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Tony Hannan

@tonehannan.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, half-owner of Scratching Shed Publishing empire. Books, fillums, music etc. Live and let live. Attended same school as Mr Blobby

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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meet Richard Oliver Heslop, the too long-forgotten Bard of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Biography on the way, several years in the making – out Friday 9 October.
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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My new book, 'Creative Journeys', is a collection of interviews with such glorious characters as Neneh Cherry, Maxine Peake, Jarvis Cocker, Paddy Considine, Terry Hall. All the info, the list of onstage special guests, tickets etc for the book tour here davehaslam.substack.com/p/john-simm-...
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's an insane policy to dump 1200 men, regardless of origin, together on the outskirts of a village. It all stems from not allowing asylum seekers to work and therefore rent homes, integrate etc. Obviously racism is also hugely at play, but this is making things so much worse.
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very few people know that Marvin Gaye also wrote a classic song here, Can I Get To Widnes?
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very sad news of a variety becoming all too frequent. RIP
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just a reminder in these crazy days that, if you want to give your brain a wash, the beacon of sanity that is clivejames.com is still up online
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Clive james
“Humanity will surpass the first dirigibles as it has surpassed the first locomotives. It will surpass M. Santos-Dumont as it has surpassed Stephenson. After telephotography it will continually...
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Advance Info sheet below for our new book of particular interest to those from – or living in – England's beautiful North East. It ain't just for Geordies, although that will help! Please forward to any indie bookshops you feel may be interested.
Advance Information sheet for upcoming book 'Words from Hyem – The Life and Rhymes of Richard Oliver Heslop'
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Best ever Hitch cameo in this
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
‘Sky’s name is Harr Worth. I don’t know why but there it is…’
Sky sports football score
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Historian, author, songwriter, poet, humourist, man-about-town, lexicologist, Society of Antiquaries stalwart, President of Newcastle upon Tyne's Lit & Phil and a canny bit besides, Oliver Heslop was the Toon’s Victorian culture vulture, now sadly all but forgotten. Or he was! New book out October 8
Post displaying cover of new book, Words from Hyem, a biography of Newcastle's forgotten Victorian culture vulture Richard Oliver Heslop out on Monday 8 October 2026
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Mike Critchley @mike-critchley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It may be cheaper on Amazon but support your book shop @sthbookstop.bsky.social
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Groovy! I’ve waited 130-odd years for rugby league to become cool and it’s finally happened
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Dukenfield @dukenfield.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Freeview (UK) #film of the day : Les Yeux Sans Visage/ Eyes Without A Face (1959 86mins.) Georges Franju's magnificent surreal horror, starring Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli and Edith Scob. [ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 12.50AM Saturday] letterboxd.com/dukenfield/f...
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A ★★★★★ review of Eyes Without a Face (1960)
From the opening scene, in which a woman is seen driving through the countryside at night with a look of intense concentration on her face and a mysterious passenger in a hat and coat in the back seat...
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
That weren’t just any phone alarm… that were a NORTHERN phone alarm…
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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Via @jakethackrayfan.bsky.social: For my music-loving friends in/around #London, I cannot recommend this event highly enough. • JakeFest 2026: Celebrating the comic, poetic, and storytelling genius of #JakeThackray • Aug 15, 2026 • Jamboree, 6 St. Chads Place, London More info: jakethackray.com
Black and white poster art depicting singer-songwriter and poet Jake Thackray playing his acoustic guitar, as designed by UK artist Russellann:

https://www.redbubble.com/people/russellann/shopProgram schedule for the August 15, 2026 “JakeFest” in London, England, celebrating the life and work of singer-songwriter and poet Jake Thackray 

PROGRAMME

Afternoon (free and unticketed):

1.30pm: Doors open
2.00pm: Song Circle (bookable open mic)

A chance to sing Jake's songs in front of a supportive audience. Performance slots must be booked in advance: email
paul@jakethackray.com for details.

5.00pm: Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer A discussion of Jake's remarkable life and work
featuring special guest Rick Irons (Jake's brother-in-law) and Paul Thompson (co-author
of “Beware of the Bull - The Enigmatic Genius of Jake Thackray,” and editor of “Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer”)

6.00pm: Informal guitar workshop

A chance to share and pick up tips on playing Jake's songs.

Evening (ticketed event):

8.00pm: Concert
Featuring some of our most experienced Thackray performers.

More info: jake thackray.com
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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Coming soon! Sunday 30th August, 2:30pm FREDDIE DAVIES: A LIFE IN SHOW BUSINESS (2017) #FreddieDavies allows film maker #MartynTott a candid insight into his life story with rare clips and photos from his exceptional career #TPTVsubtitles
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is wonderful - ‘South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic’ - watch it via BFI Player when you’ve a spare hour or so. Lovingly restored by BFI with a smashing new score by @neilkbrand.bsky.social Great penguin and husky action too.
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I’ve actually been to Ceuta. About 42 years ago. Little backstreet cafe there, did a very nice fish soup. You can have that, Lonely Planet
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great tale. That’s Leslie Howard to Karloff’s left, I think, not long before his plane was shot down by the Nazis www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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The Spin | Boris Karloff’s unlikely love of cricket lives on with foundation in his name
Actor known for his haunting film roles was president of Hollywood CC and his estate helps to fund the Windrush cricket festival
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bring back lead pars that grab the reader with ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘when’, before cracking on with ‘why’ and elaborating further from paragraph two. Thank you and good night.
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I first read this as couscous. Which AI could just as certainly be with a dash of lemon and sprig of coriander
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This analogy might work a little better had motor cars not gone on to play a big part in ****ing up the planet
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hydrangea break
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Vicky the Labrat @vickythelabrat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I wonder who wrote this?
A magazine in Tesco called "ChatGPT made simple".
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Agree completely re Captain Binface. But surely Tarquin Fin-tim-lim-bim-lim-bin- bim-bin-bim bus stop F'tang F'tang Olé Biscuit barrel is alright?
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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
When family history is a mystery... My grandmother told my dad that when she was younger she’d been held against her will in a clinic in Switzerland. I've started to explore to find out more. And it’s turned into quite a dark story. davehaslam.substack.com/p/a-beautifu...
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A beautiful girl locked in an attic
Investigating my grandmother’s barely believable story
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
That 2pm Farage statement in full: Прекратите меня придираться
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
You read it here first: FIFA to give USA special trophy for coming 16th
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Stuart Millard @franticplanet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Walked to the 'office' and now sat wiping my forehead like Mike McShane halfway through the props round
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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Still think the bloke who blasts music over every announcement is an absolute prick.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 03/06/2026
‘𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦, of course, is a bittersweet elegy – for the old Western way of life, for the era of American expansion, for the cowboy. It’s also, perhaps too subtly, a critique of those things.’ @jrobertlennon.com revisits Larry McMurtry. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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J. Robert Lennon · Buffalo Bones: Larry McMurtry’s American West
McMurtry bemoans the fact that readers take his characters at face value and misidentify cowboy selfishness as heroism...
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Two of the absolute greats. One of whom I am now proud to call a friend
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Olthwaite @olthwaite.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Caught an old Corrie. It reminded me why I used to watch it. Blanche thinks Ken's gay: 'He's started drinking camomile tea and having assignations with a confirmed bachelor...I've nothing against the gays, I'd walk over hot coals for Paul O'Grady.' Written by the ace Carmel Morgan.
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Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This is genuinely an excellent film, and I'm not just saying that because it also contains time-lapse footage of cartoons being drawn by me.
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
57? Nobbut a lad #Italia
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Nice one #Czechia
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
European Thighs Contest so far, Germans in the lead. Shout out too for the castrati #Eurovision
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Eurovision tonight. I do hope this place is about to go all old style t*****r again 🇪🇺
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A remastered and extended version of Dig! is on BFI Player should anyone be interested and in need of humour
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Mike Critchley @mike-critchley.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Absolutely delighted with Roger Protz’s review of Happy Hours - A Great British Pub Diary protzonbeer.co.uk/reviews/2026...
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Epic crawl that stresses pubs' vital role – Protz On Beer, by Roger Protz
Journalist MIke Critchley has devoted 40 years to visiting pubs throughout the British Isles and has a feast of stories of history, architecture, good beer and breweries. He has seen…
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
How could anyone resist an episode of Celebrity Cricket with Mr Pastry in it? This is what we want
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FirerMcFirer @aradfirer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I made it my life mission to reference this as many times as I can
A tweet by @Llama In a Tux (dated Sep. 10, 2022):
Don't you understand? The human race IS an endless number of monkeys. And every day we produce an endless number of words. And one of us already wrote Hamlet
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is a thing of absolute beauty and magnificence - saddens me to realise that there is no way on earth I will ever find time to get through its 1,000 or so pages and do exactly that
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I’ve got no idea what you’d call this pudding, but it’s got ice cream, chocolate and apple in it and I’m liking it bigly
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Evening stroll soundtrack: a reading by Tony Harrison of his epically powerful V almost has me in tears as I walk @bbcsounds.bsky.social
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Artworks - v. by Tony Harrison - BBC Sounds
The controversial poem by Tony Harrison, to mark his death.
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Joan Baez has NOT sacked all the journalists. Blatant misinformation
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
If you fancy a nostalgia rush watch the repeat of Kenneth Williams’s Comic Roots episode on BBC iPlayer. Wonderful lump in the throat scenes of working class life in St Pancras, already disappearing by then. Classic telly
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Will we get to throw turnips at him?
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Tony Hannan @tonehannan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Mirthful stuff as ever by Mr K about t’ origins of Mrs M open.substack.com/pub/martinke...
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Mrs Murton before she was Mrs Merton. A tale of TV
A clue as to why Caroline Aherne became such a much-loved talent of the 1990s in British comedy, bar none.
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