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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Going back 25 years, ending up 10,000 miles from Kingfield
Woking’s National League defeat at Altrincham on Tuesday, January 26th, 2016, won’t stay in the memory bank for long for too many Cardinals fans, despite the latest party-piece goal from free-kick maestro Giuseppe Sole. For a moment there in the … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Football
Tagged Altrincham, Australia, Brisbane, Cambridge United, Coventry City, Everton, FA Cup, FA Trophy, Garry Hill, Geoff Chapple, Kidderminster Harriers, Lassie, Merthyr Tydfil, New Zealand, Steve Thompson, Surrey Advertiser, Sydney, Tim Buzaglo, West Bromwich Albion, Woking
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Giants’ steps lead to Manhattan transfer – the John Flansburgh interview
The signs weren’t so good when I made contact with John Flansburgh in Manhattan last week. He sounded affable enough, but he’d already had a hard morning fielding questions from UK journalists. “I’m completely bored of myself. I’m just going … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Adam Bernstein, Alan Winstanley, Apollo 18, Brooklyn, Clive Langer, Dial-a-Song, Don't Let's Start, Dust Brothers, Elvis Costello, Flood, Germany, Glean, Inside Llewyn Davis, John Flansburgh, John Linnell, Lincoln, Malcolm in the Middle, Massachusetts, New York, They Might Be Giants
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The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin – a writewyattuk book review
Some books have you hooked from the start, and the debut novel from Ali Benjamin offers a prime example … even if the last thing I reckon I’d want on the end of a hook would be a jellyfish. The … Continue reading
Took a long time to come – the Colin Blunstone interview
Some songs provide the soundtrack for key moments of our lives, whenever they were written. And many of those on mine were penned before I was even born, including at least a couple from The Zombies. I’m not quite sure … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Argent, Cat Stevens, Chris White, Colin Blunstone, Dave Grohl, Dave Stewart, Echo Bridge, Elton John, Mike Hurst, Neil MacArthur, Odessey and Oracle, One Year, paul weller, Rocket, Rod Argent, She's Not There, St Albans, Still Got That Hunger, Susanna Hoffs, This Will Be Our Year, Time of the Season, Tom Petty, Woking, Zombies
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Behind the scenes at the Little Theatre
I don’t tend to plug successful local community ventures and thriving venues so much on this blog. But organisations like the Chorley Little Theatre – not far from my doorstep – deserve credit for surviving in these days of austerity … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Bobby Ball, CADOS, chorley, Chorley Little Theatre, Chris Ramsey, Dave Spikey, Edinburgh Fringe, Ian Robinson, Jason Manford, Jenny Eclair, Jo Caulfield, John Bishop, Johnny Vegas, Justin Moorhouse, Lucy Beaumont, Mark Steel, Mike Harding, Peter Kay, Phil Cool, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Sarah Millican, steve royle, Ted Robbins
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Learning from the Laughter Master – the Stephen K Amos interview
It’s fair to say Stephen Kehinde Amos has seen the world over the past decade or so, this highly-entertaining and likeable comedian charming audiences from Edinburgh to Sydney and several points in between. And while we’ve all had plenty to … Continue reading
Into 2016 … and 103,000 hits can’t be bad
As the hands reached midnight on New Year’s Eve, the minions behind the scenes at writewyattuk.com polished off the last of the Irish cream (explaining at least one of those empty bottles that next morning) and got to work on … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Buzzcocks, Cast, Dodgy, Dubious Brothers, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elkie Brooks, Graeme Garden, Gretchen Peters, Happy Mondays, Heaven 17, Ian McNabb, Julian Cope, Mark Radcliffe, Martha reeves, Midge Ure, Mike Harding, Noel Fielding, Public Service Broadcasting, Rick Wakeman, Slade, Smoke Fairies, Squeeze, Status Quo, The Chameleons, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Stranglers, The Undertones, Tom Robinson, Wolf Alice
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