Steve Huison

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Aaaagh! Just realised you're away! Hopefully Gideon will oblige x

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Hi Cerys. Can you please give a shout out to the Leeds Youth Jazz Orchestra and all the other young jazz musicians from the Arts Forms organisation who will be showcasing their work at the Old Woolen, Farsley, Leeds tomorrow from 3pm. Tickets available on the door. X

YouTube video by BarefootBaby Brownie McGhee part 1

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social you've just reminded me of this wonderful doc about Bert Jansch, when he finally got to meet and play with his guitar hero, Brownie McGhee. The whole film is well worth a watch. X
youtu.be/Wi-67R_lDNI?...

This saturday, 17 May, please join @stevehuison.bsky.social at 11.30 am in Pyramid Gallery, York for the opening of the exhibition Reigning Cats and Dogs with york artist Lesley Shaw see more at www.pyramidgallery.com

Immigration myths are everywhere The media is flooded with outright lies and misleading statistics. Countering the falsehoods is arduous work

With immigration policy back in the political spotlight, it’s a great time to re-read @jdportes.bsky.social’s February article debunking the “outright lies and misleading statistics” which pervade this debate.
www.prospectmagazine...

Lovely. Thank you.

Just hanging the pictures for the exhibition and realised I don't have the name of your lovely collie. Can you let me know please Darren?

Want to know how the world really ends? Look to TV show Families Like Ours | John Harris The Danish drama is piercing in its ordinariness. In the real world, the climate crisis worsens and authoritarians take charge as we calmly look away, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Uncomfortably affirms a lot of the conversations we have in our house. Is it good to know we're not the only ones thinking this? Be prepared to be shocked into reality.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are one fucking weird ape! I want to climb a tree and never come down.

Mangrove Big Head, by Kontiki 9 track album

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Thanks for introducing me to Jembaa Groove. I had the privilege of seeing them live at the Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds on Friday. They rocked! Equal praise to local band Kontiki who were mind-blowingly tight! kontiki.bandcamp.com/album/mangro... worth checking out.

Tickets are now on sale for June 20th's Cabaret Saltaire. Just look at that for a line up. Grab them quick (the tickets, not the turns)!
wegottickets.com/event/659304

How much for the old chap?

I've a tin of that. Unfortunately the instructions for opening it are on the inside.

Today's portrait. Bolt, the whippet/border collie lurcher.
Oil on canvas 20cm x 20cm.

Sorry to hear about your dad Darren. My condolences to you and your family.
Just to let you know my little painting will be on exhibition at the Pyramid Gallery, Stonegate, York from May 17th if you happen to be passing.

Today's portrait:
Dalmatian.
Oil on canvas 20cm x 20cm.

YouTube video by Iberi - Topic Svanuri Nana

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social Iberi Choir. Just stunning! Amazing breath control. Thank you for this.
youtu.be/UfYY_6d_LMk?...

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year.

Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

YouTube video by WhenYoureGone Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal "a benim kahve sesli, ince sızım" 27/07/2010

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social
Here's a lovely concert for you if you've not seen it yet. Having been deeply moved by your choice of Ballaké and Piers Faccini's song on your show on Sunday. Isn't this wonderful? You can almost feel the heat of the evening.
youtu.be/TAIwGw1paIc?...

Very sad to read that.

A 'bit of a win'? Where does win come in to this?

Make mine a Dubonnet Dave. An al Ave ten Park Drive untipped.

#2 in series of 'British Musician's smoking it down to the stub'. (See Stephen Morris).

YouTube video by KEXP Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

@cerysmatthews.bsky.social after being reintroduced to these some 30yrs later on one of your recent shows I've just found myself mesmerised by a whole concert performance. Amazing vocal work and harmonies. And the joy it brings them is also clear to see. youtu.be/AFgzzWT3zX4?...

"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant

Smoke it right down to the stub!

YouTube video by Dr Ellen Storm Lucy Letby: the worst failure of whistleblower protection we have ever seen in the NHS? (16 Mar 25)

Dr Ellen Storm raises compelling issues with the #LucyLetby case regarding punishment and retaliation on whistle-blowers. If she's right, and there's no reason to say she isn't, the trust of large organisations such as the NHS is seriously broken. youtu.be/YG7YxCMoL8Y?...

This is Yale Professor Timothy Snyder, who studies authoritarians and tyranny, with a warning.

He and another Yale professor, Jason Stanley, who studies similar topics at Yale, are moving to Canadian universities, a result of the political and academic climate here.

This is a seminal moment: a Labour government cutting disability benefits. Not just continuing Tory levels. Cutting.

This comes after a week of speculation, itself an act of cruelty by a government toying with people’s dignity.

These cuts are disgraceful - and they will cost lives.

It's come to something when we have to consider the safety of government opposition.