Saul Hewish

The time has come. Moving over to Bluesky. Find me here if you want to @saulhewish@bsky.social

Played in Portsmouth AND Stoke-on-Trent and I missed both of them…Mind you, I was only 6 at the time. #gigsiwishidbeenat @LukeHaines_News

@LukeHaines_News @brooklynvegan You can rest easy now that you’ve been mentioned in the same sentence as Jodorowsky! Album arrived today - my turntable is in my office so it will await me when I return from holiday. Looking forward to seeing you in Brum.

Album of the week over at Brooklyn Vegan. Indie Basement (7/25): the week in classic indie, alternative & college rock brooklynvegan.com/album-reviews-… @brooklynvegan

@mgordonwalker 🤣

One of life’s mysteries…. Not its magical powers per se, but how every household’s can is missing its lid

@mgordonwalker 🤣

@spewish Pixelated Shrek….

Chief Executive of Banijay puts in a shift. #Masterchef

@John_Podmore All encompassed in that awful job title, ‘Offender Manager’…

“Probation was removed from a ‘social work’ ethos and forced into a ‘criminal justice, punishment in the community’ ideology”

@mgordonwalker Have you looked at the images? Norman Foster’s artists clearly think it will only be white people who are allowed to look at what the millions were spent on…

I’m SOOO glad I keep hearing on the news about this new statue and how many millions it will cost that couldn’t possibly be spent on other things

The People’s Parade - the spirit of Mark E Smith is amongst us in Stoke-on-Trent! @hanleyPa @StokeCreates

@Gibboanxious @FilmsPrison Also, if you have access to the National Geographic channel there is a new 3 part documentary about this with contributions from Steve Reicher and Steve Scott Bottoms

The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez

@BBCWorldatOne Sarah Montague deserves a medal for her handling of Sebastian Gorka - quite extraordinary

Concern over ‘asbis’ after report finds people jailed for sleeping rough and feeding birds Analysis of antisocial behaviour injunctions found 57% had no legal representation at breach hearings that led to imprisonment. via @JournoJess_ theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

Tickets here ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/staff…

Event: 'Punishment Acts: Tales of Retribution, Reparation & Redemption' at B.Arts, Stoke-on-Trent, England from 09-17 April 2025. For tickets, see ticket source ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/staff… For more information contact the organisers. #arts #theatre #prisons #crimeandpunishment

@LukeHaines_News Ordered! Hope you’re good.

New Haines and Buck album is out in July... cherryred.co.uk/luke-haines-an…

@F1ClashGame One for the whales

Great to see the big poster go up. Artwork by the brilliant Alex Norcop. Link for show details etc ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/staff…

Never in the history of America has an American President ever conducted themselves in such a crass manner in the Oval Office than Trump did with President Zelensky. He's never treated Putin like this.

@campbellclaret @Channel4News @RoryStewartUK When will @Keir_Starmer make a statement on what’s happened today ? He’s been played and that state visit needs to be cancelled immediately

“But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality…behind sorrow there is always a soul. And to mock at a soul in pain is a dreadful thing.” Oscar Wilde De Profundis

“And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like scorpions on the earth.” Revelation 9:3 In the Bible, locusts are symbolic of divine wrath, but what does that have to do with the development of our prison system? ticketsource.co.uk/rideout-creati…