Editor, @readdork. Big boss, @thebunkerpub. Music scribbling, print magazines, design, #mufc. Northerner in exile. I make stuff.

Joined January 2009
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The world may be shit, but if it will give me 6 months more of Ole managing United, I might believe anything can get better if we just trust the vibes.
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The world may be shit, but if it will give me 6 months more of Ole managing United, I might believe anything can get better if we just trust the vibes.
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Should have gone with The Never Ending Rory.
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill are doing a a podcast called Pondcast where they reminisce about Doctor Who. No word on when it will become available but they’ve already recorded a few and have had Steven Moffat as a guest.
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I love local news
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Honestly, the level of comprehension across all subject matters when it comes to reviews is wild. Someone once claimed that a label had a ‘review contract’ because something got a high mark. Can’t even get most labels to take a 1/4 page! And that’s a whole other issue.
WE 👏 ARE 👏 NOT 👏 PAID👏 BY 👏 STUDIOS 👏 TO 👏 WRITE 👏 REVIEWS 👏 YOU 👏 UNINFORMED 👏 BUFFOONS
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Unambiguously the best of all the bands.
Tune into @BBCR1 to be the first to hear Bloom Baby Bloom 🌻🌻🌻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/b…
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Might as well do things properly.
30 Apr 2025
Replying to @readdork
Yep, we're throwing a month-long festival of pop nonsense to celebrate our 100th issue. Call it a Dork summer, or something. Get all the details and grab tickets from 10am BST tomorrow (1st May). readdork.com/news/dork-100-f…
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Stephen Ackroyd retweeted
30 Apr 2025
Yep, we're throwing a month-long festival of pop nonsense to celebrate our 100th issue. Call it a Dork summer, or something. Get all the details and grab tickets from 10am BST tomorrow (1st May). readdork.com/news/dork-100-f…
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Stephen Ackroyd retweeted
30 Apr 2025
Introducing Dork 100, our month long 100th issue celebration featuring Sports Team, Antony Szmierek, Black Honey, Divorce, Courting, piri & tommy, Lime Garden and more readdork.com/news/dork-100-f…
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The undertones of Sarah Smith's reporting on the happenings in Washington today on the @BBCNews 10 o'clock bulletin is an absolute disgrace in and of itself.
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At this point I'd support DPD's customer services being listed as a hate group. Though I suppose a hate group has to actually exist.
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There’s so much stuff in this issue it’s actually nuts. Full Hype List online in Jan but you can get ahead of the game in here. Plus end of year lists, 2025 previews, bands do Xmas and loads more.
29 Nov 2024
HRRRNK! Our HUGE end of year double issue - featuring the Hype List 2025 - is available NOW. Packed with the best new talent for the year ahead, you can grab a copy and find out more here. readdork.com/news/dork-decem…
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All I'd say about the Sound of list is that it floored me how almost all the 'PR email campaigning' acts I'd consider 'established' made it on, and how few that didn't did, and that that makes the panel look daft if you're party to seeing that. And I say that as someone on it.
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(I absolutely love a lot of the acts on that list, but I couldn't with good faith vote for them in this context, even with the changed criteria)
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Campaigning is *always* a thing for these gongs - understandably. And i don't blame acts or PRs for doing it - they absolutely should! But how almost all the acts you'd go 'are they ACTUALLY eligible?!' who emailed made it, and then almost none that didn't? Quite depressing.
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Stephen Ackroyd retweeted
20 Nov 2024
🎄🎄🎄 HO HO - HOLY MOLY! The most ridiculous Crimbo Party in town is back as Dork’s Christmas Night Out returns to @ColoursHoxton on Tuesday 17th December with a headline set from @MasterPeaceLDN Lucy Tun! Tickets on sale now. Bring party hats. readdork.com/news/master-pea…
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Stephen Ackroyd retweeted
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Get ready for a Really Very Big 2025, Dear Reader. Dork's iconic Hype List Tour is back-Back-and-indeed-BACK!!! Headlined by our fave electric upstarts @WorldWideWelly, tickets drop at 10am on Wednesday, 13th November. Read more: readdork.com/news/dork-hype-…
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