I also very much liked: There was on Old Person of Dover Who rushed through a field of blue Clover When some very large bees, Stung his nose and his knees And he very soon went back to Dover

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 29/08/2026

50 years ago I never imagined I'd be opening a Welsh music festival at age 76. But my gig with Adam at Acapela Studio, Pentyrch is now opening the first night of Cardiff Music City Festival on Friday 2 Oct and we'd love you to join us. Pizza from 6.30pm, showtime 8pm £30 tomrobinson.com/cardiff

I'm Tom Robinson. Back in the punk era I'd never have imagined I'd be opening a Welsh music festival at seventy-six. But on Friday the second of October, Adam Phillips and I play the first night of Cardiff Music City Festival — at Acapela Studio in Pentyrch, a converted chapel just outside the city. 50 years of songs, and the stories behind them. Showtime 8pm, tickets £30 at tomrobinson.com/cardiff

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 19/08/2026

IRELAND Sep 2026: two shows already sold out on my mini-tour with Adam Phillips and Sister Ghost. Sun 27 DUBLIN - Whelan's Mon 28 KILKENNY - Cleere's [SOLD OUT] Tue 29 WATERFORD - Garter Lane Arts Wed 30 BANGOR - Court House [SOLD OUT] Tickets: tomrobinson.com/gigs

Tom Robinson with Adam Phillps and very special guest Sister Ghost - Tuesday 29 September Garter Lane Arts Centre. Tickets EUR 24.68 from https://garterlane.ie

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 23/07/2026

My brother Matthew is based in Cambodia, but visiting the UK to celebrate his 82nd birthday this Monday. Here we are on Cromer Beach, I think, circa 1951.

one-year-old infant with blond hair held up against the back of a seven year old boy with a bucket, sitting on a sandy beach near the sea

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 20/07/2026

Remember him this way... #KevinKeegan #1979 . Photo Eamonn McCabe.

Kevin Keegan in action in 1979. Photo Eamonn McCabe.

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 19/07/2026

From Alan Bennett's recent diary collection, Enough Said: "A call from Radio 4 from my views on assisted dying. Answer - too near to the unassisted type to be keen on it."

Picture of Alan Bennett from the cover of his recent book Enough Said

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 03/07/2026

Ten random snaps found on my telephone

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 26/06/2026

The Warming Stripes by Professor Ed Hawkins, University of Reading @edhawkins.org. Graphic representing the changes in global temperature from 1850 to the present day. Each stripe represents a year, with blues for colder years and reds for hotter years. Please share & discuss with family & friends..

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 24/06/2026

More woke nonsense from the BBC... If only they could get back to the values of the good old days just after the war... oh wait.

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 24/06/2026

Trying to identify a piece of instrumental light music I remember BBC Dance orchestras playing on the Light Programme's Music While You Work show in the early-mid 1950s. I stil remember the melody - plonked out here on one finger piano. Anyone else out there old enough to be able to help?

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 23/06/2026

My first band met when we lived on Teesside - our ambition was to play Boro Town Hall. Playing Stockton 50 yrs later feels close to home. Expect songs from Rock against Racism, encounters with Eddy and Elton, new tunes, old jokes & outstanding guitar from Adam Phillips. See tomrobinson.com/gigs

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 22/06/2026

My firstborn just texted me saying: "sorry I didn't get you a card yesterday but I had seen this one I would've done..."

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 21/06/2026

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to fellow dads everywhere... xx

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 06/06/2026

It's the 82nd anniversary of the D-day landings in 1944. If people then had looked back 82 years for something to celebrate, it would have taken them to 1862. The year of Victor Hugo's Les Mis, the invention of the Gatling Gun, and escalating carnage in The American Civil War. #enoughalready

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 02/06/2026

A good time to revist this oldie from W1A... BBC Director of Better - job introduction. The Establishment of a Director of Better represents a turning point to the BBC by placing the idea of betterness at its core going forward and beyond.

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 24/05/2026

Posted on Inastagram this weekend by Ben Johns www.instagram.com/ben_johns/. The sudden discovery that the village he grew up in is no longer a place where he can walk the street in safety has clearly been devastating...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 23/05/2026

Barnes from across the Thames...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 13/05/2026

Don't miss Kongo Dia Ntotila showcasing their new album Moving Fire live in London on Saturday, May 23 at The Jago, Dalston. Soundtrack is School Of Rumba from the new album: phenomenal musicianship married to life-affirming energy. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kdn-moving...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 28/04/2026

*NOODLE BAR TONIGHT 8.30PM* Free livestream with Adam Phillips and myself. Available to all members of Patreon community including everyone on our free tier... sign up here www.patreon.com/c/TomRobinso... and hopefully we'll see some of you this evening...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 21/04/2026

2026 TOUR DATES: acoustic power duo shows with Adam Phillips - see tomrobinson.com/gigs for box office links and more info. See Alt Text for text version...

11 Jun SUTTON - Sound Lounge [solo]
12 Jun STOWMARKET - JPC [with TV Smith]
13 Jun NEWCASTLE/LYME - Rigger [solo]
14 Jun STANLEY - White Room SOLD OUT
14 Jul MENEN (BE) - CC De Steiger
15 Jul NIEUWKERKEN-WAAS (BE) - Vlasbloem
04 Aug BLACKPOOL - Viva [matinee show]
05 Aug COATBRIDGE - Georgian Hotel
06 Aug EDINBURGH - Voodoo Room
07 Aug STOCKTON - ARC
08 Aug HULL - Wrecking Ball Arts
23 Aug HENLEY - Rewind [short guest set]
24 Sep MANCHESTER - Hallé at St Michael's
25 Sep COLCHESTER - Arts Centre
27 Sep DUBLIN - Whelans
28 Sep KILKENNY - Cleere's
29 Sep WATERFORD - Garter Lane
30 Sep BANGOR - The Court House
02 Oct CARDIFF - Pentyrch Acapela
03 Oct HAVANT - Pallant Centre
04 Oct BATH - Komedia
22 Oct LONDON - PizzaExpress Live
23 Oct LONDON - PizzaExpress Live SOLD OUT
24 Oct BIRMINGHAM - MAC
25 Oct SHOREHAM - Ropetackle Arts
22 Nov CAMDEN - Electric [solo]
06 Dec EXETER - Phoenix

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 19/04/2026

Oh Dan yes, of course - I too went on that March For Love, Unity & Hope (www.patreon.com/posts/togeth...). But that message badly jarred with all the "Smash Fascism" placards I saw on the day. My own brother's a Yaxley-Lennon supporter: you can be extremely angry with someone without hating them.

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 18/04/2026

Gutted to hear of Andy Kershaw's passing. A memorable broadcast journalist for #BBCRadio4's #FromOurOwnCorrespondent, the #TodayProgramme & #TheWorldTonight, Andy reported from the 1994 #Rwanda genocide, the #Angola civil war in 1996, #SierraLeone in 2001 and repeatedly from #Haiti.

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 17/04/2026

Escher's Ants On A Möbius Strip... still freaks me out 😬

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 16/04/2026

Dr Donald Trump famously posted this AI image to Truth Social on April 13. MAGA influencer Nick Adams first posted it in Feb, framing it as the POTUS "healing a sick America". Trump's since deleted the post, but in case you'd like a 1500x1100 copy for your archives...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 13/04/2026

CALLING FLANDERS: Tom Robinson with Adam Phillips live at KC De Vlasbloem, Nieuwkerken Waas (Sint Niklaas) on 15 July 2026. Tickets: bit.ly/TR26Vlasbloem

Then & Now: Tom Robinson with Adam Phllips Woensdag 15 Juli 2026 20:00 https://devlasbloem.be

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 08/04/2026

CALLING BLACKPOOL: special acoustic afternoon show on Tuesday 4th August in the run-up to #RebellionFestival Honoured to be sharing a stage with #TheWildhearts #KirkBrandon #SteveDrewett and #DaveSharp. Tickets & info: bit.ly/TR2026Blackp...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 06/04/2026

Great news - just found out the mighty Gideon Coe is on BlueSky @gidcoe.bsky.social Morning, Gid - hope you're well - thanks for the follow!

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 06/04/2026

Spotted on yesterday's dog walk...

Printed sign on ramshackle chipboard hoarding in suburban street:
WE ARE CREATING A BEAUTIFUL LIVING SPACE AT THIS SHITE

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 04/04/2026

Topical throwback to The Dark Side Of the Moon according to #NoelFielding and #MightyBoosh on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/B9rL4Fug800/

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 03/04/2026

Australian oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros offering a hymn of thanks...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 29/03/2026

#HannahNewton (yesterday's woman holding up the pigeon sign) has posted her own Instagram video from yesterday's march...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 28/03/2026

Spotted outside The Dorchester this afternoon...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 23/03/2026

From the latest @priveteye.bsky.social No.1671... on newsstands now

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 20/03/2026

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 12/03/2026

Following last year's string of sold-out UK shows we've finally managed to bring Then And Now, my duo show with Adam Phillips, to Ireland. First confirmed show is Wed 30 Sept at The Court House in Bangor. Tickets limited to 90 & available at bit.ly/TR2026Bangor. Dublin & Waterford follow shortly...

Map of Ireland with markers for Bangor, Dublin and Waterford

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 09/03/2026

St Paul's, Blackfriars and the Thames by night...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 02/03/2026

Together we stand, divided we fall: 28 March. London. Be there. Full info: www.togetheralliance.org.uk

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 27/02/2026

This was the very first draft proposal I ever got for a first-ever Tom Robinson website from my mate Paul Boyd in Toronto. Sometime around 1994. He suggested the cleverly ambiguous name "Castanet"...

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Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com · 23/02/2026

GABRIELLE SEY plays the Emerging Showcase at #TheMet #Bury this Friday 27 Feb with EMMA JANE MANSFIELD. Full info and tickets: themet.org.uk/event/emergi...

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