Ben West
@BenjaminRupert
Pappa and proud. Sprinklings of media (my career), music (passion), political opinion (hobby)...
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From the top deck of this evening’s 134 #London bus ride along Muswell Hill Broadway
Happy 85th, Joan Baez. Joan Baez "It Ain't Me, Babe" BBC In Concert, June 5, 1965 Thanks @NoonDawlith 🙏
An artistic masterpiece, but also an interesting take on the public mood in 🇷🇺 as a new year has begun. @BBCSteveR
US band Talking Heads’ bassist, Tina Weymouth, from the August 1985 issue of Vogue #Womensart (Via TalkingHeads Fans FB)
79 years old today: Patti Smith.
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper Behind the scenes photos! A thread 🧵
Anyone remember this ? 😍
Saturday night and it’s time to finish off the trilogy with 4K83. Star Wars VI Return Of The Jedi.
South Park writer Toby Morton bought the domain name trumpkennedycenter.org and it's being exploioted exactly as you'd expect.
Sometimes I worry that I'm going to spend the second half of my life explaining the period between the end of the Cold War and the global financial crisis to young people the way Keynes described international life before the beginning of the First World War
So far, this is a fascinating book on how interconnected the world in general - and Europe in particular - were before World War I. Hard to imagine that Germans could travel to Great Britain without a passport, for example, but it was commonplace then.
Here’s another one of your favourite BBC Archive videos from 2025! Let’s enjoy the time when Roy Castle was introduced to five generations of mums in The Record Breakers studio. Mrs Violet Lewis, born on 12 June, 1885, was then the UK's only living great-great-great-grandmother.
A thread of what I consider to be my all time Top 30 vocalists, based on personal taste, as well as overall quality. Hope you enjoy them 🧵
⭐ Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from the National Gallery ⭐ This large altarpiece by Jan Gossaert is crammed with details, from animals, angels and richly dressed kings and courtiers, they have all come to worship the infant Christ. This is ‘The Adoration of the Kings’,…
Alan Partridge narrates the best film ever made!👌
Carol of the Bells in Kyiv subway. Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine. Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
“Christmastime is Here Again” (1967) The song was credited to all four members of The Beatles. ‘Christmas Time (Is Here Again)’ was The Beatles’ final Christmas disc to be recorded together at Abbey Road. 🔊 AUDIO ONLY © The Beatles #TheBeatles
Bob Dylan writes about Willie Nelson in a new New Yorker profile (Bob also says before this, "It’s hard to talk about Willie without saying something stupid or irrelevant, he is so much of everything")
Contributors to Engelsberg Ideas highlight the books they’ve enjoyed in 2025. engelsbergideas.com/reviews/books-…
Remembering Tim Hardin. Born this day in 1941 in Oregon. American folk and blues singer songwriter. As well as releasing his own material, several of his songs,including If I Were a Carpenter and Reason to Believe, became hits for other artists #TimHardin 🥀
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