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On this day in 1967, part one of The Tomb of the Cybermen was broadcast.
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New Malden Dolls?
At least 15 Reform councillors have been suspended, expelled, or have quit since being elected earlier this year, with at least five facing criminal investigations, @bylinetimes.bsky.social can report bylinetimes.com/2025/09/02/s...
Inherited from my Dad who bought it in Canada.
At worst?
Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
He “gets” nothing.
Is he counting this as a reggae record? youtu.be/-lJDeYIh4No
Any links to share? I listened to the reggae shows on Capital (TV on Reggae) and Radio London (Steve Barnard) back in the early 70s. Derek Jewell used to play some reggae back then on his Radio 3 show (Sounds Interesting) too.
Pornography is terrible here. It is the law to wear a seat belt.
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I'm thinking of decorating some local roundabouts.
Did he use Viz as a source for cut up material?
Indeed. I managed to buy only one or two in 1977, most I taped off the radio.
When Jamaican reggae 12"s stated to appear in the UK late 1976, early 1977 - they cost a fortune even then, some going for £6.50/£7.50 - for comparison a standard UK LP then cost about £4 or £5. Aimed at the Sound Systems first...
Here you go, hope you have plenty of cash... www.discogs.com/release/5235...
Vera-Ellen and Norman Wisdom demonstrate a proper curtsey at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. They and Brigitte Bardot, Belinda Lee, and Joan Crawford are among the stars to be presented to the Queen. (1956)
Ooh la la Monsieur Grimsdale!
Seven dinner Sid?
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Almost too beautiful.
Killer.
Anti-Nazi demo, West Bromwich, 1979 📷 Virginia Turbett
Zap Pow? Is this the pinnacle Perry production? youtu.be/ESjpbJHB8T0
That’s the badger!
Forgotten about the “philistines” one. Wasn’t there also a saxophone instrumental version?
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My favourite Murvin is actually this one youtu.be/qzhqp1O1MHE
Do you know this version? youtu.be/luNXIdsosys
John Peel’s was botd, so here’s a link for Dave Strickson’s archive with over a thousand Peel Sessions each with accompanying YouTube clips davestrickson.blogspot.com/2020/05/john...
One of my all time favourites is by the dub poet Michael Smith from 1982 but it isn't on that list, but it is here, check out the opener, "mi caaant believe it" - still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_y...
I wonder why? youtu.be/tsyabuMN6N4
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Now playing youtu.be/mZuhvw4u6eY
ENGLANG FOR ENGLINGSH
Always.
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Quite right too. Blackballed.
It’s not a film, more a state of mind.
Savage is as Savage does.
Lol! No clue what that is Des, but I like the cover.
Sky talks to Dinah, who has joined an asylum hotel protest. Dinah says migrants have ruined the country Migrants arent the reason the NHS is crumbling, people can't get a dentist, & rents/utility bills are so high. The people to blame are the ruling class, who Farage represents
As a resident of a small town which has been bestowed with a Patriotic Roundabout this hits hard
After Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent MMR paper: Measles cases: up 1200% Mumps cases: up 70,000% Multiple fatalities People with no science knowledge were taken in by Wakefield. People with no science knowledge are taken in by anti-vaxxers. Listen to scientists www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Complete madness.
Everyday is red wine day in Italy.
“The bass player and the blonde”? How did I miss that?
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Not seen that photo before. Is 13 across “modernist”?
An egg n’bacon banjo makes more of a mess.
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The film is worth a watch.
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BBC news = oxymoron
A very weak response.
It's easy to forget how utterly inhuman this is. How unspeakable. How absolutely appalling. Israeli forces deliberately fired missiles into a hospital. A *fucking hospital*. And - according to WHO - they've done it to at least 734 other healthcare facilities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Ah! The Rivoli Ballroom, great venue.
Another favourite youtu.be/asOFFdroARY
“Darcus outta jail, the peoples will must prevail”
Can’t argue with that…
Tom Jones and Barbara Eden on the 'This is Tom Jones' show in 1969.
“The crowd around my sound system is heartwarming and a force for multiculturalism. We all drink beer and we all dance to the same music” Gladdy Wax Photo: Tim Schnetgoeke
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats. Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
The real 'two tier' divide in British politics is between the wife of a Conservative councillor calling for refugees to be burnt alive, being treated as a brave 'political prisoner', and the protestors calling for the end of mass starvation and genocide, being treated as domestic terrorists
Lago di Barcis
How Britain's Anti-Migrant Media Consensus Is Crowding Out the Truth Britain's longstanding traditions of tolerance and compassion are being suppressed in favour of a media-driven campaign of anti-migrant hate www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/anywhere-b...
This one was a monster at the time. Still sounds amazing youtu.be/-uw-Ev97yvw
70 days until Halloween...
From the film “no way to treat a record player”?
Congratulations to @bylinetimes.bsky.social for coming out a clear winner for the number of journalists sanctioned by Russia. A tribute to its fearlessness and its commitment to exposing malign Russian influence in UK and European politics. Proud to be a columnist for this vital publication
Remembering Honor Blackman, born this day in 1925.
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What a voice
Never seen this before, thanks for sharing.
Models posing in Union Flag swimwear to promote tourism to Gibraltar, Trafalgar Square, October 23rd, 1969 📷 Michael Webb
Sparks = ahead of their time. Another great choice Des.
Good morning. ☕️
And this is why Bylines is the only media outlet I support financially. They deserve our backing. Journalists have been murdered for doing nothing more than reporting the truth. subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Welcome to the dis-Enlightenment A new dis-Enlightenment looms: in the US and beyond, facts are denied, science silenced, and the wealthy spread lies over truth By Andy Brown @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Martin Parr’s first published colour photograph, Manchester, 1971. Went full red. Oxford Road station approach.
Brilliant Des. My favourite Bill Nelson cut. Also a fan of this from his Be Bop Deluxe era youtu.be/zqFzVNB41AY?...
Agreed.
"And these are my hats. You know hats, right? In your country? Many people are saying a book shelf is for words, very great words, my hats have words on. Big beautiful words. I know words."
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RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid
The first 12” I ever bought, from Daddy Kool in Hanway St. with the extremely dodgy sleeve
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Grazie.
Coffee.
