Luke Bainbridge

Fletcher out

‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making a new project in Greenland Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world

Spent an incredible ten days in Greenland with Bicep, meeting indigenous musicians and sampling glaciers. The trip inspired their first soundtrack and accompanying film, Takkuuk. Wrote about it all for the Guardian...
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Sublime gig by Badly Drawn Boy at EartH Hackney last night, playing the seminal Hour of Bewilderbeast. Magic in the air. Great to see Andy Votel and Paul Vella. It was like being back in Cord. I’m bewildered that album is 25 years old.

Manchester United's new stadium design looks more like a dance tent at a festival. "Where's the Slam tent, mate?"
#MUFC #ManchesterUnited #Slamtent

#FlowersOfManchester 🌹

Black Doves > The Day of the Jackal

Amad for it #MUFC

Key questions about the sale of the Observer that remain unanswered | Letter Letters: Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust

"Key questions have been left unanswered": Observer and Guardian staff and writers respond to an article by the chair of the Scott Trust

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I'm now freelance, but was on the staff at the Guardian for 15 years, including 7 years on Observer Music Monthly. Solidarity with Guardian and Observer colleagues who are on strike for 48 hours in protest at the proposed sale of the Observer.
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Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵

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Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

All good chief, you? Be great to see you sometime soon xx

YouTube video by Quinn Springfield Willie Nelson-Blue Skies (with Lyrics)

Nothing but Blue Skies from now on..
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Now I'm intrigued! Can't wait to read x

Congratulations, John. Sounds fascinating. Can't wait to read x