Bought OTD in 1972: fantastic record, first side is flawless, second has two great great queer songs, Andy Warhol and Queen Bitch. Choo betcha

Like a soul without a mind In a body without a heart I'm missing every part

The Far End of Summer

The Long Man of Wilmington or, The Wilmington Giant, 1939 by Eric Ravilious

And still, through all the madness of England’s dark dreaming, the White Horse of Kilburn remains constant.

‘Bowie In Berlin’ BBC Radio 4 14/09/24 8pm I’ve produced a radio doc about David Bowie‘s time in Berlin / living with Iggy, wearing moustache & check shirts, making Heroes in Hansa, as remembered by those who were with him. Presented by filmmaker Francis Whately (Five Years)…1/2

Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon

It's been far too long, but I'm back working on another Haunted Generation Radio Show. In the meantime, all previous episodes are here - join me for a gentle ramble through Play School records, Radiophonic oddness and school assembly hymns... mixcloud.com/hauntedgenerat…

The year has withered to pale grass that none will ever cut. Spirits that slept in the dappling of summer's sun now begin to wake, walk old paths. A wise witch knows that the song of harvest always contains voices no longer at the feast. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchWednesday

"It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.” John Waters Karl Alexander Wilke - Woman Reading, 1912.

At those wild thresholds where brambles scratch the wind as it steals leaves, the song of the year always sings loudest. Witchery isn't only having the ears to listen, but the desire to know its meaning even if its omen lyrics aren't good. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchWednesday

See for yourself the fruit of the season

#OnThisDay 1974: The first series of Porridge aired on BBC One. Blue Peter's John Noakes visited Elstree Studios during filming on the third series, meeting Ronnie Barker (Fletcher), Richard Beckinsale (Godber), Fulton Mackay (Mr Mackay) and producer/director Sydney Lotterby.

In his poem ‘Endymion’ (1818), John Keats praises the god Pan as ‘Dread opener of the mysterious doors / Leading to universal knowledge.’ 🎨 Keith Hutchings

The Owlbeast of Hookland is chimera and engine of many pub arguments. Some say it is an owl's head on a lion's body, others have it as mix of lion and gigantic hare. The only thing they can ever agree on is it a servant of the Queen of Owls. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday

Pan statue on the grounds of Chatsworth House, North Derbyshire, England.

We can be "HEROES". Just for one day. In the Meistersaal, Hansa Studios, Berlin.

Tonight at 8.00 pm, Radio 4

Rosenthaler Platz Fish

Rooftop View, Berlin