Paul Thompson

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

2025 Narrowboat Sessions. Paul Thompson, 'The Shepherd From Hawes'. YouTube video by The Narrowboat Sessions.

This is a serious song I wrote, inspired by a moving first world war memoir and a strange encounter in the trenches. There is a Jake Thackray connection too. This is The Shepherd from Hawes. youtu.be/FiOW7_2trKI?...

Delighted to see that RnR magazine has given the Jake Thackray Lost Archives album this 5 star review.

Jake Thackray - The Lost Archives 1966-1996 YouTube video by Jake Thackray fan

Let’s start the day with a reminder of the genius of Jake Thackray: youtu.be/FRlGoNu4eRA?...

Chris Rowbury's monthly music round-up (March 2026) issue #128 Welcome to the March edition of my monthly music round-up.

chrisrowbury.substack.com/p/chris-rowb... My March monthly music round-up is out now. Includes: Choir ten commandments; The power of the pause; A brief history of pearl-diving music; The extraordinary life of singer Jake Thackray; song of the month - "The first time ever I saw your face"; and more!

“For all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”.

Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US...

But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage?

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

"Make people dependent enough, and then make it shitty"

Still giggling at this hilarious video from the Norwegian Consumer Council "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator" which seems a perfect embodiment of Silicon Valley and tech generally these days

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

Bollywood with a Jake Thackray soundtrack? There’s an interesting cultural mash-up!

We encountered many mis-spellings of Jake Thackray’s name while doing the research for ‘Beware of the Bull’, but this one, in an eBay listing, takes the prize. Gothic horror, perhaps?

Jake Thackray is always a tonic!

Join us in London on 15th August for Jakefest, a celebration of the genius of Jake Thackray. Tickets and info here: www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/lon...

The Castleford Ladies Magic Circle (2006 Remaster) YouTube video by Jake Thackray - Topic

Now there’s a tonic. Born on this day, the wonderful Jake Thackray
youtu.be/EFzdVQCgHZQ

Those are the Days YouTube video by Paul Thompson - Topic

In honour of Jake Thackray’s birthday, here is one of his lost songs I recorded. youtu.be/wFJOKNuiTdw?...

Jake Thackray: Y canwr o Sir Efrog â'i galon yng Nghymru Roedd Jake Thackray yn wyneb cyfarwydd drwy gydol y 60au a'r 70au.

BBC Cymru Fyw - Jake Thackray: Y canwr o Sir Efrog â'i galon yng Nghymru
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...

#OnThisDay

1938 Jake Thackray born

The “North Country Noel Coward” was born in Kirkstall ,Yorkshire

After he graduated he spent 3 years in France as an English teacher and took on the Chanson style of Jacqes Brel and especially Georges Brassens

100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

The Lost Will and Testament of Jake Thackray. A lovely present. This arrived in the post on Friday afternoon. An old friend of mine had promised that “something lovely” would arrive. Something did. John Watterson has made an album out of Jake Thackr…

The Lost Will and Testament of Jake Thackray. A lovely present. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/t...

I was recently interviewed for a BBC piece about Jake Thackray’s connections with Wales. It’s in Welsh (though the interview was in English), and you can read it here. If you need it translated, the website gives you that option. Diolch!
:https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/erthyglau/c39wj38z8p8o

Lah-Di-Dah YouTube video by Jake Thackray - Topic

Jake Thackray is what Morrissey always thought he was.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R1e...

Jake Thackray - One Of Them (1981) YouTube video by Jake's Progress

Have you heard the one about..?

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

[CW: Jake Thackray is a brilliant artist and satarist. While his language and attitude is of his time, this song is very intentional with every word and should neither be apologised for nor winced at.]

Jake Thackray was truly a poetic songwriting genius, and this song is moving, amusing and honest.

Jake Thackray - "To Do With You", the finest love song ever written.

Enjoy!

Two books on a chair: "Beware of the Bull" by Paul Thompson and John Watterson and "Jake Thackray: The Unsung Writer". Both have a black and white photo of Jake Thackray on the cover.

Birthday reading.

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Blacksmith and the Toffeemaker (Jake Thackray song) - Paul Thompson YouTube video by Jake Thackray fan

I shall definitely be singing this at my Jake Thackray show at Seven Arts in Leeds on 20th February. Such glorious storytelling! youtu.be/tKbWnKs0qU0?...

Welcome The Stranger YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.

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Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer on Valentine’s Day (Catholic Herald, 1995)

I’ve organised this Thackray festival in London on 15th August…
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...

Thanks, Matthew.

#NowPlaying the audiobook of the Jake Thackray biography has inevitably led here