Peter Steel

BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, What Happened to Counter-Culture?, 1. Absolute Beginners Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today.

This is very good, a new Radio 4 series in which Stewart Lee examines the post-war history of the counterculture. Guests in episode 1 include Joe Boyd, Shirley Collins and Brian Eno.

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There's a little bit of Blyth services in all of us...

I loved this show as a kid, as did my brother. Lots of thrilling Mirage and Mystère footage even if the plots were utterly baffling to us.

Detail from a mural by The Jealous Curator in Mount Pleasant Vancouver showing Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II

Detail from a mural by Kyle Scott at 33 East 8th Avenue Vancouver showing the quotation "Accommodate to changing times but cling to unchanging principles".

Details from the mural "Strange Bedfellows" by the art collective Phantoms in the Front Yard in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver.

The raddled author in front of The Jealous Curator's mural in a #totzadorbz selfie

Some more #Vancouver street art, and a rather riddled looking UK lawyer...#VancouverDetours #TheJealousCurator #PhantomsInTheFrontYard #KyleScott

Details from a mural off Main Street Vancouver reading "Tired of Endless Death?"

Detail from a mural in Mount Pleasant Vancouver showing a hyperreal black haired mermaid

Detail from a mural at the Holden Courage graffiti jam showing an elfin creature

Detail from a mural by Spencer Kenton Cunningham showing a dope smoking wolf with his eyes pooping out skateboarding on a log.

A selection of #Vancouver street art....#vancouvermuralfest #vancouverdetours

Using food to show you where I grew up

"I'm chillin', never illin'/In my mouth I got tooth fillin'!" (Knowhow - Young MC)

Great front man, and some tunes. Fair play to the bequiffed poster!

Which was indeed the year before me and my colleagues at HMV Newcastle were taken for a night on a trawler down the Tyne by Nik Kershaw's record company in a naked attempt to get us to boost his second album. Which we didn't. #totp

Once saw Nick Haywood perform to about 200 people at Newcastle's first and only rock festival ON THE TOWN MOOR. What a pro, he was marvellous despite the clearly humiliating circumstances. #totp

Had clearly repressed any memory of Ozzy Osbourne's So Tired, including the Hitler impersonation in the vid...#totp

The full Scottish rig! I'd forgotten the horror....#totp

Madge in her pomp! #totp

Strong opening with the old Scritti Politti #totp

Who is/was Dixie Peach? #totp

Tee hee, yes, there is something about it, definitely. I was amused to learn just now that Shel Tamy kept telling Lindsay Muir to use less jazz chords...go figure!

Heh, I've never heard that before. It's compellingly dreadful.

The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning

Obviously it's Strangers In The Night, a full 20 years after The Voice Of Frank Sinatra.

Dear Keir: grown-up advice from everyone’s favourite centrist Hullo, this is the Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP. No need to stand on ceremony: you can call me ‘the Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer’. Though it might be nice to add ‘KCB KC MP’. I earned those credential...

My stupendous talented nephew, Luc Young, has a new column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Snort, literally the scenario round ours every time the in-laws arrive...

Cunt

Mothering Sunday next week. I'll be reading out the names of our #RememberedMums in church on the morning of Sunday March 30th. If you'd like to add your late mother's name, let me know. It can be oddly comforting to know her name will be typed out and said aloud once again. Reposts welcome. ❤️ 👑

Lorna Steel. Thank you, I am very touched that you would do this.

Not once did Vance say “thank you” in that groupchat mind you

Toon! Toon! Black and white army!

UK. Slava Ukraini!

Russia’s executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy FT documentary investigates rise in cases of Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian POWs

This is the regime that President Trump is lining up with. The world is re-aligning

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Mr. Farmer reported that his 90-minute call with Mr. Fox had been interesting and productive. He later posted on social media, "It is time to stop the totally unnecessary DEATH and DESTRUCTION in the HENHOUSE." Chicken Licken said there could be no talks about the henhouse without the chickens...