Paul Wilson

Everyday words; words in space; things, people & places on the cusp of change. Cross Roads, Keighley, Bradford, Leeds. Researcher & lecturer. Views mine.

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@rjpeaky Hashtag BurnhamsBritain, Manchesterism in full flow. Get used as this is just the start

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@rjpeaky I heard they will re-release 24-Hour Party People later this year with new scenes, AB digitally inserted into key moments like George Lucas did

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@SarahjevsEvans So sorry to hear this - very sad news ❤️Barry❤️

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@barneyfarmer Took me a while to realise this wasn’t a cryptic crossword clue

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@barneyfarmer did you think this would pass unnoticed?

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@videosinfolder Very distant relative of Scottish pagan legend The Burryman, although lacking the all-over coverage.

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@SarahjevsEvans I’m so sorry to hear this - followed his adventures, and loved his poses

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@Paul_Rony Yes please!

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@dank_ackroyd Everything below the waist is beige. Everything above the waist is dark.
Even their living room decor.

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@SkippyVinyls @belfastEmpire Fantastic use of the MES font!

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@Sturgeworld Change of clothes in your carry-on luggage for when you get to the other end. Was a life-changer for me when doing long haul for work. Maybe spare clothes too, because suitcases can make their own way sometimes…

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I work at the University of Leeds and we have a building on campus that seems to resist or erase the lowercase letter ‘r’ - the first photograph is from 2018, the second was taken yesterday. Does @forteantimes know if this type of thing is common?

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@Route_News A warm welcome back to civilisation for Karl, who has just reappeared (via Martin Bramah’s FB), after some time spent beyond the reach of human research (eg. Dave Simpson)

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@JahDuran @WarpRecords @bleep @AphexTwin Colin Wilson’s confirmed status as an adopted Cornwallian, and being bracketed alongside the likes of RDJ, has made my Friday. Fantastic stuff.

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@philmellows Thanks! It’s one of the many benefits of spending the day in one room with interesting people!

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… the pints sunk by Bob and Terry in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads as their childhood homes were torn-down, Burgess Meredith finally having ‘Time Enough At Last’ to read the world’s literature sat in the rubble of a library in an episode of the Twilight Zone.

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A thread of thoughts and connective stuff, inspired by yesterday’s #drinkingspaces24 workshop.
This isn’t refined or polished in any way; just the result of things percolating and thinking about links that wouldn’t exist without people’s papers, via @culturalclare

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It reminds me of similar stories: the march which marked the closure of Kellingley Colliery in 2015, when banners were burnt in the grounds of the local WMC at the end of the day…