Something I never dreamed I would write: I have a six-page feature in the new edition of @TIME magazine. It's connected to the 30th anniversary of Fall of the Berlin Wall. It's published together with a piece penned by Mikhail Gorbachev.

I can understand why people love “Scandi socialist utopia does it better” stories, and I wish more of them were true (some are). But the housing situation in Stockholm is just as savage as anywhere else.

I am happy for this man but this story is completely misleading. Uppsala is in no way “Stockholm”. Nobody arriving in Stockholm is getting a rent-controlled flat without being on a waiting list many years. Even if they do it won’t cost anything like £630.

Very much enjoyed Michael’s book, and for a change asking him some questions that weren’t “what do you think about bebra?”

Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine. 🎶 @MBJack uncovers a 20th-century Ukrainian music scene that flourished in spite of the risks. ✍️ ⬇️ https://t.co/YIkW8QsY5R

Scotland’s media so needs this. I for one totally support it. Get behind it any way you can. A simple RT would be a great start - 👇Further calls to Culture Secretary for a public interest journalism institute - The Edinburgh Reporter

Calling all budding storytellers! @dundeechangehub are searching for two Community Journalists to join them for five months, working to identify, record and elevate the stories of two communities. 📅 Applications close: Wed 2 Oct Find out more & apply:

🪩 PSA for anyone that likes to stay out past 2am... I've built maps to show you every pub, bar and club that's open until a reasonable hour They're free & interactive London: https://t.co/vAhCDZXvMe Manchester: https://t.co/2gsUpC3EQr Edinburgh: https://t.co/bICwpObIyh

The BBC sound effects library is now completely free to access. This is news. https://t.co/jsaSsrIVxB

EXCLUSIVE: Guardian Media Group is in exclusive talks to sell The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to Tortoise Media, a news start-up founded five years ago, in a deal which would further reshape the British national newspaper market. Full story on @SkyNews soon.

Springsteen’s 2024 tour dates didn’t have surge pricing to my understanding, and were reasonably priced (I got a standing ticket for about £70) so fair play to him.

Like most people it seems, I had a bad/unsuccessful experience this morning (and afternoon) trying to get Oasis tickets. Reminded me of this @BigIssue piece I wrote last year about Ticketmaster/Springsteen. Even angrier about it all now than I was then. https://t.co/xFiOEFzGQ8

🚨 Do you know any great journalists in Glasgow? Please share this job ad with them because there are just *six days left* to apply. It's a staff writer position on our new Glasgow title, which is launching soon and will be brilliant. Please share. https://t.co/UXALCcf71l

HTFP Jobs: @joshi Mill Media is looking for a Staff Writer, based Glasgow. Job closes 07-Jul

This Is Memorial Device by Stephen Pastel and Gavin Thomson. The soundtrack accompaniment to David Keenan's novel turned play. An ode to Airdrie and the people who made it. Monorail exclusive LP + CD signed bundles here, including riso by Annabel Wright: https://t.co/lm5vSEY7se

Founded on Eigg, a tiny Scottish island with a population of roughly 110, Lost Map Records isn't just a label; it's a community. https://t.co/AVIrwFutaS

In the 00s, I was in the world's best and most forgotten indie punk band, We Are The Physics, and I've written a whole book about what it's like to be a massive international failure. Unbelievably, it's being printed, and you can now pre-order it from @LNFGlasgow - link below.

RIP Chubs

Nice to get a shout out on the letters page of the @guardian (and it not be somebody complaining for a change).

Masters of War is a muted, cerebral, gritty and authentic depiction of the endeavours of the Bloody Hundredth during WW2. 🛫 Author, Donald L Miller tells @MBJack about the long weekend he spent with the show’s “really great” exec producer, Tom Hanks. 📺 https://t.co/KxD98BMAfj

Loved talking to Sofie "The Jumper" Gråbøl and Søren Sveistrup about Scandi crime drama classic The Killing for The Guardian's How We Made. Interesting to hear neither of them were against idea of bringing show back some day... you heard it here first! https://t.co/lG53hROB2N