Victoria Trott

Average day in Barbès 😂

Told you

She’s biding her time

That’s good to know

I only found out about the one at the Moulin Rouge recently

Nice up there - been a couple of times in summer

Hotel Terrasse?

Poor Blini

I went there once years ago in a huge storm. - will go back at some point

Bon voyage

This

Forget all the artisanal cheese. French crisps are absolutely depraved | Emma Beddington A trip to the supermarché this Christmas opened my eyes to crisps flavoured with Flemish stew, salted butter and other flagrant crimes, writes Emma Beddington

Too right French crisps are depraved! In the best possible way . . . If you are not already aware of the wonders of Brets, I urge you to remedy this immediately

No I stayed in. Went to bed before midnight and didn’t even hear the fireworks 😂

Happy New Year 🥂

RIP 2025 Namewall of some noteworthy names who died in 2025. There was too much text for one ALT description, so Part 2 and 3 to follow. Part 1: Jan - Apr JAN: A.D.O.R. / David Lodge / Wayne Osmond / The Vivienne / Brenton Wood / Barbara Clegg Laurie Holloway Christopher Benjamin / Sam Moore Keith Dewhurst / Merle Louise / Joel Paley Tony Slattery / Gwen Watkins Paul Danan / Diane Langton / Linda Nolan David Lynch / Joan Plowright Jules Feiffer / Denis Law Geoff Nicholson / Claire van Kampen John Sykes / Garth Hudson Charlotte Raven Elisa Rae Shupe Christopher Hughes Marianne Faithfull FEB: Brian Murphy Dave Jerden / Mike Ratledge Dafydd Elis-Thomas / Tony Roberts Tom Robbins Tony Kinsey Nike Arrighi / Tommy Hunt / Simon Mawer Steve Hodson / Julian Holloway / Kim Sae-ron Rick Buckler / Jamie Muir Gene Hackman Jerry Butler Gwen McCrae Bill Fay Chris Jasper Roberta Flack / Robert John Henry Kelly Boris Spassky MAR: Bill Dare / Marged Esli / Joey Molland / Angie Stone Kathryn Apanowicz / Geraint Jarman Roy Ayers Brian James / Troy Seals Richard Fortey / D’Wayne Wiggins Bill Ashton / Athol Fugard Stedman Pearson Cocoa Tea Sofia Gubaidulina Eddie Jordan George Foreman Gillian Baxter / Andy Peebles Jemini the Gifted One Richard Chamberlain Lee Montague APR Val Kilmer / Johnny Tillotson Clem Burke Ted Kotcheff / Nino Tempo Mike Berry / Max Romeo Roy Thomas Baker Jean Marsh / Mario Vargas Llosa Wink Martindale Mac Gayden Colin Berry Clodagh Rodgers Pope Francis David Thomas Virginia Giuffre / Philip Lowrie Jane Gardam / Mike Peters

Just some of those we lost in 2025. The gaps are there for us to remember those close to us. Wishing us all a better 2026. x

Happy New Year 🥂

Merry Christmas both 🥂

Details of Craig Charles’s 6Music show this Monday afternoon, 15 Dec, 1-4pm. ‘Author Justin Lewis joins Craig to talk about his new book, Into the Groove: The 1980s: The Ultimate Decade in Music History’.

Looks like this is happening on Monday on 6Music then! How exciting. #IntoTheGroove

Into the Groove: The 1980s: The Ultimate Decade in Music History - The perfect stocking filler for the pop aficionado in your life Into the Groove: The 1980s: The Ultimate Decade in Music History - The perfect stocking filler for the pop aficionado in your life eBook : Lewis, Justin: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Little heads up for you @whenisbirths.bsky.social

Into The Groove is in the Kindle Monthly Deal for 99p

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Finally got it to work. You can now transfer this to the streaming platform of your choice. #ChristmasInContext 1960-2020 www.tunemymusic.com/share/k1ji1C...

The World Championship of Pâté en Croute just announced first prize...and it looks delicious. Entries were genuinely from around the world, with some brilliant offerings from Japan, but the winner Thibault Gonzales comes from Thuir, in the Pyrenees Orientales, near me.

An honour to talk to @emmaandersonmusic.bsky.social for #FirstLastAnything. Includes a terrific playlist too.

Four weeks to Christmas Day, and this is already being described by some as the ideal stocking filler! And I would agree. #IntoTheGroove

Same here

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Oh man 🤦‍♀️

The Kween

Two years exactly since my previous book #DontStopTheMusic was published in the UK, coincidentally on the same day that the last single by the Beatles came out. Thanks to everyone for buying it and supporting it as it helped me to get #IntoTheGroove published. It’s still available too!

She’s planning another heist

Pics of me, David Quantick and the cover of my book Into The Groove: The 1980s: The Ultimate Decade in Music History. Waterstones Hastings Wed 22 Oct 2025 at 5pm Tickets £3 in advance Ticket redeemable against cost of the book. Purchase in store or email hastings@waterstones.com to reserve your spot.

I think there are still tickets available for this: I will be talking to the great @quantick.bsky.social about my #IntoTheGroove book and 80s pop history at Waterstones Hastings, this Wednesday at 5pm. www.waterstones.com/events/justi...