You can help our vendors by donating your unwanted books!
Please bring or post books in a box marked 'Big Issue North' to Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Manchester, M15 5DD.
Plus, come to our book stall at the Kath Locke Centre from 11am-5pm on Saturday 21st March to restock 📚
Thank you!
War and Peace finishes with a bit that says "and this was the point of my book" so you can just skip to that bit
I took my time with this because it's a complicated film. The things it broaches, the quality and care it was made with, all deserve that. For my money, Compliance has a valid claim at being the most important US film of the 21st century. Free to all, as always.
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I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...
350 pledges. 150 to go.
If we reach it, we launch 🚀
POP QUIZ HOT SHOTS: what are some of the most stylistically bold and formally daring music docs you've seen that are about specific scenes or eras (as opposed to hagiographies on specific artists or bands)?
(Signal boosts greatly appreciated for this one!)
It’s a busy March at the Burgess Foundation. This week’s newsletter gives a rundown of all the events. Can’t get to Manchester? Find out how you can engage with the Burgess Foundation online.
Subscribe for FREE: anthonyburgessfoundation.substack.com/p/march-2026...
I’ll be at @headpress.com’s 35th anniversary event in Manchester on 23 May. Check out details below!
ARE YOU READY?! Well, brilliant @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social & Matt Sandstorm will get you ready, as PREPPERS headline XS tonight! Plus support from Zoe Cussen, @justinasesel.bsky.social, and Harry Wright, plus king of the 53two Thunderdome @tobyhadoke.bsky.social 🎟 wegottickets.com/event/686576
know, I know, times are tough and money is short but as we find ourselves increasingly in a world where stories are censored and the corporates buy up shelf space with their discounts.
If you are able please do support Independent publishers.
@northernfiction.bsky.social
It is very much worth reading this obituary to Rob Grant over on Ganymede & Titan.
www.ganymede.tv/2026/03/obit...
King County Councilmember Sarah Perry proclaims February 24, 2026 as “Twin Peaks Day.”
Twin Peaks Day proclamation for Metropolitan King County, WA as drafted by Karl Reinsch
King County Councilmember Steffani Fain holding up a Twin Peaks-themed button
King County Council with Steven Miller and Karl Reinsch for “Twin Peaks Day” on Feb. 24, 2026 | Photo: Councilmember Sarah Perry’s office
A recap of the Twin Peaks Day proclamation in Metropolitan King County, WA on Feb. 24, 2026. Thank you to Karl Reinsch for drafting the proclamation and Councilmembers Sarah Perry and Steffani Fain. @twinpeaksday.bsky.social
twinpeaksblog.com/2026/02/28/t...
I remember the first time I found WiP in the wild - an early-ish issue with Julee Cruise on the cover. I walked past a shop which I hadn't known was there and found a magazine which I didn't know existed. Not always easy to find copies in the UK but I never missed another issue.
"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot"
HELL. YES.
I think it should be illegal to have a "shut up and turn your phone off" message followed by two or three ads. How dare you
Must have been in the unofficial timeline
(Only half-joking)
🦉🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧🦉
Doug Milford says a real mystery is just out of reach, like a light around the corner. @agentivy.bsky.social & I catch glimpses of what @markfrost.bsky.social’s The Secret History of Twin Peaks reveals when its reflection looks back
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Been on a small Mike Leigh binge and rewatched Nuts In May and googling around it I found that the characters had been in a pervious Mike Leigh work and yeah, there's no time machine to go and see it, but is there a script anywhere? Would love to read it.
If anyone’s got a dreary looking Sunday ahead do come to Testing, Testing at 53Two tomorrow with some super acts including @michaeljdolan.bsky.social Alex Mitchell, Hannah Platt, Harry Stachini and Danny Sutcliffe trying out new material for a teeny tiny entrance fee.
Calling on Manchester’s storytellers 📜
I’m collecting folklore, urban legends, and local tales from Central Manchester, especially around the Manchester Art Gallery and nearby buildings.
Do share if you have any to pass on.
Watched (an hour of) A Nightmare on Elm Street in what is now called year 8, simply because it was the end of term. No complaints as far as I know.
Picking up on a point raised during the podcast, Andrea Arnold's movie version did cast a black actor as Healthcliff
We've just reopened submissions for open spots; if you're a newer act looking for experience on a professional bill, and would like to perform with us on a Tuesday in Manchester then please fill out the form here! www.xsmalarkey.com/acts/
Reinig Road photograph by Darius Kinsey
Welcome to Twin Peaks sign spot from “Twin Peaks” pilot
Reinig Road in Snoqualmie, Wa on Feb. 20, 2025
Darius and Tabitha Kinsey
Darius Kinsey took a photo of a snow-covered Reinig Rd. around 1940. Decades later it would be known as the “Welcome to Twin Peaks” sign spot in Snoqualmie, WA. He spent 50 years documenting the logging industry and forests in the Pacific Northwest. twinpeaksblog.com/2026/02/07/r...
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
TFW you're trying to rehabilitate the Targaryen brand, but your shitass nephew keeps ruining the vibes...
And Meetup (meetup isn't quite as wrecked but it was way overpriced now for people running groups)
What exceptional service
Can it say "Is there" instead of "Is there's"?
It's a small cinema so book early
