Graeme Ogston

@NeilDrysdale Not a city, but Kirkcaldy in the Beatles’ Cry Baby Cry.

How many songs mention Scottish cities? “Super Trouper” by ABBA mentions Glasgow as does Donald Fagen in “Kamakiriad”. Let’s not make this Scottish bands. How many others?

Fucking hell, do these people measure anything before they buy it? #jasminerenovation

The internet shutdown in Afghanistan happened in real time in my online poetry class on Monday. The women's accounts dropped out one by one. The last to go was Neda. Just before her image froze, I promised to put her poem on Twitter. She's 11. Online was her last hope of education. @WRNAfghanistan

@TOTPFacts Guitar by Richard Hawley too!

The third of nine UK top 40 hits for All Saints, "Under The Bridge" (a double A-side with "Lady Marmalade") became the second of their five number ones, for two non-consecutive weeks. This was the second of three number ones they had during 1998 alone. #TOTP

@MJMcKean 8½

Black Narcissus

@puffedtweet Sounds like a band playing the Other Stage at half four.

Today's activity... An absolute belter of a read....

RIP Brian Wilson. x

@puffedtweet Eau eau eau, it’s magic…youtu.be/MzlK0OGpIRs?fe…

All proper tea is theft.

Just realised that if Miles Davis and John Coltrane were alive they’d still both be younger than Sir David Attenborough.

@KTTunstall Hell of a good name for a band. KT Tunstall and the New Mexican Transcendentalists.

One of my favourite artists! The New Mexican Transcendentalists! 🏔️💫

@puffedtweet Jamon Eileen

@johnshuttlewrth Don’t do it, John.

Our Karen came home for the weekend and Mary made a delicious Shepherd’s Pie - so tasty that Karen’s cleared her plate. However, there ARE leftovers and Mary’s still warming up the crumble. Oof, see my dilemma, followers?

@puffedtweet Lavvie En Rose

I interviewed Marianne Faithfull twice and she was an absolute joy, every bit as funny, bitchy, thoughtful and considered as you’d expect. Absolutely heartbreaking news. 🎈

@pollybirkbeck Yes! Recipe first, backstory bollocks last please.

Recipe bloggers online: don’t ramble on about how your mum used to pick fresh rosemary from the garden porch whilst your dog barked at the postman - just give me the fucking ingredients

If you’re dreading Christmas because you know what’s coming from the man in your home… store this number SAFELY somewhere. Use it when you can. Get out safely. Next year CAN be different. The kids will thank you for getting them out - if you have any. Your friends and family will come back eventually - the good ones anyway. It’s hard once you leave, for a while, but nothing is as bad as staying. You deserve a chance to be happy and he isn’t going to give you that. Not at Christmas and not ever. He won’t change, it won’t improve, you might die there. Save this number. Call it soon.

@SalvadorDafti youtu.be/XeiGxFYjhiU?fe…

Feel free to drop some choice Beatles covers in the thread, btw. I’m all ears and bang in the mood to hear some 👌🏼

Dillard & Clark - Don’t Let Me Down As covers of The Beatles go, this is surely one of the most beautiful. This is subtle, country perfection. Taken from Through the Morning, Through the Night. 1969.

When you’re heading for your train and bump into the legendary Vashti Bunyan. She said it was the first time she’s ever been recognised in the street. ❤️