Ooh, Smokie. The only song I like has the response, Alice? Alice? Who the f**k is Alice? Many a night in a Bolton pub ended with that, often followed by someone shouting, I am f**king Alice #totp

This song is something and what is deep inside is rising up my gullet, all the way from 1976 #totp

Sigh, Bohemian Rhapsody. Miss you, you utter genius #FreddieMercury #totp

Just heard Netflix wants films out of the cinema after 17 days rather than the agreed 45. Bloody hell, kill another art form, not much. There is nothing like a big screen to explore great cinematography. Very few films do that nowadays.

Listening to the 68 Comeback Special #ElvisPresley #theking

Just got a copy of Space hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.

Watched The Full Monty again over Christmas. I have watched it countless times as I lived through the demise of Northern industry and their communities. It is still a fine film and my son was appalled that this is what happened to people who were thrown on the scrapheap.

Fern Brady on #pointless states what we are all thinking, 'People don't read.' That's why I think she's a fab comedian #maryshelley

I am so excited by #ArtemisII. We are going back to the moon. If we put aside our differences, we could colonise our solar system and reach out to touch the stars. To do that, we must respect each other and listen.

#trump

You beauty, Higgins #snookermasters

My PhD novel is all about this theguardian.com/environment/20…

'The powerful have their power. But we have something, too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home and to act together.' - Mark Carney at #Davos2026 #takethesigndown #USAFascism

Did Europe point out to the Dim Don how much medication we ship to him and how many shipping companies are run out of Denmark? Did they remind him that globalization can be switched off for the USA? #FascistUSA

Nigel Farage says he can't make his 94k wage work. He's in the top 5% of earners. If he can't make it work, he will bankrupt the UK.

Holy Crap, Britney Spears debut is 26 years old. How did that happen? Back then I was at the BBC and working for numerous arts and music magazines. There was complete snobbery about it but I love a bit of pop. This was the year I punched an editor for changing my Radiohead review

The question is where does the union movement have its roots? Is it the Luddites or The Levellers or much earlier? Do we have a collective history of questioning those who seek power?

RIP John Virgo bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/…

My heart goes out to students at #demontfortuniversity. This is my old university, and no learner should die at this age bbc.co.uk/news/live/c17z…

Do you think Andrew Windsor Mountbatten thought the police were stripograms for his birthday? #andrew