If this is your first visit to #SXSW here are a few tips and if you've been before please add yours...linkedin.com/pulse/my-top-1…

My Top 10 Tips for SXSW in 2023 linkedin.com/pulse/my-top-1… via LinkedIn

Aged badly #WebSummit

Utterly shameful that Sky News is eulogising Boris Johnson when the real story is that he couldn’t get close to 100 backers and he is a disgraced former PM whose lies continue and will doubtless be found to have lied to parliament Beth Rigby

Gavin Williamson was probably the worst education secretary ever. The current PM then went on to give him a knighthood. In other news, I wonder who the MP was that kept quiet after walking in on Carrie Symonds and Boris Johnson. #carriegate #privateeye
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I'm confident I've identified the Tory MP accused of watching porn in the Commons using the Bellingcat method. Interested that he hasn't been named yet.

Beth Rigby interviewing a rattled and irritable PM about the Met and #Partygatefines . Does he finally realise his deceits are unravelling?

Unforeseen Circumstances #38 - Alternative Easter
The music podcast is back with a special Easter feast of music, old & new; Patti Smith to Poppy Adjudha and Kanye West to Joy Division. Put it on while you're egg jarping or decorating your Easter bonnets. open.spotify.com/episode/4LDFOB…

Unforeseen Circumstances #37 recorded in Texas at #SXSW . Hadn't seen any live music in 2+ yrs. In this #podcast tracks from some of the 20+ I saw in a week @PoppyAjudha midlake We Were Promised Jetpacks WALT DISCO joesef MUNA Jamie Webster Mt. Joy open.spotify.com/episode/3rxPR7…

Jonny Mellor is our 2022 Therme Manchester Marathon male WINNER! A new #ManchesterMarathon record of 2:10:46

The #DubaiExpo2020 ends today. In the #Ukraine pavilion there are thousands of messages of support from visitors from all over the world posted on every wall and available space. It’s very moving.

'At the moment you can meet in parks but not in private gardens'. Boris Johnson on 28.5.20, eight days after he had a party in the private gardens of No 10. #lockdown #DowningStreetParties

Conservative MP William Wragg MP called it in #PMQs today. The government is about to impose more Plan B Covid restrictions with the primary purpose of creating a smokescreen to divert attention from their view that such restrictions don't apply to them.

Unforeseen Circumstances #36 - An offer you can't refuse. Rock from Thin Lizzy, Punk from The Umlauts, Soul from Sammy Davis Jr, Shoegaze from Slowdive, Electronica from Lonelady and more. Music through the decades from the swinging 60s to the boring 20s. open.spotify.com/episode/7jDMRx…

Unforeseen Circumstances #35 - Going for gold.
Two Mercury nominees plus Gossip, Groove Armada, Tori Amos, The Foo Fighters and 10 minutes of pure disco. This week's podcast is a olympian performance.
#NowPlaying open.spotify.com/episode/4Eu3KA…

Unforeseen Circumstances #34 - Classics from Roxy Music, Marvin Gaye & Oasis plus new tracks from Chvrches, Wolf Alice & Gangs of Youths. If you want to stay in & listen to music this podcast is for you. If you want to go out, it's for you too (on mobiles) open.spotify.com/episode/7rmu4s…

Unforeseen Circumstances #33 - Two new releases. Classics from Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye and INXS + Manchester Orchestra who aren't from Manchester. Nick Phillips talks mobsters and payola. Football's over but it's all kicking off in podcast land.
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Norwood Board of Trustees: Keep Ravenswood Village Open! Home to 96 people with complex learning disabilities and autism #SaveRavenswood - Sign the Petition! chng.it/4vxcztcZ via Change.org UK

Unforeseen Circumstances #32 - Expecting Miracles
The only podcast where you'll hear Frank Sinatra and the new single from Wet Leg in the same show. Also featuring ex music label boss Nick Phillips talking about ol' blue eyes and his mobster chums. open.spotify.com/episode/66eczo…

Unforeseen Circumstances #31 - Smile you're on CCTV.
Classic tracks from The Kinks, The Isley Brothers and Siouxsie and The Banshees. Fresh sounds from Gordi, Muna, Haim and St Vincent. Plus Nick Phillips on the return (or not) of music festivals. open.spotify.com/episode/3jkql8…