Tom Morton
@thebeatcroft
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Writes and talks. Takes pictures. Cooks and eats. Will never stop playing bad guitar. 2023 Fortnum and Mason Drinks Book of the Year (Holy Waters)
Shetland Isles
Joined March 2009
Another fantastic #Threadinburgh tale. 1918’s ‘Battle of May Island’ is the worst naval disaster you’ve never heard of ..
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RT @janehamilton22: Interested in the darker side of #UpHellyAa ? My colleague @thebeatcroft who has a wonderful way with words delves into…
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Beginning year 70. Why LPs are never ‘vinyls’. And the glories of lost record shops, by @thebeatcroft
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Episode two of A Passing of Wind. What was the terrible accident involving Tarquin the archivist? Does McKinstry really wear Old Spice? And what happens during the Great North Roe shag hunt?
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Shetland oysters on Christmas Eve. And stranded without Santa on the Galston Moor, 1962, by @thebeatcroft
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@lawrencedonegan Tracks allegedly made “by the legendary Smekkleysa Lo-Fi Rockers crew”. AI, as the piece concludes, is the real ghost in the machine.
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Compliments of the Season. A musical message from Scar Quilse and his Fitful Heads...
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@Drumslinger @Spotify Ceremonial burning on Christmas Eve, all but three copies. Worth £500 each next year.
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@boomtown64 Also. You are being watched, always, through one of the six pairs of household binoculars
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The View have changed…
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Red herrings, anchovies and whelks galore. Not to mentions spoots and spooks, by @thebeatcroft
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