Ange Slaven

13.03.2026 - from Love Crowns & Crucifies the complete recordings by Care (Ian Broudie & Paul Simpson).
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March 13th 2026. x
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STOP PRESS
The Wild Swans - Bringing Home The Ashes (1988)
Release Date: 3rd April 2026.
750-numbered copies on 180g 'Crystal Clear' vinyl.
Music On Vinyl records. x

Quite possibly THE best theme tune ever!
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“Buy these books. I command you.”

So glad you liked it 😀

An aerial view looking down on the 1960s station as if it were a Hornby set - with level crossing, taxi, porters and pedestrian bridge

The railway station in Ladybird Land - captured in Treasure magazine, 1963

(Artist: Don Harley)

Rétro cars voiture 🚘 la Citroen DS 21 Pallas, DSpécial de 1972

The headline is self-explanatory

Café Royal Books. 'This week’s Book of the Week, is a focus on Hull in the 1970s and 80s. Seven titles by five photographers. 20% off, use BOTWCRB20 at checkout.' www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/book-of...

Petition: End the use of Palantir in the NHS and MoD, to safeguard UK national security. Contracts involving UK citizens' personal data and UK's sensitive military data should not be contracted out behind closed doors to a foreign entity. The government should review Palantir's contracts ...

A colleague of mine has created a Parliamentary petition to end the use of Palantir for NHS and MoD contracts. She needs more people to sign it before it's accepted. Any volunteers? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

Burns Night: Bands You Didn't Realise Were Actually Scottish Revised for 2026

As it is Burns Night here are 12 bands that are actually really Scottish despite what the rest of the world tells you.

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Not to mention Television, invented by John Logie Baird, with seminal album McKee Moon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Making good use of the stamped addressed envelope from Reform. Every one posted costs them money 🫡

tile Satan smokes peacefully while scratching his arse.

Tile
Satan smokes peacefully while scratching his arse.
The Netherlands, 1625

Illustration of a man sitting at a desk in a suit holding a notepad while a woman, wearing a dress and holding a tray with a cup of coffee, walks into the room

On this day 29th December 1975
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK

(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

Stunning and so evocative

Quiet afternoon in Porto, Portugal #Photography #Monochrome #B&W #Portugal 📷

Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough - DMovies Scottish author Irvine Welsh cloaks himself in his characters, while letting out some very peculiar details about his surroundings - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, November 17th

Scottish author Irvine Welsh cloaks himself in his characters, while letting out some very peculiar details about his surroundings

Available now on VoD:

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Almost a YEAR in the shop?! Wild. 😄
Celebrate with us 6–7 Dec, music, bubbles + good vibes.
We’re open this weekend too 12–5pm and hundreds of new books just landed!

What was The Old Butchers is now 1 of 100. 😎

Revolutionary Spirit '25 | Paul Simpson Searching for a Revolutionary Spirit t-shirt? Check out our latest Exclusive collaboration with Paul Simpson from Tear Drop Explodes and Wild Swans.

Back in Black. Revolutionary Spirit '25' tee's from @weare1of100.bsky.social
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Forty-one years in the making and worth its wait in gold.

Pre-order Love Crowns and Crucifies here plus the Ltd edition 7" here:

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Porter on the railway platform pulls a trolley directly towards the viewer. Beside him is an open train door, and the person behind it part visible in the glass.

‘The Porter’ (1972)
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.

Artist: John Berry

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now

Jimmy Cliff 😔

#jimmycliff #thehardertheycome
#manyriverstocross

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Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough - DMovies Scottish author Irvine Welsh cloaks himself in his characters, while letting out some very peculiar details about his surroundings - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, November 17th

Scottish author Irvine Welsh cloaks himself in his characters, while letting out some very peculiar details about his surroundings

Now all major VoD platforms:

dmovies.org/2025/08/21/i...

Happy birthday Café Royal Books - a 20% off saving for a limited time. Use TWENTYTWENTY at checkout. www.caferoyalbooks.com

Brian Jackson smiling

Brian Jackson arms outstretched

Brian Jackson on fluteplaying

Brian Jackson and band take a bow

The mighty Brian Jackson and his superb band this evening

#brianjackson #winterinamerica #thebottle #nowmorethanever #bbemusic #gilscottheron #hugorilla #charliesloft

BOUGHT BY THE RIVER: With the festive period just around the corner, we wanted to share a few ways you can support Caught by the River in the season of giving www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/boug...