Jim Booth

#oasis25. Ok. I didn’t get tickets. Sore about that and particularly @Ticketmaster dealings with everything. But then I listen to “Stay With Me” by The Faces and I thought - Oasis weren’t the only great Rock ‘n’ Roll band.

We won! Delighted for the team that our podcast “Everton: Nothing Will Be The Same”was voted best sports podcast of 2023.

#newsagents . I’m originally from Eastwood in #LeeAnderson constituency. I have also been a BBC journalist and understand Westminster politics. To understand Anderson some London journalists need to get out of London, go to places like Eastwood and talk to people.

#autobahn #joydivision I had my hip scanned today by MRI. Usually they play BBC Radio 2 in my headphones. This time I heard the industrial magnets and thought what would Martin Hannett do with those sounds? Went home and listened to Kraftwerk.

I watched this guy today while waiting for Manchester Central library to open. OK - his PA was loud but he wasn’t threatening or violent or rude and he was on his own. This kind of protest is against the law apparently.

When I was 13/14 I heard the Specials for the first time my local comp. Thanks to #terryhall I developed a life long love of reggae and ska. What a talent. What a legacy of great music. Thank you

Tik Tok emerged in the last two years to challenge the former social media giants. The gaming giant #Roblox is huge too. #Fileon4 yet again is one of the first to investigate this emerging gaming giant bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001dd…

Late on the BBC anniversary tribute thing (busy making a File on 4) but here’s my story: A 15 yr former staffer who worked with inspirational reporters, execs, AP’s and amazing support staff. I know I made a difference. But it’s only because I worked for the Beeb. #Reputation

Complaints higher at children’s homes run for profit bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61954906

Abu Dhabi wealth funds are piling into Children’s homes in England because of the massive profits they can make. But is care of these vulnerable children compromised? Tonight - Radio 4 at 8pm and on BBC Sounds. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018nv…

Fascinating article. And spot on. Whatever your political persuasion on the merits or not of this industrial action , you can’t argue with a fresh approach by Mick Lynch to media interviews and political discourse. apple.news/ASzTdkIA1S6Wqe5jK…

#sherwood. My mum worked as ‘pit nos’ - head nurse in charge of the medical centre at Babbington Colliery during the ‘84 miners strike in Nottingham. She cared for working UDM miners. Every day she had to run the gauntlet of NUM pickets. Not once was she stopped or called scab.

25 mins into BBC’s drama Sherwood and I hear the first close to authentic Notts accent.

In M’cr today and came across a German student sitting on the curb. He wasn’t pissed or high - but needed an ambulance. He clearly had an underlying condition given the monitor on his wrist. He rang 999 and was told the wait was 8 hours. We took him in an Uber.