+++ The remaining people still alive from the Sgt. Pepper's album cover +++
#TheBeatles #sgtpepper #peterblake
+++ #OTD the 7th of June 1977, the Police raided the #SexPistols 'Queen's Silver Jubilee Boat Party' on the River Thames +++
It was all a stunt planned by that arch hippie #RichardBranson, but it was #MalcolmMcLaren who got himself arrested & yes that's #AdamAnt
#PunkRock #Punk #VirginRecords
+++ English Heritage - Have 64K to burn, so it seems! +++
Job description : Do a check each morning
Look out the window. Are they still standing?
If so job done. Put the kettle on
Repeat ;-0
The closing date is the 21st of June 2026, i.e. the Summer Solstice
#stonehenge #englishheritage
+++ Ferris Bueller's Day Off was first released, 40 years ago on this day, the 11th of june 1986. +++
A soundtrack album was not originally released for the film, since director John Hughes felt the songs would not work well together as a album.
#FerrisBuellersDayOff #SaveFerris #johnhughes #OTD
+++ #OTD the 8th of June 1949, George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four, was first published. +++
It was a warning, not an instruction manual.
#georgeorwell #georgeorwell1984 #nineteeneightyfour #dystopian #bigbrother #room101 #thoughtpolice #INGSOC #newspeak #thoughtcrime
+++ On this day, the 10th of June 1985, The Damned released 'The Shadow Of Love' as the second single from their gothic crossover album 'Phantasmagoria', via MCA. +++
The cover picture features The Vampires Wife Susie Cave/Bick
#OTD #Thedamned #Phantasmagoria #goth #gothic #gothicrock #postpunk
+++ A flashback to one of the most bizarre Gary Numan photoshoots (1979). +++
Awkward!
#GaryNuman #NME #newmusicalexpress #flashback #postpunk
+++ Was sad to hear that the planned Doctor Who 2026 Xmas Special has been exterminated! +++
Doctor Who, even on its current downward spiral, is still about the only damn thing, worth paying the TV license for.
#DoctorWho #BBC #TVlicense #Whovian #exterminate #exterminated
Where do you stand on one of the great debates of our time? and that's before we even start on how you pronounce scone! 😉
#jamfirst #cornwall #kernow #devon
+++ Rest In Power - actor Anthony Head - who has sadly died earlier today - 5th of June 2026 +++
#AnthonyHead #OTD #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #TedLasso
