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So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

Tomorrow near #hebdenbridge award winning acoustic music from multi award winners Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman #folk #singersongwriter

If it’s #Folk it’s #pieandpeas! How could anyone resist 😋 @elizamarshall.bsky.social

#OTD 1913 • An explosion at the Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, killed 439 miners and one rescuer ⛏️

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#Wales #History

Great Music
Month today Sat 15th November 7.45 Doors 6.45
Wadsworth Community Centre HX7 8RY #hebdenbridge
@ranagri.bsky.social + Plumhall
#pieandpeas

2 weeks today Saturday 25th October award winning acoustic music duo play near #hebdenbridge

Thanks to independent for opportunities to promote This time @kathrynandsean.bsky.social at #hebdenbridge #livemusic text 07731661053 or via @wegottickets.bsky.social

I found some bluegrass in the middle of the woods in Central Park! This is the Rachel Herman Trio with "Blue Ridge Cabin Home" #nyc #newyorkcity #centralpark #livemusic

Gig TONIGHT with Phil Beer of @showofhands.bsky.social Albion Band etc etc #hebdenbridge #livemusic #folkmusic #blues #fiddle #slideguitar #pieandpeas Some tix on the door or via @wegottickets.bsky.social

Don't miss out on Phil Beer in just over a week at Wadsworth Community Centre in Old Town, #HebdenBridge.

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When the nights are in and great #Music, good company and pie, peas and a pint are what it takes to warm your cockles.

Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman

Saturday 25th October, 6.45pm doors for a 7.45pm start.
Wadsworth Community Centre, Old Town, #HebdenBridge

#Folk

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We are so lucky in the #UpperCalderValley to have great #Music in so many special #Venues.

Here's a festive show at #Mytholmroyd Community Centre from A Winter Union on 5th December, 2025

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Been listening to Maddie Morris CD after a recent gig
Alongside most beautiful singing the sympathetic accompaniment adds a great deal

We're excited to announce a special #Christmas show with A Winter Union at Mytholmroyd Community Centre Nr #hebdenbridge 5.12.25 "Just fantastic" #Calderdale #folk @wegottickets.bsky.social

Martin Carthy’s “Transform Me Then Into A Fish” is shortlisted for the Mercury Prize 2025 In a pleasantly surprising turn of events, the Mercury Prize has included folk legend Martin Carthy’s latest album, “Transform Me Then Into A Fish,” on its 2025 shortlist, making the 84-year-old music...

Huge congratulations to Martin Carthy for being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize!

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The multi-instrumentalist half of Show of Hands, member of Feast of Fiddles -o'ne of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music. A dazzling instrumentalist, he is perhaps best known as a top flight fiddler’ also sings a bit at #hebdenbridge @wegottickets.bsky.social

Tonight at #shipley looking forward to double header with Hazjak and Pete Dilley at @topicfolk.bsky.social

Join us at a friendly small Pennine venue to see wonderful multi instrumentalist Phil Beer playing a solo show #hebdenbridge 3 weeks today @wegottickets.bsky.social @showofhands.bsky.social

Sowerby Bridge #rushbearing with the Rushcart, Brass Band, #morrisdancers and mummers #calderdale #Culturedale

If you’re running a grassroots space, now is the time to apply. This fund has already helped transform the live music landscape, so let’s make sure more of our grassroots can benefit.

That’s why we’re glad to see Arts Council England and DCMS reopen their Grassroots Music Fund. This is about securing the sustainability of the sector which is helping the grassroots industry develop talent, grow audiences, and keep music alive in local communities.

Great to receive a bespoke poster from @kathrynandsean.bsky.social for their 30th Anniversary tour stop in #westyorkshire gig #hebdenbridge @wegottickets.bsky.social

UK-MED medical aid for #Gaza Fundraiser at Wadsworth Community Centre HX7 8RY #hebdenbridge on Saturday 4th October #calderdale

UK-MED medical aid for #Gaza Fundraiser at Wadsworth Community Centre HX7 8RY #hebdenbridge on Saturday 4th October #calderdale

British baby dies from whooping cough as vaccination rates fall Infant’s mother had not been vaccinated against the highly infectious disease, which affects the lungs and airways A baby in the UK has died from whooping cough, marking the first such death in the country this year. The infant’s mother had not been vaccinated against the highly infectious disease, which affects the lungs and airways. This death occurred as vaccination rates among children and pregnant women in the UK have fallen to their lowest levels in 15 years. Continue reading...

British baby dies from whooping cough as vaccination rates fall

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Yesterday posters went up the Calder Valley for Phil Beer’s gig near #hebdenbridge #livemusic

Wonderful multi-instrumental, half of the West Countryʼs award winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands, with a great deal of material to draw on, proud to host Phil Beer at Wadsworth Community Centre #hebdenbridge #folk #blues #americana @wegottickets.bsky.social

This Sunday at Hebden Bridge Trades Club the remarkable Tim Dalling - performer, clowner, songwriter