Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79 British singer and guitarist wrote and performed Traffic classics including Feelin’ Alright? before platinum-selling solo albums and work with Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and more

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

‘She’d been drinking with Julie Walters. I heard a crash’: Victoria Wood’s genius – by her friends, fans and actors Dazzling performer, brilliant writer, maddening perfectionist, Easter Egg hunt maestro … on the 10th anniversary of Wood’s death, those who knew her best celebrate the shy introvert who redefined come...

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/a...

Britain First speechless as police seize sound system and anti-fascists seize the Square | Searchlight Britain First boxed in and faced down by anti-fascists at St Peter's Square Today was a very bad day for Britain First in Manchester – and an expensive ...

searchlightmagazine.com/2026/04/brit...

Two more Reform local election candidates accused of offensive posts Labour calls on Nigel Farage to sack candidates and says his party’s checks ‘clearly not fit for purpose’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

‘He’d gaze at the stars and go: I’m gonna be up there one day’: Prince by those who knew him best, 10 years after his death From lurid pranks and late-night drives, to why playing in the Revolution was like joining the marines – Prince’s friends and collaborators recount their memories of one of the music world’s most maje...

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Centrepoint to cut ties with Sharon Osbourne after she backs Tommy Robinson rally Homelessness charity distances itself after Osbourne says she plans to attend far-right ‘unite the kingdom’ march

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Baby elephant holds the caretakers hand while it falls asleep. 😴

BBC radio DJ Andy Kershaw dies aged 66 DJ spent almost three decades working for corporation and was best known for Radio 1 show from 1985 to 2000

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...

'Auditors' charged after Manchester police raids | Searchlight Chris Messenger Six so-called 'auditors' have been arrested and charged following police raids in Manchester earlier this week. Those charged are: ...

Six so-called 'auditors' have been arrested and charged following police raids in Manchester earlier this week.

Read more here:

searchlightmagazine.com/2026/04/audi...

Two local events over the weekend, Wolverhampton and Swindon, featuring nationally known far-right figures, were outnumbered, outsung and out-performed by anti-racist counter demonstrators.

Read about them here:

searchlightmagazine.com

No way. Stop Project 2025

‘The biggest, baddest, saltiest chick you would ever see’: why no one sang the blues like Big Mama Thornton Gay, fearless and utterly unique, Thornton had a hit with Hound Dog before Elvis – but was then fleeced and forgotten. One hundred years after her birth, a new documentary sets the record straight

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Maximum monthly State Pension.

Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238
UK £997

Guess which is unaffordable?

Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

www.instagram.com/reel/DW3-ti1...

This was The Beatles’ final public performance — their legendary rooftop concert on January 30, 1969.The show wasn’t publicly announced, so it took everyone by complete surprise. Crowds quickly gathered on the streets and nearby rooftops as the Fab Four rocked Savile Row

Zack Polanski calls for UK to withdraw trade agreement with Israel after strikes on Lebanon Green leader says PM should impose tougher sanctions on Israel, which he accuses of acting in ‘completely uncontrolled way’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's our patriotic duty to write articles in the Daily Mail in return for the £2.3million we have taken from peoole with links to fossil fuels and climate change denial.
What's not to like?

Greta Thunberg roasts "Pedophile Trump" and his illegal murderous wars of aggression.

Long overdue. Please sign

Bob Dylan - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Live Debut, Clarkston 2013) YouTube video by mr tambourine

Bob Dylan - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Live Debut, Clarkston 2013) youtu.be/yD4N4yvloXw?...

very very good guy. My wife was their first publicist. Her brother went to high school with the keyboard player.

Let me just say that I truly admire the legendary Bruce Springsteen. He’s an incredibly talented artist, an actual American patriot, a fighter for democracy and a good human being.

Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice YouTube video by FatboySlimVEVO

Happy Birthday Christopher Walken!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7z...

#Film
#Movies
#ChristopherWalken
#MoreCowbell

TODAY IN MUSIC: Blue singer-songwriter-harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson gets born, March 30, 1914 . His songs include “Good Morning, School Girl.”
#Blues #rock'n'roll #PopCulture #music #SonnyBoyWilliamson
#songwriter #photo #History #writer

‘I Didn’t Sleep for Days’: Inside an ICE Transfer That Raises Alarms About Conditions and Oversight Transfer notes reveal days of restraint, overcrowding, and medical neglect for a lawful asylum seeker with no criminal history

EXCLUSIVE: “I didn’t sleep for days.”

Transfer notes obtained by MeidasTouch reveal a lawful asylum seeker—no criminal record—was transported across 4 states in ICE custody facing restraints for hours, overcrowding, no sleep, and alleged medical neglect.

Do not feed the animals: the need to begin confronting the rise of far-right ‘auditors’ who harass, doxx and provoke their opponents.

Read more here:

searchlightmagazine.com/2026/03/do-n...

Who's that?
Keith Moon & Pete Townshend, 1964.
#TheWho #rock'n'roll #Mod #60's #music #UK #drummer
#RockMusic #photo @tjsbam.bsky.social #writer #History

500,000 strong Left Wing march in the UK and it was barely even covered on the 'News'.

But it doesn't matter whether the revolution is televised or not.

It still happens.