Jess Lennox
@jesslennox
Socialist, modernist, rambler, occasional DJ. Likes policy, housing, arts, pop culture, cities, new wave, knitting, DIY, local govt #MDANT Works in social housing in the North; independent Leeds City Councillor - own views
A super-nice fellow swimmer let my 11yo borrow their paddleboard at last night's river dip, and somehow on their first try 11yo hopped on and tore it up all over the Aire for ages without so much as a wobble. It's made their year, thanks to a lovely friendly gesture - people can be so nice 🌞
Even more California pop in #Leeds this summer: NEUTRALS come to Leeds from the thriving Bay Area scene. Royal Park Cellars, 31st July, touring in support of their recent @slumberlandrecords.com LP 🌻 Tickets 9 quid! www.seetickets.com/event/neutra...
LA band Exploding Flowers are playing in #Leeds next month: jangle pop, ’70s-era Chilton/Bell, mid-’80s New Zealand guitar pop, L.A.’s Paisley Underground Joined by The Gentle Spring (Skepwax, ex-Sarah folks) and Leeds' own Static Caravan and The Seven Inches! www.seetickets.com/event/explod...
'Frisco bands in Leeds on a random Tuesday! It's more likely than you'd think.
Ready for my walking trip to Summerisle now (plus extra gubbins from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social)
Important vintage barely worn magic fit like a glove second hand serendipity
Is it just me that feels this... From the minute JS resigned and started talking up AB as the answer to a "question" (the direction of party policy) that his faction have always sought complete control over - this has all had an eerie air of set-up and revenge, on Starmer and on the soft left.
Booo I walked to Oakwood to get a slice of pizza and a beer with the hound dog and no where is doing food and there's no outside seats and the pint was £6.10 because North Leeds is actually Hackney and we all do graphic design for i-D OR SOMETHING
A smashing first Big Walk of the year yesterday, up on sunny Marsden @nationaltrust.org.uk
Apart from how disgusting this threat is - we should be asking what funding he's got lined up to replace the unions and what that looks like as a future policy offer? The NHS is the one topic Labour might still convince voters to back them on - guess Starmer wants to correct that misapprehension.
I've lost track of what cohort of whomst from the last 20 years has ended up on this website, but remember Strangeways in Leeds? 25 year anniversary night later this month! www.leftbankleeds.org.uk/events/stran...
Weekend's knitting progress - my #roomyraglan has sleeves and a body now 🧶