Alex Monaghan

Musician, music critic, writer, general all-round nice guy! Irish, Scottish, European traditional music. Comedy, SF and science writing. I'm just nice, period.

[The National @ScotNational]

A Palestinian expert called out Sky News's Israel and Gaza coverage live on air on Monday morning ⬇️

🗣️'Where are the pictures of the thousands of Palestinian families who’ve lost everything?'

[Alex Monaghan @AlexMonaghanUK]

@mrjamesob You can’t make a fascist regime without breaking a few laws! 😂🤣🤭😱

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Rishi Sunak X Elon Musk

One of the maddest events I’ve ever covered

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Yeah - don’t do this! Not even to @LadyMaisery 😉🤭👍

[Rowan Rheingans @RowanRheingans]

A dude just emailed @ladymaisery to congratulate us on a great show and to set us some lengthy tips and “homework” (I kid you not) on what we should and shouldn’t do next to improve our “simple” (also a quote) music. Guys literally what is wrong with you.

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@TeamKnowhowUK @curryspcworld 30 minutes no response. Giving up now. #fail #customerservice

[Alex Monaghan @AlexMonaghanUK]

@curryspcworld are you fixing order CUR2194168699? How can we contact you to resolve? Wrong washer delivered, baby running out of clothes!!

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@TeamKnowhowUK @curryspcworld what is going on? No response #customerservice #fail

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Ten minutes and counting! Where did your CSR Lisa go?!

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@TeamKnowhowUK @curryspcworld what is going on? No response #customerservice #fail

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@TeamKnowhowUK Has Lisa gone for lunch?! #fail

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@TeamKnowhowUK Hello?

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@TeamKnowhowUK I believe she has Facebook. Will that work?

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@TeamKnowhowUK It’s a friend who does not have Twitter. Seems impossible to contact you any other way. Can you call her?

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@findlaynapier Daal with links - sounds good!

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@NicUalraig All languages have different concepts. Even words that do translate. Rain is not the same in Scotland, England, Ireland, Kenya, Oman, ...

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@AUOBALBA @Cruithneach @DailyGael @MartainnMacDubh @robbieamacleod I’m starting a group to unite all football clubs against racism. I’ll use the slogan All Under One Banner - AUOBFAAR - assume you’re OK?

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Great wee video from @willharmonica, an old Swedish slängpolska featuring @patsyreid and others!
#bysscalle32

https://t.co/H89CPK66OF

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@jennareidmusic You’re never 35!

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Turns out I still have the receipt.

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£3. Well it’s a refund, I suppose, but not a lot of goodwill! Is @marksandspencer really that skint?

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£3. Well it’s a refund, I suppose, but not a lot of goodwill! Is @marksandspencer really that skint?

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I opened a packet of @marksandspencer beef jerky last night. Spring had come early! 🤮