andy spinoza

Author of 'Manchester unspun: how a city got high on music' (MUP) - “coolly analytical and hugely entertaining” - Guardian

[andy spinoza @andyspin]

Published today by @ManchesterUP

[Guardian Books @GuardianBooks]

Manchester Unspun: How a City Got High on Music by Andy Spinoza – from Cottonopolis to Manc-hattan https://t.co/dJiC3MiCZW

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@StuartMaconie I’m mainly following, not posting.

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@diannebourne Used to love the Continental style seats at the bar at the old Peter Street place. Interviewed Tony Wilson in there.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

When the whole world learned about Bucha. About Ukrainians butchered in the streets of Bucha by Russian occupiers. About our people tortured in basements. About those shot on the roads. About adults and children whose bodies were found in graves in Bucha. Everyone saw the horror that Russia and its aggression bring. They saw what Ukraine is really defending itself against.

Today, on the fourth anniversary of Bucha’s liberation from Russian occupiers, we honored the memory of Ukrainians who were killed and tortured there. We remember and will never forget what the enemy did. Every Russian murderer, executioner, and terrorist must be held accountable for every crime against our people.

Blessed be the memory of everyone whose lives were taken by Russia – to all who were killed in Bucha and across Ukraine at the hands of Russian occupiers.

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@JonathSchofield @mcrconfidential @TampopoFox Thanks for letting me know

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, the Russian army carried out a missile strike on our Odesa region, and last night there was also a Russian attack on Odesa’s energy infrastructure. At one point we talked about the situation in this city and the people of Odesa with President Trump.

Today’s Russian strike, like many others before it, had no – and could have no – military purpose whatsoever. A civilian vessel in the port of Chornomorsk was damaged. This once again proves that the Russians not only refuse to take the current opportunity for diplomacy seriously enough, but are also continuing the war aimed precisely at destroying normal life in Ukraine.

It is crucial that, under such circumstances, the world maintains the proper moral compass: who is dragging out this war and who is working to end it with peace, who is using ballistic missiles against civilian life, and who is striking the targets that influence the functioning of Russia’s war machine. I am grateful to everyone around the world who is trying to spread accurate information and is preventing Russian propaganda from influencing political decisions.

Right now, in Odesa and Chornomorsk, every effort is being made to protect lives – just as in Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and the cities of Donetsk region. And it is essential that the desire to wage war stops dominating in Moscow. This depends solely on how the world responds to Russia’s actions.

I thank everyone standing with Ukraine! I thank each person continuing to put pressure on Russia to achieve a true peace.

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@NOELreports ‘The Yeltsin v1.’ model

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@GreenHouseB00ks @ManchesterUP Thank you all. A very good turnout and discussion.

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If you're in Stockport this Saturday teatime, I'll be at Greenhouse Books on Great Underbank SK1 1LF. I'm being interviewed. Come along and throw me a few curveballs.

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Halkadiki, Greece. No digital effects.

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At KPMG Manchester last night for my talk Reinventing Manchester. Amazing views, beautiful evening, great questions. Future bookings @PomonaPartners

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@Dogspiracy is a brilliant expose of the hideously cruel US 'puppy mill' industry. The worst state for it is Pennsylvania; this film hopes to help change the law there. It's showing at Manchester Odeon on August 26, International Dogs Day. You could call it a 'dogumentary.'

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@MichealJCobb @ManchesterMill What’s the Hair reference Micheal?

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Up now on @manchestermill - my investigation into a deep cultural mystery of our times: why was America's biggest sitcom Frasier obsessed with Manchester?
https://t.co/WkXca7MoNO

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

Frasier is one of the most popular sitcoms ever written. Manchester is its unseen star.

Today we have a great TV read by one of the city's leading chroniclers, @andyspin.

https://t.co/jnmyiGStk8

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@GroomB Yes, corrected in the paperback.

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Lioness post-match interviews noticeably more open, natural and personable than men football’s robotic risk-averse media-trained replies.

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@JonathSchofield Thought they served ‘Gordo olives’ on first reading….😳

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Lunch with Lynne in Liverpoolin Littlewoods old HQ, now Nord. I can’t think of a better value lunch for the quality of the scran and ambience….Immaculate. I see you agree @JonathSchofield !

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Locked out of LinkedIn! … thanks to Michael Taylor of @BusinessDesk_NW for reporting my tale of woe with ⁦@LinkedInHelp⁩ https://t.co/O3JkCTEygm

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@JonathSchofield Top marks

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⁦@JonathSchofield⁩ fast food just testing your knowledge - what’s this then/where am I?