Andrew Stone

Unmasking US rap iconoclast MF Doom’s final years in West Yorkshire Podcast by Adam Batty and BBC 6 Music DJ Afrodeutsche follows the leads to Leeds

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the moomins went folk horror

It was FANTASTIC! 💥

‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years A new book and podcast tell the story of a 1 in 12, a venue that used community and artistic passion as bulwarks against poverty and grim politics. Its founders and key acts recall gigs, plays and pra...

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years A new book and podcast tell the story of a 1 in 12, a venue that used community and artistic passion as bulwarks against poverty and grim politics. Its founders and key acts recall gigs, plays and pra...

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

I'd love to see Farage defend Trump and his comments to the family of the two soldiers from Whitby who were killed in Afghanistan.

Rainbow's O.G. BUNGLE, played by John 'voice of K-9' Leeson in 1972, was a nightmare. He had the thousand yard stare of someone who had seen... things. Regenerating after one season, and seemingly forgotten by the cast, it's no wonder @bobfischer.bsky.social named him 'The War Bungle'.

Once again, Andor is prescient

You can keep your Poirots and your Marples, the greatest murder mystery moment on tv is when John Nettles discovers Selina Cadell has been popped into a tumble drier

Happy Anniversary to ‘The Five Doctors’ (which was first broadcast in the UK on 25 November 1983)

Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett

Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett

‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right? Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism

‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?

‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers The Wind in the Willows is one of the most beloved books of British children’s literature, but while most people think of the jolly adventures of Toad, Mole and Rat, Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 story has a darker side. And it was a step too far for the Beadle security guards at Westminster Abbey, who told a visitor wearing a sweatshirt with an illustration from the book that she had to take it off because it was “an image of the devil”. Continue reading...

‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey

Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

These guys are an absolute joy to listen to

Tony Adams sets the style.

Love this picture of Batman with a tablet like he’s about to tell you there’s a 50 minute wait for a table but he can seat you at the bar

Updating my LEGO White House

Heat

You are off school and Peter Wyngarde and Bill Nighy are facing each other down in Crown Court.

They used to put this stuff on at lunchtime!

We’re getting worse at staying on topic, but I think the podcast’s all the better for it.
Search for the new episode wherever you get your podcasts – just look for ‘Dark Darzet’

The Tomorrow People (Gaslight Troubadours Never Alone Mix), by The Gaslight Troubadours track by The Gaslight Troubadours

Out today! Our Halloween offering for this year. As played by @gidcoe.bsky.social on BBC Radio 6Music this week.

Only available from Bandcamp (link below).

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After a long hiatus, Dark Darzet have dropped a new podcast episode. Join Ross, David, and Henry at Old Harry Rocks to hear tales of pirates, the devil, and shipwrecks.
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It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

To show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community I'd like to buy 3 people a book from this year's Polari Prize original longlisting, as below.

A gift from me to thee.

See below.

Jackie Kay - Mayday, pretty please

Here's more #buyastrangerabook day magic for you.

@benjaminmyers76.bsky.social is offering to buy THREE people one of these nine books that were originally longlisted for the Polari Prize.

I've added titles etc in ALT.

If you'd like one, let us know!

UK only.

Morrissey puts his business interests in the Smiths up for sale ‘to any interested party’ Musician says he has ‘no choice’ after being ‘burnt out by any and all connections’ to his former bandmates

I'm gonna buy the Smiths name and rename them TP Jones.

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The Vampire Ship How the seizure of Europe's largest heroin shipment created bloody fallout throughout the world—and sparked still-raging political corruption scandals in Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East

Fascinating long read on Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos "Vangelis" Marinakis, a load of murders and tonnes of smack… which is what happened to Nottingham Forest courtesy of the MIGHTY HAMMERS ⚒️⚒️⚒️

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