Uniqlo to open a branch in Cambridge later in the year. There’s one in Bristol that’s just opened. When are they coming to Norwich? I’ve been waiting forever.

It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new Electronic Sound, with CABARET VOLTAIRE on the cover. You can also buy the mag with a green vinyl Cabs seven-inch featuring awesome live versions of ‘Nag Nag Nag’ and ‘Spies In The Wires’ direct from us at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

I’m doing ok thanks, looking forward to warmer and brighter weather! How about you?
I hope this gets listened to by many!

@jonathantranter.bsky.social Hello Jonathan, hope you’re well! This might interest you ⬇️

Made in China - 3. Culture Vulture - BBC Sounds How can Eva connect with Chinese culture, when she has no parents or family to guide her?

My lovely friend Jaki is featured in this episode of Made in China, a BBC Sounds podcast in which Eva Brookes explores her identity as a transnational adoptee. Its really good. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Recommend this highly. Steve playing Daisy Bell on Russian TV from the 90s… so poignant. As someone who lives across cultures I completely relate to how he feels about Russia.

Steve Rosenberg on the tightrope of reporting from Russia on Ukraine war The BBC's Russia editor reflects on the difficulties of working as a British journalist in Moscow.

Double-headed eagles, white parrots and “defecating squirrels”: my experiences reporting from Russia. Our film ‘Our Man In Moscow’ for BBC Panorama is available on the iPlayer
and will be shown on BBC One at 8pm tonight (Mon Feb 2).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Harry Styles’ new single Aperture totally reminds me of Traffic and Weather by @fountainsofwayne.bsky.social!
The bit that goes “we belong together”- same words, identical melody.

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We have synthpop giants PROPAGANDA on the cover of the latest Electronic Sound and we’re issuing the mag with a clear vinyl seven-inch featuring superb new mixes of the band’s classic tracks ‘Dr Mabuse’ and ‘Duel’. Get your copy at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new Electronic Sound, which marks 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’. You can also buy the mag directly from us, bundled with a seven-inch of THE DIVINE COMEDY’s dazzling cover of the album’s title track. electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We’re marking 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’ in this month’s Electronic Sound and we’re bundling the mag with a yellow vinyl seven-inch featuring THE DIVINE COMEDY’s epic version of the album title track. Get your copy now at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine

The latest edition of Electronic Sound magazine marks the fiftieth anniversary of Kraftwerk's iconic 'Radio-Activity' album. Inside the magazine is an interview with Neil Hannon and the bundle features a yellow vinyl seven inch with an epic version of 'Radio-Activity' by The Divine Comedy backed with 'The Synthesiser Service Centre Super Summer Sale' from 'Office Politics'. The link to buy is in our post.

OUT NOW: Electronic Sound Magazine With Divine Comedy 7"
Buy at: electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/p/issue...
This issue features an interview with Neil. Order the bundle for a yellow vinyl 7" with an epic version of 'Radio-Activity' by The Divine Comedy. More info in the link.

Review: Gary Numan @ Bristol Beacon Synth pop pioneer Gary Numan delivers an impressive and emotional show that fills the grand concert hall at Bristol Beacon with a creeping black-and-red mist, celebrating the 45th anniversary of his g...

My older daughter’s review of the Gary Numan gig in Bristol has now been published in Epigram, the student paper epigram.org.uk/review-gary-...

It’s the Merchant Ivory/Nyman - Divine Comedy influence thing all over again for me. I love it when things I like come together. It makes so much sense.

The director that inspired The Last Dinner party's new album The Last Dinner Party have garnered fans from their very clear artistic identity. But much of it was inspired by this director.

Went to see The Last Dinner Party last night and they were incredible. Pleased to find out they’re influenced by Peter Greenaway/Michael Nyman. faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-director...

She also wrote a Factory Floor live review for the Electronic Sound magazine website: www.electronicsound.co.uk/reviews/fact...

Tell me everything: the parasocial appetite for songwriting truth Lily Allen bares all on her first album release in seven years, ‘West End Girl’. Much to the pleasure of the hungry internet masses, she forfeits the raw details of her public divorce. But to what ext...

Gen Z opinion - my older daughter’s written about the Lily Allen album in the student paper. It’s spot on: epigram.org.uk/tell-me-ever...

Sad to hear Mani has died 😢

Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.

Beautiful photos! Sadly been standing empty due to RAAC for a few years now ☹️

Here's another view of Denys Lasdun's University of East Anglia basking in the late afternoon sun

Denys Lasdun’s University of East Anglia 1966/7 - the ziggurats looking particularly gorgeous in the late afternoon sun. Photo taken in 2018

Why can’t us immigrants just exist? Can we just be neither bad nor good, just live?

Tired all the time? There may be a simple reason for that Levels of fatigue among women in Britain are soaring, and this isn’t the kind that can be cured by a nap. What lies behind the exhaustion epidemic?

I really could do with an iron infusion… www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I did not know Mont-bell had opened in the UK! I’m not particularly outdoorsy but their stuff would be perfect for the UK weather.

I find it odd that a non-celebrity version of the Traitors is now referred to as a “civilian” version.

When an artist plays a same venue 2 nights in a row and they switch up set lists and the night you didn’t go had your favourite songs 😔

RED ALERT! It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new issue of Electronic Sound, with GARY NUMAN on the cover. You can also buy the mag together with a red vinyl seven-inch featuring two tracks from Numan’s seminal ‘Telekon’ album direct from us at electronicsound.co.uk/issue130garynuman

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

It seems like Norwich (at least UEA LCR) is back on the touring route for bands. Which is great. It’s been rubbish for too long (well for me at least)!