RT @history_finn: A Christmas present from UCL History: we'd love to have you at our 'Early Modern Connections' conference in March 2025!….

I mean, I love Bandcamp Friday, but why do some artists / labels feel the need to send out about 20 different messages in one day? They can FO.

Oh my. Richard Dawson at the Boat Club in Nottingham. Me and Martin Naylor as witnesses. Greatest Living Englishman. The question is: where were you?!.

Extraordinary service from @RoyalMail - my tracked 24 parcel arrived. Distance travelled, 16 miles; days taken to arrive, 17. Stupendous!.

Crikey, the messaging coming from different tiers of UCU this evening suggests that we’ve entered farcical - or dysfunctional - territory. Not good.

This evening - I can’t think why - I’ve been thinking about institutions, representation and accountability, and despairing. Hey ho.

Still reeling from this week’s invitation to be interviewed by Lawrence Fox (sitting in for Farage) on GB News. The topic? Whether Matt Hancock is guilty of treason. That will keep me chuckling for weeks.

More evidence of a recent uptick in interesting music pieces in The Guardian. What a legend, and the prospect of gigs next year with Dead C! Be still my beating heart!

What a privilege to see Richard Dawson ‘supporting’ Pavement @ Roundhouse. Generic indie, with muddy sound, vs inspirational stuff from the Geordie maestro, which was genuinely moving, as always.

RT @Waseem_Ahmed98: Excited to announce that @JohnWRees and I have organised a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of Christopher Hill….

In bleak times, Supersonic festival is wonderfully life affirming. Amazing music, but more importantly a brilliant atmosphere.@supersonicfest@ @bismuthslow @juneof44.

Hmm… the invocation of ‘necessity’ in a legal and constitutional setting. Let’s get some historians to reflect on that one.

What an unbelievable way to spend a Sunday afternoon! @marylattimore @Cafeoto @3lobed

Another famous night @Cafeoto with jaw dropping @HorseLords. Lucky old me.

What a brilliant day out, obviously because it involved a few choice beers, and top chat, with my best mate who was in town for the day, but also because of the tremendous haul of vinyl at the wonderful @worldofechoshop. Heaven!.

Based on my recent activity, Amazon seems to think that I might be interested in buying my own new book. This could take some time to unpick properly.

Because how else would you spend a freezing Saturday afternoon when you could have stayed in the nice warm pub? #madladsweekend

Historians enjoying the romance of the cup. #Cheltenham

Actually, what a week for new tunes. Body/Dilloway/Head; C. Joynes; and the incredible new album by #Ignatz. Not like the noisy early ones, but utterly beguiling and unique.