Mark Newman

"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975

“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975

It's incredible the things the state broadcaster takes responsibility for & what it does not. Months of Israeli propaganda, nothing. One episode that told the truth about Trump's involvement in J6th&heads must roll. Suggests both foreign involvement & a politicised broadcaster.

Siegfried Sassoon

Bloody Hell, no wonder K-9 and Company didn’t get picked up.

A boot-shaped observatory against a sunset sky. The sky is lighter and blue on the right, transitioning to dark with twinkling stars on the left.

What if you could capture a two-hour sunset in a single photo?

This composite was built from ~6,000 photos taken on a night in mid-July, each contributing just one column of pixels.

Look closely and you’ll spot stars starting to twinkle in the upper left as the night begins ✨🔭🧪

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Small Town Joy: Queer Sounds, Small Town Souls Small Town Joy: From Glam Rock to Hyperpop: How Queer Music Changed the Sound of Scotland, 404 Ink, £11.99 Reviewed by DJ McDowall Carrie Marshall’s celebration of queer music is more than nostalgi…

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Variant Thirteen w/ Mark Newman - Radio Buena Vida 10.10.25 www.buenavida.co.uk Community radio. Broadcasting live from Cafe Buena Vida in Glasgow, Scotland. Come visit us. 24/7.

....and the Soundcloud alternative, if that's more your thing: soundcloud.com/radiobuenavi...

It's here ! Latest show, now available on Mixcloud :) #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental www.mixcloud.com/mark-newman1...

sun shines through a medium-sized green leaf, still on the tree, showing its spines and tiny gaps. top right it looks like a small worm has taken a winding nibble through a now damaged section. the leaf is yellow and brown on the edges. blue sky. other leaves blurry in the background.

Take a moment to enjoy the colours and structures of a leaf in the October sunshine.

Not long now, my pretties....

(3pm to be precise)

You're welcome :)

....with tracks from:
@moraynewlands.bsky.social
@gardengate.bsky.social
@lauracannellmusic.bsky.social
@whitehills.bsky.social
@jenniferballads.bsky.social

and more :)

Variant Thirteen returns to Radio Buena Vida this Friday 10th at 3pm on its new every-two-months schedule, but still with the regular helping of mainly recent #psychedelic #ambient #electronic #experimental sounds.

Listen live at buenavida.co.uk (use LISTEN link top-left).

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins: Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright (Not sure if I spelled that right) What immortal hand or eye Could fashion such a stripy guy? What the hammer that hath hewn it Into such a chonky unit? Did who made the lamb make thee, Or an external franchisee?

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Colin Wright @SwipeWright X.com Convincing my left-wing former close friends on Facebook that Charlie Kirk wasn't a Nazi or a fascist is completely futile because I can't even convince them that I'M not a Nazi or a fascist, and many have known me since early grade school. 1:20 PM • 9/15/25 • 850K Views

truly one of the most unintentionally funny things i've ever seen someone post online about themself

Here comes the money: UK lands Trump tech deals Britain’s quest for AI sovereignty is made in the USA.

The more we hear about the deals Mandelson has been negotiating with Trump, the scarier it gets.

This week Trump will be accompanied by corporate billionaires on his state visit. Their agenda is a massive risk to all of us 🧵

www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...

Cocteaunly Child

I know !!!! And I have to confess that, despite coming from Norfolk, I had never heard of Cley until now. Two buses came along at once!

I've just started reading this and the first story - title story in fact - is set in Cley! www.amazon.co.uk/Silence-Next...

People are like "you need to show empathy" but if you were in one of the many, many groups this racist, sexist queerphobe victimised why would we offer what we never once got from him or his deranged supporters? Asking for sheep to pray for the wolf is a bold move in ignorance and indulgence.

It's a good point.

Where are the govt ministers, police, councillors, or other community leaders demanding that our "legitimate concerns" about the rise of fascism and racism are heard?

When will Keir Starmer say "I hear you" to us?

#r4today

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825-1895) - Find a Grave... Social Reformer. Considered one of the first known gay rights activist in modern history.

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. First Gay Activist. Born August 28, 1825. Celebrate today! 🌈
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Tory councils should consider asylum hotel challenges, says Badenoch The Tory leader writes to council leaders after a court blocked a hotel from housing asylum seekers.

1/8 Future historians of Britain will puzzle over this. How the hounding of people seeking asylum (which won’t stop once they are moved from hotels to houses) became the defining issue of 2020s politics.

Badenoch encourages Tory councils to challenge asylum hotels www.bbc.com/news/article...

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

Variant Thirteen w/ Mark Newman - Radio Buena Vida 08.08.25 www.buenavida.co.uk Community radio. Broadcasting live from Cafe Buena Vida in Glasgow, Scotland. Come visit us. 24/7.

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You're very welcome :)

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.