Julia Redhead

It's either an incredibly unfortunate oversight with pre-scheduling, the EBU just not caring about the increasing tide of international opinion, or somebody running the account knowing exactly what they're doing. I know which my money's on and it's not option 1...

Three weeks later and I'm still thinking about just how damn good Ebon's answer is. I want an invite to that party so badly.

There's a restaurant in the city where I love one small plate, and when I realised I could just pop in any time and order just that as lunch...it was a revelation. At 36.

Wait no I think South is actually Bali 🇮🇩, I was too concerned with checking if it was E that I forgot to check S too!

Furthest I've been:

N - Reykjavik 🇮🇸
E - Beijing 🇨🇳
S - Tanzania 🇹🇿
W - New Orleans 🇺🇸

Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death Listen to A Hero's Death on your streaming service

Listening to loads of Fontaines lately. Think this is still my favourite album, in part for the surprise of it - the goth/shoegaze follow-up to a solid indie debut that had got them hype & fans. I admired the boldness of it.

tidal.com/browse/album...

I've had my summer months of decompression from both footie and Eurovision. This next week it's time to dive headfirst back into both.

So I'm heading to London to see Nebulossa at Eurofest on Friday night: see you there? 🇪🇸🦊

🎶🎵🎶 Trying out a move from Spotify to Tidal (because supporting AI drone warfare isn't really my thing).

Others who have made this move: where are you getting your podcasts now?

Quite the end to a brilliant series! 🏏

The cricket 😬😬😬

Another stunning van weekend away in the prettiest spot we've stayed in to date. So mentally refreshing.

Hits differently to staying at home because even on quiet weekends, there's always a sense that I should be sorting something life-admin-y. That's impossible when away in a field.

No, I'm fortunate to have 13+ credits so the bulk sale was today. Good luck for the ballot, knowing it's such a nightmare for people!

🔴 And so we go again: tickets to all Liverpool home games until Christmas sorted. Wallet-rinsing, but I know I'm so lucky to be able to sort it with relatively low fuss. Bring on a new season!

Likewise! 😊

A fab day was had. England were calm and consistent in a way we rarely are, building a steady lead. Weather was perfect! All set up to be very interesting tomorrow 🏏

There's only one sport you'll see me in an England cap for. And it coincides with being a sport where a 10.15am pint is totally legit. 🏏

Had so much fun at 2000Trees @2000trees.bsky.social that we've just booked to go back next year. Which is more advanced planning than we ever do! But was a special vibe, can't wait to head back.

I've argued to the rooftops for the merits of Brutalism with a male friend who thinks architecture was perfected in C19th. Looking forward to be the one doing the dragging round here to prove him even more wrong.

No! I'd never even heard of him until about a month ago when people started raving about S2. But this is genius (five episodes into S1 currently) so will definitely discover whatever there is!

Not watching the football because I've just discovered The Rehearsal and bloody hell this show is batshit insane and I can't tear myself away.

Well looks like I'm not getting to Eurobash 😭 was out last night and it's all sold out this morning

A lovely passionate piece about a cricketer it's impossible, especially after a day like today, not to feel passionately about.

Catching up on test match reports from the BBC and Guardian 🏏. I know they'll have different editorial remits but it's fascinating to me how they're both packed full of adjectives and one uses them so much more better than the other.

- In an era of media cognitive dissonance, it's lovely to be surrounded by people who believe in the same things as you 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸

Finally (especially as a lot of my followers here are Eurovision related) Baby Lasagna absolutely killed it on Friday night! Totally belonged with a hardcore audience

Been at 2000Trees & I have some thoughts:

- Anybody saying nobody's making political music anymore is lying. They're either not looking hard enough or not willing to listen.

- Ditto excuses for non-diverse lineups. If Trees can fill up with exciting talent across these divides, why can't everyone?

In my experience while you can't rewind, you CAN take a new direction regardless of age.

You are definitely not too old!

Oh we'll be stocking up on ALL the suncream before we go! I think there's a mix of fully exposed, tented and surrounded-by-trees stages so hopefully lots of shade.

Can't decide if this is a perfect weather forecast for a festival or a terrible one. At least it won't be soggy!

It can't be that green if it was made In The Aeroplane Over The Sea! 😉