Side 1, track one of Anna Calvi's self-titled debut album on Domino Records, 10th anniversary reissue.

Anna Calvi, One Breath, Hunter albums

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I recently discovered @annacalvi.bsky.social (late to the party again) after hearing her collaboration with Iggy Pop on her new EP.

I got her self-titled debut album, the follow up One Breath, and Hunted and have been and enjoying them on repeat.

Is it just me, or does changing terminals at Paris CDG more awkward and time consuming than other large airports? I know, classic #FirstWorldProblems stuff.

Rehydrating in Istanbul Airport while waiting for a connecting flight.

Crazy prices!

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We went to see François Ozon's adaptation of Albert Camus' novel The Stranger (aka The Outsider).

Peter Magyar wins Hungary election, unseating Viktor Orban after 16 years Centre-right Tisza party wins two-thirds majority in parliament that would allow it to amend constitution.

This is an election victory that will resonate beyond Hungary

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A bit early for me, but slàinte anyway

Thank you. I've shared the video with our Walking & Foraging Group

A jar of sauerkrat. I finely chopped a cabbage (900g), massaged it with a little salt to draw out the water. Added a teaspoon of caraway seeds and a few juniper berries. That should be ready in a few days, but we'll leave it for three or four weeks to let the flavour develop.

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This morning's project, another batch of sauerkraut. Just a fairly standard recipe this time.

One the joys of being retired is having a bit of time to do things like this.

POTUS47 sees threats on three different fronts

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Israel has become a perpetual, warmongering, genocidal state yet pursues deadly its ambitions with impunity. They have ignored the ceasefire and any resumption of warfare is on Netanyahu.

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Thanks to @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social putting on extra screenings, we finally got to see the unflinching Brazilian drama/thriller The Secret Agent.

Excellent.

Blackthorn in blossom, I'm already thinking of the sloes that will be there in the autumn

A busy bee in the blossom

The Braid Burn

Hermitage of Braid, Edinburgh

Iran accepts ceasefire after Trump says it will pause bombing for two weeks Pakistan's PM had asked Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks, and Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.

Praise God! Praying the ceasefire will hold and it can be the beginning of peace, not just a pause in the violence

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The cover of To the Island of Tides: A Journey to Lindisfarne by Alistair Moffat. A painting of a man walking along a narrow beach, the sea and Lindisfarne Castle in the background

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I've have just finished this while on Lindisfarne for a few days.

Moffat packs his book with historical & topographical facts, but also with a lot of speculation.

His journey to learn about & from St Cuthbert gives him peace, but doesn't shake his frequently stated lack of faith.

Celebrating @airdrieoniansfc.bsky.social superb 4-0 win in the Black Isle on Holy Island

Rocks and seaweed and sand wet from rain & the sea. St Cuthbert's Isle is a small tidal island just off Lindisfarne. When he was Abbott in the 7th century, St Cuthbert retreated here for more solitude away from the monastery.

Good Friday. Grey skies, rain. We walked to St Cuthbert's Isle at Lindisfarne.

In the last three tournaments (France 98, England 2020 & Germany 2024) Scotland have managed draw and two defeats. We've only ever won four games in tournament finals (Zaire, Netherlands, New Zealand & Sweden). I hope I'm wrong, but I see another flop coming.

Anthems and Requiem's Britain is disintegrating but the harbingers of its collapse could be heard back in the 1980s ...

A fascinating survey of the political landscape in Britain ahead of elections for the Welsh Senedd, Scottish Parliament and local elections in England

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I don't think this Scotland team will do any better than their predecessors at the World Cup this summer.

They won their group without playing brilliantly and failed to create a clear goal scoring chance in 180 minutes against Japan and Ivory Coast.

Willow over the burn, that delicate elegance

Scarlet Elf Cup, a fungus that grows on dead wood. Gorgeous colour, not poisonous but too tough to eat

Figgate Park, Edinburgh this morning

I saw it at the cinema in Edinburgh, hope you can see it soon

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Broken English, a documentary about singer, songwriter, actor Marianne Faithfull and named after her landmark 1979 album, is excellent. Very different way from other films about musicians with a Tilda Swinton and George Mackay in a fictional ministry delving into the archives.

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After watching the Peaky Blinders film, it must be a rule to play some Nick Cave.

I've put his superb 2024 album Wild God on the turntable, such a great record.

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The Peaky Blinders film is entertaining enough with gangster violence, Gypsy mystical wisdom, family politics, loyalty and betrayal ... and just enough to make you wonder about what might have been going on at the time that has been erased from the record.

Now for some Nick Cave

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After playing their seminal Teenage Head album (which Mick Jagger reckoned was better than Sticky Fingers), going back a year with Flamingo, the Flamin Groovies first album on Kama Sutra

Flamin’ Groovies did more than shake some action on Teenage Head Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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I just saw this review and now have no other option but to play the Flamin Groovies seminal Teenage Head album

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I've just watched Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 lose, predictably to Japan in a friendly as part of their preparations for the World Cup this summer.

So let's play George Thorogood & The Destroyers 1978 debut album. Opening track, a blistering rendition of You Got To Lose

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Scottish blues outfit The Greig Taylor Band have just released a new album, Taje A Left..., and are doing a series of live shows.

"GB News is essentially Reform TV" Alan Rusbridger on how GB News became Nigel Farage's broadcast arm – and who is paying for it.

"GB News is essentially Reform TV" and the failure of regulation by the Electoral Commission and Ofcom.

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