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My next novel will be called Drum and will be set mostly in the 1980s world of alternative comedy. Out Jan1st 2026 Rep @memyselfandI

Best 5 lines in The Ballad of John & Yoko. 1. You don't take nothing with you but your soul. Think. 2. They look just like two gurus in drag 3. Eating chocolate cake in a bag 4. Christ. You know it ain't easy. 5. It's good to have the both of you back


Dutch wine? No, Moldovan. Jane Macquitty (and Aldi) had better be right about this.

rcscribbler's tweet image. Dutch wine? No, Moldovan. Jane Macquitty (and Aldi) had better be right about this.

Rest in Peace and thank you John Lodge. I held steadfast to my belief in the Moodies as a great band for decades in the face of ridicule. It even cost me a nomination for the Penderyn prize in 2015. Oh yes it did. If you remember you remember. xx youtube.com/watch?v=ZSLAiE…

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Trump being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in the year that Tom Lehrer died would give a whole new Hadron Collider dimension to irony and satire.


Soundtrack for sombre muted October days like these. You're welcome.

rcscribbler's tweet image. Soundtrack for sombre muted October days like these. You're welcome.

If you're wondering why so many of my generation ended up with the eyes and ears and minds that we did it's because we could watch stuff like this on schools programmes. This is simply astounding. youtube.com/watch?v=9gEDdh…

rcscribbler's tweet card. Shoreditch Experimental Music School 1969

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I declare this to be the greatest English pop record of the late 60s and much better than Little Anthony's original youtube.com/watch?v=WSpM0Q…

rcscribbler's tweet card. Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (1968)

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And seven years to the day after that I had a stent fitted in my heart. Co-incidence? The jury is still out.

I'm about to start another years RLF Fellowship at Liverpool Uni tomorrow. Really looking forward to it



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Also from the MacLaren-Ross. This is one of the greatest things I've ever read. This should have been a Fall collab with Michael Clark or at least an Adrian Henri poem.

rcscribbler's tweet image. Also from the MacLaren-Ross. This is one of the greatest things I've ever read. This should have been a Fall collab with Michael Clark or at least an Adrian Henri poem.

Started reading that Cat Stevens autobiog and I was this day old when I discovered that this is where he borrowed I Love My Dog from. youtube.com/watch?v=pVDArf…

rcscribbler's tweet card. Yusef LATEEF "The plum blossom" (1961)

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Storm Amy didn't like our sweet peas one bit. Stroppy cow.

rcscribbler's tweet image. Storm Amy didn't like our sweet peas one bit. Stroppy cow.
rcscribbler's tweet image. Storm Amy didn't like our sweet peas one bit. Stroppy cow.

More old men disappointed by new album by young woman shocker.


Like Alan Bennett being far more than northern mannerisms there was so much more to Patricia Routledge than Kitty (but by god, Kitty was funny). Her Talking Heads busybody Lady of Letters was devastating in its curtain twitching portrayal of loneliness and tragedy. RIP

rcscribbler's tweet image. Like Alan Bennett being far more than northern mannerisms there was so much more to Patricia Routledge than Kitty (but by god, Kitty was funny). Her Talking Heads busybody Lady of Letters was devastating in its curtain twitching portrayal of loneliness and tragedy. RIP

One of the nicest men I ever interviewed.

'Thanks to all of you who sent me birthday wishes' - BF

bryanferry's tweet image. 'Thanks to all of you who sent me birthday wishes' - BF


My wife outside taking down the bean canes caught our resident robin in full throated ease. Beautiful photo.

rcscribbler's tweet image. My wife outside taking down the bean canes caught our resident robin in full throated ease. Beautiful photo.

In the light of Brian Patten's passing yesterday, worth a retweet.

Found a copy of The Rialto on Tod station library. No82. Winter 2015. And inside this lovely eulogy to Kevin Ayers (and kindred spirits) by Brian Patten.

rcscribbler's tweet image. Found a copy of The Rialto on Tod station library. No82.  Winter 2015. And inside this lovely eulogy to Kevin Ayers (and kindred spirits) by Brian Patten.


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Where I currently am. The crown jewel of Chorlton #mint

rcscribbler's tweet image. Where I currently am. The crown jewel of Chorlton #mint

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