Always had a soft spot for #ELO because they’re #Brummies but also because I was at Greet Primary School with #RichardTandy - even went to his house on Warwick Road to play with his train set RIP

So we now have a ring-necked parakeet regularly feeding from our garden in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

I can't tell you how ridiculously pleased I am to discover that the Waze App has, amongst the many voices you can select to direct you on your way, a genuine Brummie accent. 'Or-rite, stick it in first Babs and off we guw.' Bostin'

Slave-owning - the gift that keeps on giving
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Should Taki, one of the leaders of the the largest uprising of enslaved Africans in the 18th-century British empire be made a National Hero in Jamaica? Read historian Vincent Brown's fascinating and nuanced analysis theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/…

So, our Valentine's treat this year was to go and see 'One Love' - and I'm happy to report we really enjoyed it #BobMarley

Those connoisseurs of architecture and heritage Birmingham City Council planning committee have voted 7-4 to approve the demolition of the Ringway Centre for the second time. Not content with bankrupting the city, our councillors are now destroying our heritage and infrastructure

RIP Brian Griffin. This is my favourite LP cover: he once told me that he was sent to photograph Joe Jackson, took one look at him and thought 'I can't make this guy look like a rock star.' The he saw Joe's shoes.

Why is BT Internet so bad?

Yes! #ReggaeGirls We likkle but we tallawah

So you thought things couldn't get more corrupt and rotten in UK politics - well, check this out. #Sunak thinks the way to solve global warming is to extract more #FossilFuels , meanwhile the family firm is in bed bigtime with BP bit.ly/3QD9EK7 #FFS

Here's a video of a recent talk I gave about #Ten8 magazine - and its many achievements, including 37 editions of the magazine, Ten.8 Touring, #HoustonFotofest #RencontresArles #BirminghamPhotoFestival youtu.be/4UdEZld6GJQ

Sinéad O’Connor made one of the all time great reggae albums - Throw Down Your Arms - and for this we will be forever in her debt.

I have a confession to make: in my youth I supported Birmingham City. But when they sold #TrevorFrancis I switched allegiance to Aston Villa. Deeply saddened to read that he has died. What a wonderful player he was.

Nigel Farage: this is your life

Many thanks Tracey Thorne and everyone else who came to my talk last night and to PRISM PHOTOGRAPHY NETWORK for inviting me in the first place.

Come and hear me tell the story of Ten.8 - a vital slice of contemporary photographic culture and history

An innovation that propelled Britain to become the world’s leading iron exporter during the Industrial Revolution was stolen from an 18th-century Jamaican foundry run by enslaved Africans bit.ly/3ND5NJQ

Sit back for 3 mins and let @GavinEsler take you through the water privatisation scandal

I'm really looking forward to making this presentation