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Bill Mather @BillMather

Punctured Dusty 33’s & 45’s desolate hillsides, Sensible Shoes for Bearded Geologists, Scandinavian Anoraks, Old Guitars, Modernism #MDANT

Joined May 2010
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I believe this was filmed at Safeway in the Stretford Arndale Centre (Stretford Precinct) they had one of the first supermarkets in early 1970's #stretford
Prof. Frank McDonough@FXMC1957
Mar 17
17 March 1999. Rod Hull died (aged 63). He always appeared with Emu, a mute and highly aggressive arm-length puppet. Hull died in a tragic accident while trying to adjust the TV aerial on the roof of his bungalow, then slipping and falling to his death.
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Has anyone noticed the cafe in #SmallProphets a nod to #EarlyDoors #pickles #stockport ? bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m…

Small Prophets

The magical and mundane unfold in a suburban shed as a lonely man stumbles on the supernatural. Mackenzie Crook’s weird and wonderful world, with Pearce Quigley and Michael Palin.

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Pickles #EarlyDoors
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Nathan Thomas@nathanlthomas
Jan 19
Loving this on White City. Felt for a while we’ve needed more of this kind of thing around Old Trafford. Fair play to whoever’s behind it 👏 👑
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Just watching #trespassers on @Channel4 and spotted @martinmccann1 better know as #stevie from #bluelights channelling his inner #billythebutcher from #gangsofnewyork 🪓
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The La’s 👁 ✨@_The_Las
4 Oct 2025
👁#GIVEAWAY👁 To celebrate the 35th anniversary of #TheLas here's the chance to #win a T-SHIRT & PRINT of @BabaYoungblood's new artwork. To enter just: ✨ RT this tweet 🔁 3 runners up will also win a print! Winners drawn tomorrow at 6pm! 👁️✨
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Can't keep up with all these great editions of #takefourbooks everyone is just wonderful ! All my favourites have been on @WednesdayErskin @IrvineWelsh and Alan from @thiwurd keeps popping in and @DomHowell23 in the producers chair - just wish each one was longer 📕📗📘📙
James Crawford@Jdcrawf
31 Aug 2025
Listen now to my chat with Melissa Lucashenko for #TakeFourBooks on @BBCRadio4 about her latest @OneworldNews novel 'Edenglassie' and 3 influences including Keri Hulme and Sebastian Barry - recorded, with guest @rodgeglass & live audience at @edbookfest! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002htx…
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bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… I can't recommend this series more highly ! I've watched the first two multiple times It's just so fantastic what @flintoff11 and @kylehogg22 have achieved with the lads from Preston now he's taking on a bigger challenge🌹#fieldofdreams

Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams - Ultimate Test: Episode 1

Freddie is determined to prove his blueprint for changing lives through cricket can work with other groups. In a bid to keep lads from Liverpool engaged, he throws them into their first match.

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bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… This was very difficult watching...not long after this happened I was on my first hitch in the North Sea on a rig that was drilling a relief well for Occidental Oil - the remains of the Piper were visible #piperalpha #RestInPeace

Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story - Series 1: 1. The Golden Ticket

Told through the testimony of rig workers and their families back home, this is the minute-by-minute story of how the 1980s oil boom turned to disaster when Piper Alpha exploded.

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Dom Howell@DomHowell23
9 Aug 2025
This is happening today. Edinburgh Futures Institute, 3pm- Room 2.35. All welcome.
James Crawford@Jdcrawf
4 Aug 2025
Come and be part of a live @BBCRadio4 #TakeFourBooks audience this Saturday @edbookfest - I’m talking to Rachel Kushner about her Booker-shortlisted Creation Lake and 3 influences! Also with guest @kimtsherwood! Book your FREE tickets here 👇 edbookfest.co.uk/the-festiva…
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I'm so looking forward to listening to this tonight !! What's there not to like ? I'm sure my old pal Jack would have loved this 🚢🌊❤️ #shippingforecast #midnightfortyeight
Al Ryan@alryanradio
8 Aug 2025
The stage is set for tonight’s live concert on @BBCRadio3 celebrating 100 years of #theshippingforecast as part of @bbcproms with @UlsterOrchestra at @UlsterHall. Join @CLNicholls and myself tonight at 9pm. With special guests Simon Armitage. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gf2…
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Trafford Archives@TraffordArchive
31 Jul 2025
Come and see our wonderful "Frank's World" exhibition Opening hours: Mondays 10am -7pm, 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am to 4pm on Saturdays. Trafford Local Studies, Sale Library Free Entry #franksidebottom #chrissievey #timperley
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Just worked out with my new SkyQ box I can now watch programmes I thought I'd missed some episodes of when they were first broadcast so I'm watching one of my favourites @JamesMoir10 @nancy_sorrell #paintingbirdswithjimandnancymoir #curlews #paintingbirds
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bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002dp… Gutted to have missed @WednesdayErskin at your "Manchester" book signing event only just found out about after listening to you on Radio Ulster - there was nothing about it on X/Twitter I guess I need to check my #bluesky more often 🙈#thebenefactors
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So I ended up getting the next episode of #takefourbooks and it features my favourite writer from East Belfast @WednesdayErskin with her new novel #TheBenefactors my copy arrived in the post today and also the new series of #TheBear🐻 starts - What A Day To Be Alive!! #misty
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25 Jun 2025
Catching up on #takefourbooks @BBCRadio4 with @Jdcrawf & @DomHowell23 @andrewmiller and his novel #thelandinwinter which is set in the cold winter of 1963 which is also when my short story #thesixlanesuperhighway starts #1963 📕📗📘📙 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d8…
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Catching up on #takefourbooks @BBCRadio4 with @Jdcrawf & @DomHowell23 @andrewmiller and his novel #thelandinwinter which is set in the cold winter of 1963 which is also when my short story #thesixlanesuperhighway starts #1963 📕📗📘📙 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d8…

Take Four Books - Andrew Miller - BBC Sounds

Andrew Miller on his new book, The Land in Winter, and its links to three other works.

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Just started on Talking Pictures...can you spot familiar places ? ☠️
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9 May 2025
#CarolineMunro is back in ⚰️ #TheCellarClub at 10:05pm to present the channel premiere of THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE (1974), #TPTVsubtitles The 70s cult classic starring #CristinaGalbro #RayLovelock You did lock the door... didn't you? 😱
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Seeing all the old comrades commemorating 80 Years since VE Day reminded me of my old pal Jack who served at Leuchars in the war which has also been in the news for having 18 completely dry days let's see if @alryanradio has news of rain at #midnightfortyeight #shippingforecast
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So I'm catching up on a couple of episodes of #TakeFourBooks with Xiaolu Guo's "Call Me Ishmaelle" @Jdcrawf on @bbc4 and who should I hear but the soft Scottish tones of Alan from @thiwurd bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002b6l… and @DomHowell23 Who else is going to be on ? 📕📗📘📙

BBC Radio 4 - Take Four Books, Xiaolu Guo

Xiaolu Guo talks about her new novel and explores its connections to three other books.

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This Saturday I'll be part of the S.G.S.K.A.S. playing some of our fave #krautrock tunes on vinyl @ThePrinceAlbert to celebrate my lifelong friend David Withington's 60th Birthday #year60 #55yearsoffriendship #stroud #neu #can #kraftwerk #krautrockjabitte
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More wonderful stuff on #takefourbooks tonight featuring @eoinmcnamee3 with @DomHowell23 in the producer's chair 📕📗📘📙
James Crawford@Jdcrawf
30 Mar 2025
Today on @BBCRadio4's #TakeFourBooks I'm with Eoin McNamee talking about his new novel THE BUREAU – a story of kidnap, murder & fraud in the Irish borderlands –& his 3 influences including Truman Capote's IN COLD BLOOD and MILKMAN, by Anna Burns 📚📻🎧 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029jd…
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