Nick Spence

Enthusiast. 50% twin. Born in Hull, previously Liverpool, London, now Scotland. @memorialdevice Alternative National Treasure 🙏🏼 Love cats, allergic to cats.

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

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[TaffettaCrafts @TaffettaCrafts]

In loving memory of Taffetta Crafts (Ceri) - 'The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long' - thank you to everyone @StDavidsHospice lovingly serving North Wales. Please support this wonderful hospice ❤️ https://t.co/On1LvOp8FY

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

Looking good. The Linlithgow Record Fair, Saturday 15 August 2026, free. https://t.co/SyADFw0bYF

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

Out today. 'Mojave 3 was born from the ashes of Slowdive ... All 5 records have been remastered (at Abbey Road) and pressed onto vinyl for the first time in years. Really, truly bliss. Hood down, sand dunes up, driving into the horizon.' https://t.co/Tu9cFqPT7v

[Darren Hayman @darrenhayman]

Today’s tube station painting is Hornchurch.

Hornchurch Underground Station, London. Postcard painting. Watercolour

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Ladybird book in the spotlight.
The first ‘Peter and Jane’ book (1964)
Artist: Harry Wingfield

[Rock'n'Rollbookclub 📚 @e17RnR_books]

8 September, Walthamstow

Tickets https://t.co/oMr4DYTob8

[Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics @IPhillips79]

Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) (#TOTP 1981)

Semi-autobiographical track, written by Philip Oakey and Ian Burden. The band's first UK top 10 hit. The spoken lyric, "This is Phil talking", was a nod to Iggy Pop's "Jesus, this is Iggy" from his song Turn Blue.

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

Out today: Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth tapped into the power of the groove with Tom Tom Club, a project that evolved across three decades and six studio albums. Rhino collects them in the upcoming set Let There Be Love, with 7LP and 6CD versions. https://t.co/VFGWmxzDDU

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

David Bowie, out today. 'For the first time in years, five of David Bowie's most significant 21st century albums are back on vinyl - separately, individually, yours. Heathen. Reality. A Reality Tour. The Next Day. Blackstar.' https://t.co/ayKmrBzWjQ

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, and Hugh Marlowe in All About Eve (1950)

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

Rosalba Neri and Jenny Tamburi in Smile Before Death (1972)

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

Diane Lane in Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

Véra Clouzot and Simone Signoret in Les Diaboliques (1955) Italian film poster.

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Live anywhere near Mansfield? Make sure you visit Mansfield Museum from this Saturday. That’s the opening of my exhibition: The Wonderful World of the Ladybird artists.
Sneak preview today. It’s looking grand ☺️ Free entry

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

Bewleys Cafe, Westmoreland Street, Dublin, 1986, photo by Tony O'Shea, Irish photographer.

[Piers Hemmingsen @beatlesincanada]

SEP 1964 - YEAH YEAH YEAH ! Canada was about to get a new flag in 1965 ... and this flag design was someone's FAB prototype ! ❤️ 💙

[Mike Bones @mrmikebones]

"Our Lips Are Sealed" Co-written by Jane Wiedlin & Terry Hall, inspired by a secret romance between the two while the Go-Go's and The Specials were on tour. The song features two versions, the Go-Go's & by Hall's band, Fun Boy Three.

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

Alexandra Bastedo.

[Nick Spence @Nickfromupnorth]

The Secret Public. Jon Savage and Linder Sterling's original collage zine. Published in January 1978 in an edition of 1000 copies (Omega Auctions)

[George Skeggs Robert Henry @SohoGeorge]

Soho London UK

[Scarred for Life @ScarredForLife2]

Out now! The brilliant and brilliantly knowledgeable Lisa Bowerman returns to the Scarred for Life podcast to discuss even more theme tunes.

What music is appropriate for shovelling an otter to death? Lisa knows and you can hear the answer right here:

https://t.co/3C5MX2Kg16