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Today is 40th anniv of me starting @AstonUniversity. I marked last Thu, 26/09, as 40th anniv of leaving home, moving to #Birmingham & campus #DaltonTower, but Mon 01/10/84 was start of lectures! (Pics taken 19/10/84.) #AstonUniversity @JuliaClark1 @jp1310 @LisaTw @saidkhan64

Can’t wait until @KemiBadenoch watches #PMQs from 2 weeks ago and finds out what the warmongering #KemiBadenoch was saying! She’ll be horrified. @Conservatives #TrumpsWar #WarOnIran #IranWar‌

@DavidTaylor85 @glastonbury Amongst the things you might want to check out before tweeting any more nonsense; 1️⃣ The subtle differences between the name of the act and the names of the two band members. 2️⃣ The difference between ‘its’ and ‘it’s’. 3️⃣ When to use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’. #ignorance #illiteracy

Hi @glastonbury, not only has Bob Vylan repeated the chant, he's now done it at a explicitly pro-Iranian regime rally - the one that massacres it's own people. Can you please have some courage and ban him from your future festivals?

@PaulHeatonSolo I was an Aston student in 1986 and was at the #AstonUni gig, down the front with my camera. I have photos (somewhere) of you guys and His Latest Flame. Thanks for the reminder. I’m refusing to believe it was 40 years ago… #TheHousemartins

40yrs ago yesterday it was down to Brum & a 3-0 win at Aston Uni. On the way we watched Arthur Scargill & Peter Heathfield speak at a rally for Joe Green/Davy Jones [2 miners killed during the strike] at South Kirby Industrial Estate. Then today to Brighton Pavilion & a 2-0 win.

@owenjonesjourno Maybe someone leaked Labour’s internal polling? 😄 #GortonAndDenton

Vast sums of money have been bet on the Greens in Gorton and Denton today. Does anyone know why? It's just that a very dramatic sudden increase surely has a specific cause

@sharrond62 Do you have a version of this in English?

Make it known you don’t want 15 minute cities. Or deal with the consequences of more car fines & an very smaller on camera life.

@HonestFrank @PaulHeatonSolo He slightly changed his surname and became a successful footballer.

@PaulHeatonSolo Apologies for the ignorance - what’s Stan up to these days and do you see much of him? Thanks

40 yrs ago today Stan & I sat down at 70 Grafton St and wrote, what was labelled in the diary as, 'It's Happy Hour Again' followed by 'Me and the Farmer'. youtube.com/watch?v=NFB4Wn… youtube.com/watch?v=6zJMWT…

You have COMPLETED 21st century, quarter 1. Congratulations! All the best for 2026 and Q2! 🎉 #HappyNewYear #HappySecondQuarter #21stCenturyQ2 #21stCentury2ndQuarter

@scissorsisters @BlondieOfficial Isn’t it a bit too late to get tickets for your 2025 tour? Unless… Where are you playing tonight? 😄

Happy New Year to our Scissters! ✨ Throwing it back 20 YEARS to Hogmany 2004 where we rang in the New Year with @BlondieOfficial and 100,000 Scots swarming the Edinburgh streets! We can't wait to celebrate with you this May - get tix to our 2025 tour: tix.to/SS2025 ✂️

Congratulations! You’ve made it to day 9,131 of the 21st century & the final day of the century’s 1st quarter. Please leave your end of Q1 report here. Q2 objectives will be set at the start of Q2 tomorrow. #HappySecondQuarter #21stCenturyQ2 #HappyNewYear timeanddate.com/news/calendar/…

@chai_t_grande Your answer does tend to create the real answer, so it’s close enough… 😉

playing a music trivia quiz with family and when answering a question on the artist behind ‘chaise longue” i shouted “wet dream” in front of all my relatives…🫠

I’m old enough to remember when there was at least one person at the BBC who knew how to spell ‘calendars’ & would have stopped this horror from being broadcast. @McInTweet #MichaelMcIntyre #TheWheel #TheChristmasWheel @richardosman @PaddyMcGuinness @GylesB1

From second last in #Strictly to winner of #TheWeakestLink, its redemption time! We have a new King of Christmas!🤴 Congratulations @TheRossKing on beating your pudding. (Not a euphemism.) @BBCOne

Chris Rea. Talented musician. Impeccable timing. Driving Home For Christmas is currently #30, but this wk was always going to be its biggest chart wk this year. It peaked at #10 in 2021. (It only made #53 in 1988.) Friday’s chart should be interesting. @officialcharts #ChrisRea

Christmas controversy! Poor Emma on #TenToTheTop, deprived of her win because Gary generously gave 6 points to Claire for a wrong answer. Emma really won 8-4. Let her have another go soon! #TTTT @djgarydavies @BBCRadio2

💃🕺Even though she supports the wrong ⚽️ team in our city (😉) massive congratulations to Karen & Carlos on a thoroughly deserved win! A brilliant, emotional final, which I’ve just watched, 4 hrs late, as I was out earlier. Media blackout: successful. 👍 #Strictly @bbcstrictly

Yes! Kylie’s XMAS is the UK’s Christmas #1! Those 3 physical formats I bought have done the trick! 😘 Kylie’s 9th #1 (8 solo +Band Aid II) & first for 22 years. Congratulations @kylieminogue !! 🍭🎄 @officialcharts

No more sleeps! The #Countdown final is here! (Followed by the revelation of the UK’s Christmas Number One! Fingers crossed for #Kylie!) @susie_dent @RachelRileyRR @ColinMurray @Channel4 @officialcharts @kylieminogue @BBCR1

Just 25 minutes left, UK people, to get Kylie over the line and give her that first ever #ChristmasNumberOne tomorrow! Stream the video, play the audio or buy the physicals. We can do this! 🍭 @kylieminogue #XMAS @officialcharts youtu.be/3B5Zcou91yA

Don’t blame me. I voted three times for actual sportspeople, not the millionaire blokes who wander around, knocking little balls into holes with sticks. 🤷‍♂️ #SPOTY @bbcsport

Has anyone asked Ireland 🇮🇪about giving Thierry Henry a lifetime achievement award? 👋 This makes Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize seem worthy. #SPOTY @clarebalding @GabbyLogan