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My brain at 3am:

CASPAR MELVILLE My MA convenor but also a colleague, a mentor, an inspiration, a mensch. Thank you for your leadership, your guidance, your support and thank you for being just so cool - truly, simply. Thank you for being the blessing that you remain. 🕊️ soas.ac.uk/about/caspar-m…

It’s interesting timing with the celebration of one hundred years of Black British music at London’s Barbican Music Library exhibition coinciding with the publication of my new book (20% discount with code 25AFLY1). routledge.com/Black-British-… bbc.com/news/articles/…

kate winslet on the set of eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, 2004

Calling all Black British women between the ages of 19-26 🗣️ I need your help for research I’m doing on Black British women & beauty Pageants. I would love to hear your opinions on this short survey & there’s a chance to win a £50 Amazon voucher! forms.gle/Z1WrTCDQfAQduf… 🙏🏾❤️

🌿The Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival runs from April 25th to May 4th, featuring readings, workshops, slams, walking tours, open mics, and a poetry retreat. The 2025 theme, Weird and Wild, explores nature, rewilding, and otherness. Full programme below. lyrafest.com

Please share in your networks. Goldsmiths, UoL are offering 5 scholarships in U/G & MA courses for Palestinian students. The scholarships include: tuition fee waiver, £19,550 allowance, return trip to & from the UK. Eligibility details & info at link👇🏽 gold.ac.uk/fees-funding/s…

Coach Kerr making a big statement with this T-shirt, as Harvard stood up to trump today

The Lyra Bristol Poetry returns to Bristol this weekend until Sunday 4 May! ✨ Expect readings, discussions, walking tours and so much more across six leading arts venues To celebrate, here are a few events we're particularly looking forward to involving University of Bristol colleagues [1/4]

The know their audience and i respect it. #eurovision #eurovision2025

#Eurovision #ESC2025 Eurovision songs be like:

The Faculty of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Nomi Dave as Associate Professor, with a Tutorial Fellowship at St Catz, Oxford. We look forward to welcoming her at the start of Michaelmas Term 2025. music.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-nom…

Youtube algorithim wants to dehydrate me on this hot day with the songs it knows I will just start crying immediately from--for some reason the instrumental version of Emmy's "Laika Party" really gets me followed by bareilles' "gravity" which does even more to me.

Passionate about popular music?🎶The Journal of Popular Music Studies seeks 3 new editors to join our team!🗒️Field Notes Associate Editor 📚Book Reviews Associate Editor 💻Web Editor🗓️Apply by August 1, 2025. Details & how to apply: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfored…

Here’s Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park on a steam train taking part in the official launch of Gromit Unleashed 3

Hang it in the Louvre

Have a book on music coming out in 2025-26, or a work in progress you want to discuss with other thinkers & nerds? Proposal deadline for the next season of the Popular Music Books in Process online series is this week. See here: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-Anno…