Frank Cottrell-Boyce

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This rose wants to tell you the US paperback of THE MODERN FAIRIES is out today with @avidreaderpress.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I was in that band before I joined Evil Gazebo

Thank you for listening to today’s show! An extra big thank you to my glorious guests, professors Islam Issa & Edith Hall, the staff at the BBC Radio Theatre, & to the always majestic Mary Ward Lowery 💙
If you want to know how it sounds when I haven’t written it yet, come to Brighton for a preview!

Find myself thinking about these words by Kurt Vonnegut: ...the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.

A photo of a copy of the 1969 Puffin edition of Five Children And It by E. Nesbit. The cover art is by H.R. Millar.

"The wings were very big, and more beautiful than you can possibly imagine... And the feathers were of the most lovely mixed changing colours, like the rainbow, or iridescent glass, or the beautiful scum that sometimes floats on water that is not at all nice to drink."

I want to play this immediately!

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Did you miss the Unfeasible Katherine Rundell and I talking about
@catwrote.bsky.social , Queen Nanny, women astronauts, Vincent Van Gogh and @matoxley.bsky.social book about two stroke engines!!! On Radio 4 Today
Fear not! You can always rewind.
We were right at the end of today's Todayl

Maybe you missed the Unfeasible Katherine Rundell and I talking about @catwrote.bsky.social , Queen Nanny, women astronauts, Vincent Van Gogh and @matoxley 's book about two stroke engines!!! On Radio 4 Today
Fear not! You can always rewind.
We were right at the end of today's Today

YouTube video by David Vo (PkerkidHD) And I Will Kiss (feat. Dame Evelyn Glennie) - Underworld

On this day in 2012 the London Olympics opening ceremony took place, & I've never seen anything so dazzlingly imaginative. Let's ignore the misery that's followed & revel in its majesty. This still gives me goose bumps. Thank you @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoEu...

Two screens from the Simpsons showing marge and homer sitting on a plane with homer looking angry. Text of the first image says "come on, homer. Japan will be fun. You liked rashoman" text of the second image says "that's not how I remember it"

A four panel comic titled Bird Sounds. In panel 1, labeled thrush, a wood thrush sings its beautiful eeohlay song against a forest background. In panel 2, labeled wren, a winter wren delicately sings tweedly tweedly tweedly. In panel 3, labeled warbler, a yellow warbler delicately sings sweet sweet. In panel 4, labeled heron in a death metal font, a heron screams KRAAGH against a background of fire.

Bird sounds.

It was v much Mr Biggs. He who set me up as a punch and judy man

I defy you to find a happy voice anywhere than mine when I'm talking about Tristram Shandy

Golden Twilight Birds 3 Original painting by Moose Allain from world of moose

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YouTube video by IGN Spinal Tap II: The End Continues - Official Trailer | SDCC 2025

Derek advertising Crypto is perfect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=70DD...

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Oh yes. This episode of @backlisted.bsky.social on Halo Jones is glorious. I absolutely love comics; I learned to read (not just decode words but understand words and pictures) through comics. Alan Moore’s work is wonderful.

Absolutely nothing wrong with this at all.

Labyrinth.

Lovely story

I have absolutely no idea who has nominated me but it means a lot to be shortlisted - thank you 🥰

The cover illustration and title of the book, showing a dam at the head of a large reservoir, edged by trees and surrounded by hills

Ladybird book in the Spotlight

‘Public Services: Water Supply’ 1969
[Deep sigh]

Artist: John Berry

Richard Foord helps launch campaign to revive the River Otter Richard Foord , the Liberal Democrat MP for Honiton and Sidmouth, has joined forces with the Otter Valley Association in a new campaign - #...

“The river Otter should be crystal clear and teeming with fish and invertebrates, but instead, the middle and lower sections are murky, slimy and sick. This is largely due to untreated or inadequately treated sewage being discharged into the river, by South West Water.“ #ReviveTheRiverOtter

Ask to produce her trainline app so we can see how often and where she goes by train.

"Due to the high cost of this work, we expect to lose money on this story. We did it because we believe in proper investigative local reporting about London — and because there has to be more to journalism than clickbait."

This story is a great example of why real journalism should be paid for.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Sky Kids will no longer commission originals. Massive hit to a sector of the UK TV industry. (From Broadcast). Leaves only BBC & 5 commissioning originals for children.

The UK is preparing for trump's visit.

Water companies have ‘cheated us out of £84 billion’ – Feargal Sharkey We spoke to water campaigner and Undertones frontman, Feargal Sharkey.

Water companies have ‘cheated us out of £84 billion’ - Plus the number of most serious water pollution incidents rose by 60% last year. Privatisation of our water has failed!!!
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