The Blow Monkeys「Digging Your Scene」

Neurodivergents will say “I need rest” but what they actually mean is “I need uninterrupted time where no one expects anything from me”.

The lush Blow Monkeys classic helped propel the band to fame, but its darker subtext was missed by many musicradar.com/artists/i-said…

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for everyone feeling exhausted

Night night sweet dreamies 🌙🐾 You do not need to earn rest. You are allowed to stop for the day, put the weight down, and let tonight hold what you can no longer carry.

Missed it this morning? James Dean Bradfield and Brett Anderson were on the BBC Breakfast sofa talking about the upcoming UK tour. Watch again on iPlayer (from 2:51): bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… Tickets go on general sale tomorrow at 9.30am.

Can't wait 🤩😍

Thu 2 Jul 7:30 PM - 10:15 PM: The Blow Monkeys tickettailor.com/events/stratfo…

A quiet life can be magnificent. A tiny life can be exact. A schoolteacher with one coat and three good books can have more grandeur in their soul than a whole penthouse full of content-brained frauds. A woman making soup in a small kitchen with real care and real presence can be

This is my grandad, he built the original R2-D2 for the first Star Wars film… Jack was a master sheet metal worker, and was roped into using his skills on an obscure project to turn the sketches for the droid into something that could be constructed out of aluminium sheets. I

Someone said “The slow burn of becoming yourself” and I think that might be one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. It’s such a good reminder of how much it takes, how much character development, how much change, and beauty and courage it takes to reach your soul and

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

My sister fosters cats. This is how she found 3 of them this morning.

I am convinced that most people do not grow up. We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards. We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies and on our faces, but generally our

Daniel had ADHD diagnosed at 41, after decades of being called scattered and unreliable. The diagnosis came in a clinic near the Irwell, delivered by a young GP called Siobhan who spoke about dopamine with the gentle precision of someone rewriting your entire history. Daniel

Just Announced 💥Pete Williams is the special guest as soulful new wave troubadours THE BLOW MONKEYS bring new music to our London chapel space on Friday 16 October. Info and live show tickets at unionchapel.org.uk/venue/whats-on…

Pretty incredible postbox for Sir David Attenborough's centenary tomorrow.

If you live in areas that have elected a Reform council, this is where you all come in. Report every pothole, broken pavement, keep them on their toes and make their lives intolerable.