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Alan Swain

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Bass Trombone, WNO Host of AS Music Show currently on Mixcloud.

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Take a bow, @privateeyenews.bsky.social.

04.03.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 528    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
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Watch this from Historian Sir Anthony Seldon πŸ‘

➑️ Calls to wipe student debt and pay for it out of general taxation

➑️ Bring in Martin Lewis and give him four weeks to find a solution

➑️ There are no dead end courses eg the arts, stresses universities are so much more

23.02.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4
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Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days

They’re just out there setting records at everything.

13.02.2026 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3716    πŸ” 759    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 260
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Just beyond parody at this point

08.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2830    πŸ” 877    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 31

The particular genius of eg Williams is to get that you can use music that’d have the moviegoing public flee a concert hall in disgust & put it in a context that makes it their favourite thing they’ve ever heard. It’s not only using music to explain a scene, it’s using the scene to explain the music

19.01.2026 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

What a brilliant insight.

19.01.2026 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mate. We were sold ages ago. But yes I agree. This is shit.

17.01.2026 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good lord!

17.01.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Brown or black shirts?

10.01.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump is wearing dark suit and red tie with a Venezuelan pin badge. Crude oil is dripping from his nose forming a Hitler-style moustache

Trump is wearing dark suit and red tie with a Venezuelan pin badge. Crude oil is dripping from his nose forming a Hitler-style moustache

Wow.

The front cover of today’s Objectiv magazine in Slovenia (the birthplace of Melania Trump).

Trump with a Hitler moustache made from Venezuelan oil.

09.01.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 570    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 19

Chatgpt Christmas cracker joke:

Why is Britain so good at Christmas queues?
Because we’ve had years of practice waiting for things we were promised and never received.

24.12.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@emilywhite7676.bsky.social greetings and welcoming.

22.12.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

how are the brass sounding?

16.12.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eating lobster at the library You know your life is hilarious, right?

Whatever embarrassing thing you’re afraid ofβ€”someone else has already done far worse. Whatever shame you think might end you sociallyβ€”someone else has survived it, transgressed it, transfigured it into the stuff of personal growth.

11.12.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Youth Mental Health & Creativity - The Music Works x Arts Council England
Youth Mental Health & Creativity - The Music Works x Arts Council England

Many young people are offered antidepressants at their 1st appointment (against NICE guidelines) when it isn’t always the right path. Getting involved in community and in creativity can make a huge difference. We need to invest in hubs like The Music Works and expand social prescribing options.

17.11.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to join The Music Works at their Creative Futures Day to talk about creative health and wellbeing.

Hearing directly from young people about how much The Music Works has supported their mental health is powerful proof that creative health works.

17.11.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

If this is truly rock bottom how do we get ourselves out of it?

16.11.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
LEAKED: BBC Director General Candidates - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul LEAKED: BBC Director General Candidates - #BrokenNews

⚠️ BREAKING: BBC In Crisis - New Director General Picks Leaked.

πŸ™πŸ» PLEASE like, share and kiss this latest #BrokenNews report.

youtu.be/P8kl2ETzH7k?...

14.11.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 14

Why does everyone keep calling it β€œThe Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating β€œThe Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called β€œThe Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called β€œThe Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

22.10.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 22539    πŸ” 9948    πŸ’¬ 775    πŸ“Œ 711

Iain Lee - Imposter Syndrome worked last night and I think it is something very special.

I play the Rondo Theatre in Bath in February but looking for more venues across teh country. Ideally holding between 80-120.

Do you work for a venue that would like to book me? Or know any?

iain@iainlee.com

06.10.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. You can bet money on it.

19.09.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me to 19 year old just moved to London:
You will probably meet a Pearly Queen.
19yr old: What’s that?
Me: Google it.
19yr old:………Oh. Er. It’s just someone wearing loads of buttons.
Crikey. Where have all the Pearly Queens gone?

16.09.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
What Is Ethnic Cleansing? - #BrokenNews Explains
YouTube video by Larry & Paul What Is Ethnic Cleansing? - #BrokenNews Explains

GENOCIDE, you say?

Well, that has come as a shock.

youtu.be/XFG4IE6XsYQ?...

16.09.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

β€˜even the BBC..’ wow. Where are we? How did we get here? (Oh yes I forget - Robbie Gibb).

16.09.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The neoliberal con perpetrated against us ever since Thatcher is easy to state:

Privatise profit. Socialise debt.

In other words, heads we lose, tails we lose.

So entrenched now is this con that whoever is in power is likely to continue it.

15.09.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Hubble bubble toil and SpaceX

10.09.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank goodness we don’t have guns here in the uk.

10.09.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting then how our media (BBC etc) are framing him as some sort of victim, close to Trump. I mean yes he’s the victim of a fatal shooting. He doesn’t seem to be innocent of …well what? Promoting Fascism?

10.09.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Both. He was the hitler youth guy our oligarchs funded for youth outreach via turning point USA. He will not be missed.

10.09.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hate for sale then?

10.09.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0