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A Coruña is where the world’s oldest working lighthouse (@UNESCO’s Tower of Hercules) still keeps watch, María Pita still inspires revolutions, and the seafront paseo never seems to end 🌊☀️🍺.
Stuart and I cooled off from the beating sun with a local beer, watched the world go by, and gazed across at San Antón Castle - history tastes better with hops.
#ACoruña #Galicia #TravelSpain #TowerOfHercules #MaríaPita #WanderSpain #UNESCO #BeerWithAView
The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs @ The Union Chapel…
Thursday and Friday Stuart and I went to see seminal triple album 69 Love Songs performed at @UnionChapelUK in glitzy Islington by @themagfields and @stephinmerritt
Two nights. Sixty nine songs. One baritone that sounds like the devil singing karaoke in a library.
It is not a gig as it is an endurance test disguised as a love letter to love. And love it we did.
I am still humming “The Book of Love” and crooning “Yeah, Oh Yeah” while plotting revenge on “Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long” and “Absolutely Cuckoo.” The stage looked like a séance conducted by witty goth librarians and the Union Chapel’s acoustics made every deadpan baritone sound like Leonard Cohen was reading bedtime stories from the crypt.
By the end of song 69 “Zebra” the crowd had transformed from reverent cultists to rowdy converts.
The verdict: a cult classic performed like a cosmic joke that you are lucky to be in on. Wonderful.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Arsenal 2 - 0 Olympiacos…
Arsenal make it two wins last night from two in the #UCL!
Gabriel Martinelli (@gabimartinelli) was at it again after starring vs Athletic Club, he scored the opener against Olympiacos, reacting quickest to a rebound after Viktor Gyökeres’ shot came off the post.
Mikel Arteta (@mikelarteta) rotated heavily, but his squad depth showed its value. Despite pressure from Podence & Chiquinho, Arsenal’s defence stood firm.
Bukayo Saka (@bukayosaka87), rested for much of the night, came off the bench to seal the win in stoppage time.
A perfect start for @Arsenal in the league phase - we gooners (and Arteta) were delighted.
Onwards and upwards, my friends 🔴⚪️
#Arsenal #ChampionsLeague #ARSOLY
