The Dorothy Pax

04/09/2026

This will be most enjoyable….

22/08/2026

I’m genuinely excited about the BBC’s R4 dramatisation of Midnight Cowboy…

….hey I’m listening here x

01/08/2026

If I was to review the last 3 years, I’d pop it I must improve…I mean it’s turned up on time, clocked in and stuff, but I really think it’s done the bare minimum…its certainly not given 110%….even though you can only give 90% as you need the rest for standing & breathing ###x Love You Rx

20/07/2026

I HATE the phrase “Picky Bits” so very much!

Don’t please x

19/07/2026

Listening on R4 demise of churches 100 close every year sound familiar, I’ve got a plan…meanwhile grateful dead he’s gone ###

01/07/2026

Whoop….get on this, it will be simply stunning Rx

In another era, I would have played square dances, been a court musician, or a circus fiddler, and loved every minute of it,” says veteran LA violinist and songwriter Chris Murphy, whose spirited and haunting original music bends genres and even centuries with ease. Murphy grew up in an Irish-Ital...

20/06/2026

Please sign and share!

We ask the UK Government to introduce legislation requiring all holiday accommodation, including short-term lets and rentals, to install and maintain working carbon monoxide alarms, with mandatory regular safety checks and proper enforcement.

This petition is written by a mother whose heart has been broken forever. My daughter and her boyfriend died from carbon monoxide poisoning whilst on holiday in Bridlington. Carbon monoxide is a silent, preventable killer. No family should go away and not come home. Stronger laws are needed to ensure all holiday accommodation has working carbon monoxide alarms to prevent further devastating loss.

We ask the UK Government to introduce legislation requiring all holiday accommodation, including short-term lets and rentals, to install and maintain working carbon monoxide alarms, with mandatory regular safety checks and proper enforcement.

11/06/2026

This should be great:

👹 The Procession:
Saturday, 13th June | 4:30 PM | Starting at Tudor Square
We are kicking off the evening with WEIRD WALK: to the Light Cinema, Sharrow Lantern Festival , Morris Dancing,
👉 [Procession Details: https://www.sheffdocfest.com/composition/weird-walk-light-lanterns-dancing-folklore

🎟️ World Premiere + Director Q&A:
Saturday, 13th June | 6:00 PM – 8:13 PM | The Light – Screen 9
👉 [Tickets Here: https://www.sheffdocfest.com/film/archivist

🪩 The Afterparty:
Saturday, 13th June | 9:00 PM – Late | Steamworks
Keep the celebration going at Steamworks for WEIRD WALK presents DJ Paul Hartnoll's Folk Horror Techno Disco Roadshow, featuring a headline DJ set by Paul Hartnoll (Orbital)
👉 [Tickets Here: https://www.sheffdocfest.com/composition/weird-walk-presents-dj-paul-hartnolls-folk-horror-techno-disco-roadshow

🎟️ Second Screening:
Sunday, 14th June | 9:00 PM – 10:58 PM | Showroom – Screen 3
👉 [Tickets Here: https://www.sheffdocfest.com/film/archivist

In a battle against time and technology, can
‘Britain’s greatest living folklorist’ find a home for his unique archive of audio-visual material, documenting the wyrd and wonderful folk customs of our mongrel nation?
📹

04/06/2026

I’ll be all over this…..’cus I ain’t never going back to my old school RX