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Robin Turner

@robinturner.bsky.social

Wrote books about The Chemical Brothers and Heavenly Recordings, does PR for some of rock and / or roll's finest, part owns The Social. Now writing weekly newsletters about life with and after a brain tumour: https://acloudablossom.substack.com/

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Another tough interview for Nigel Farage: the Stephen Collins cartoon There are lots of parties that aren’t Reform UK operating β€˜under the radar’

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

24.10.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 225    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 16

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

24.10.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2046    πŸ” 668    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 32
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You might want to check the headline @theguardian.com

24.10.2025 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Floatation - Special Request Remix

Loved working with Dave Ball in the 90s, such a laugh, such a brilliant bloke. Everyone's got their favourite musical memories from his brilliant back catalogue - mine's Floatation, in whatever mix you want to blast it out in. open.spotify.com/track/6xXJxY...

23.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Dave Ball. A true pioneer. Punk rock and Northern Soul on a synthesiser. Acid House before acid house

23.10.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just. I mean. Play this video to Speaker Johnson and force him to comment on it

21.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 736    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 2
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Smart jab can shrink head and neck cancer tumours within six weeks, trial finds Triple-action therapy drug amivantamab could be given as an injection to help treat recurrent or metastatic cancers Doctors have hailed β€œincredibly encouraging” trial results that show a triple-action smart jab can shrink tumours in head and neck cancer patients within six weeks. Head and neck cancer is the world’s sixth most common form of the disease. If it spreads or comes back after standard treatment, patients may be offered immunotherapy and platinum chemotherapy. But if this fails, there is often little else doctors can do. Continue reading...

Smart jab can shrink head and neck cancer tumours within six weeks, trial finds

19.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7
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10 Sunday Spells, 19 October 2025 Michael Stipe & the Roches, parent-child songs, Jerry Stiller takes his son to the Village Vanguard, Nick and Annie Mac, and the strangest political single of all time

Once a week, I post about ten things that have opened my cultural life up a bit more, to take stock, reflect, and share something solid. Subscribe for a burst of stuff in your inbox every Sunday. juderogers.substack.com/p/10-sunday-...

19.10.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

New figures from Shelter show that the number of children homeless or in temporary accommodation in England has reached its highest level since records began.

172,420 kids without a permanent home of their own- an 8% increase in a single year.

16.10.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 223    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 24
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Petition: Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable Brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40, 87% with a high-grade brain tumour diagnosis die within 5 yrs, and yet it gets just 1% of the national spend on cancer.

Brain cancer patients won't be able to use a new drug that slows/stops tumour growth after it was rejected by the NHS. This medicine is for the type of tumour I have so I'm quite invested in getting it approved (even though I don't qualify for it).

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

16.10.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_newsΒ in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

12.10.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2219    πŸ” 1492    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 78

Exactly. A great record can work wonders when it needs to.

13.10.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's such a great record isn't it? Took a shitty day and some shitty test results to make me put it on, and has weirdly ended up lifting spirits. Such a loss to music but he left a few real beauts.

13.10.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gravenhurst - The Prize (taken from 'The Ghost In Daylight')
YouTube video by Gravenhurst Gravenhurst - The Prize (taken from 'The Ghost In Daylight')

Been listening to Gravenhurst's utterly brilliant The Ghost in Daylight. The whole record seems to suit this weather perfectly - collar up autumnal, bleak dark grey edges and sustained bursts of glorious & beautiful noisy technicolor sound www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4n5...

13.10.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Proper Lo NRG sound

10.10.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Struggling to find much humour in the likely next leader of the Conservative Party cosplaying the National Front of the 1970s.

07.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 304    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2

Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.

30.09.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4966    πŸ” 1146    πŸ’¬ 181    πŸ“Œ 38
A drawing of a hollow log in the forest teeming with life. THE HOLLOW LOG is written above the image

A drawing of a hollow log in the forest teeming with life. THE HOLLOW LOG is written above the image

A drawing of a sitting dog with a small jet plane for a head. In front of it sits a food bowl with JET written on it

A drawing of a sitting dog with a small jet plane for a head. In front of it sits a food bowl with JET written on it

Just put 2 NEW A4 & A5 one colour riso prints on my shop.
The Hollow Log and Jet.
Check them out.

petefowlershop.com

27.09.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Tediously often Wales is treated as some sort of odd cousin of little import while specifically English stuff is presented as "The News" in many big media contexts, and the upshot of that attitude laid bare here, as something of grave seriousness to all of Britain is sidelined/ignored

27.09.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 206    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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As Reform's Nathan Gill admits taking bribes from Russian 'secret service pawn' Oleg Voloshyn, here’s a nice photo of Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife.

26.09.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1263    πŸ” 708    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 32
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

Full Jimmy Kimmel opening monologue from last night here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

24.09.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 437    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 15
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Frame this sky unchanging window My life vs cat life, blue badge, grey food, 20 year late apology

Going to hell? Fair play. We all are apparently. With that in mind, I wrote about how I should be more like my angry cat and ignore the magical joys that chemotherapy brings on a daily basis open.substack.com/pub/acloudab...

23.09.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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6 page β€˜career spanning’ interview in this month’s Record Collector magazine -
Blown away by this one,
Especially by accuracy of transcription - it feels like exactly what i said or at least meant, which is really unusual! Text redacted in support of print media! Thanks RC!

22.09.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Complain!
Ask for a reply. The BBC are obliged to supply one!

22.09.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadiq Khan condemns Nigel Farage's threat to deport hundreds of thousands of Londoners with settled status.

β€œThey have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.

β€œThreatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.”

22.09.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1830    πŸ” 487    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 39

It would be good if the only political pushback against Nigel Farage's plans to mass deport hundreds of thousands of our neighbours, friends, family and colleagues didn't just come from a handful of backbench MPs and one regional mayor

22.09.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1865    πŸ” 508    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 19

To quote Marisa, the wife of #JDTwitch, in her post: "the most meaningful way to honour Keith is to keep playing his music, sharing your memories, and supporting the causes he cared about." In this thread, please find a series of links that will allow you to do just that. Please share widely:

20.09.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably don't wear this tshirt on your next trip through US customs

18.09.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE is officially a Sunday Times bestseller and will be #7 in this weekend’s chart. Huge congratulations @keithcameron2.bsky.social! Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy or come to an event, the record stores and bookshops who have supported this special book…

17.09.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

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