A Blue Moment piece on the first of two farewell concerts by the Ethio-jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, opening the EFG London Jazz Festival: https://t.co/Pm2wTtAdTy

The entirety of the Observer’s coverage of yesterday’s match between Wales and Japan in Cardiff. I mean, seriously?

Wales 24 Japan 23. Liechtenstein 0 Wales 1. See what happens when #BobDylan wears a Welsh dragon t-shirt, as he did on stage in Swansea on Tuesday night?

Here’s the latest - brand-new - episode of #AndColossallyThatsHistory, @RWilliams1947’s & my #F1 history podcast. This week we tell the remarkable story of Honda’s F1 odyssey, which began in ’64 &, with a few breaks, continues still. Click below. https://t.co/uPMUASRckM

Rachel Cooke, an exemplary journalist whose work always made you feel good about buying the Observer, is gone at 56. So cruel. I admired her skill and her scope greatly. A lovely person, too. This is a fine and fitting tribute by her colleague @TimAdamsWrites

Some Blue Moment thoughts on the riches contained in Vol 18 of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series (1956-64): https://t.co/KoCr0cdnBx

James Ball's story showing how Prescott himself doctored Trump's Capitol riot speech to make the BBC look bad https://t.co/zxwv7MxyJ1 Really important — though it shows truth, as usual late getting its boots on

Given Robbie Gibb is in the news, does someone want to ask him how this is going??

Cheeks was a pretty rough club in Deptford in the late 70s/80s. You'd weigh up the alternatives before going there. Then, one night, Marvin Gaye turned up. MARVIN GAYE TURNED UP.

Here’s a brand-new episode of #AndColossallyThatsHistory, @RWilliams1947’s & my #F1 history podcast. This week we’re discussing & analysing the remarkable career of one of F1’s true greats: triple F1 world champion Jack Brabham. Click below to listen. https://t.co/zuE27ni5Xa

A beautiful and astute obituary of the great drummer Jack DeJohnette by the Guardian's @jfordham_jazz https://t.co/f2mmh5lk4a

That’s first for televised football, and not a good one. The TNT director ignores the kick-off of Sturm Graz vs Nottm Forest in favour of a close-up of the home team’s manager.

RIP Peter Wright, father of F1 ground effect and a great safety crusader in his FIA role.

Here’s 6min 46sec of video of the latest episode of @RWilliams1947’s & my #F1 history podcast, #AndColossallyThatsHistory, in which we tell the amazing story of Interlagos 2008, which dramatic turnaround always brings me to tears - literally. Click below. https://t.co/EXhZNwzkkX

The first page of an absorbing reflection on the music of Alice Coltrane by Adam Shatz in the Nov 20th issue of ⁦@nybooks⁩

Now here’s a football club worth supporting. Fine piece by ⁦@donaldgmcrae⁩ in today’s Guardian:

#OnThisDay in 2008 Felipe Massa won the #BrazilGP - but Lewis Hamilton won the #F1 drivers’ world championship. @RWilliams1947 & I tell the incredible story in the latest episode of our #F1 history podcast, #AndColossallyThatsHistory. Click below to listen. https://t.co/XusXoAlbDX

A Blue Moment visit to the Kerry James Marshall show at the Royal Academy, with the surprise of its mentions not just of Billie Holiday, John Coltrane and Sam Cooke but of J. B. Lenoir, Jesse Belvin and Booker Little: https://t.co/lyz4DvbryK

Suddenly the day looks brighter…

RIP Anthony Jackson, 73, great exponent of the 4 (and 5 and 6) string bass guitar. Here he is on Luther Vandross's masterpiece: https://t.co/WQshFd8qSV