Author Archives: writewyattuk

About writewyattuk

This is the online home of author, writer and editor Malcolm Wyatt, who has books on The Jam, Slade and The Clash under his belt and many more writing projects on the go, as well as regularly uploading feature-interviews and reviews right here. These days he's living his best life with his better half in West Cornwall after their three decades together in Lancashire, this Surrey born and bred scribe initially heading north after five years of 500-mile round-trips on the back of a Turkish holiday romance in 1989. Extremely proud of his two grown-up daughters, he's also a foster carer and a dog lover, spending any spare time outside all that catching up with other family and friends, supporting Woking FC, planning adventures and travels, further discovering his adopted county, and seeing as much of this big old world as time allows. He can be contacted at thedayiwasthere@gmail.com and various social media online portals, mostly involving that @writewyattuk handle.

Up and rock ‘n’ rollin’ with the rest – back in touch with Slade’s Dave Hill

Posted on November 28, 2025 by writewyattuk

‘We flew on to Freeport, this island where Frank Sinatra goes, and there’s a posh hotel there, the Sheriton. Now, for a bunch of council house kids, this is a big deal! This guy, Ken, says, ‘I’ve put you in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Bahamas, Black Country, Cornwall, Coz I Luv You, Darwen, Dave Hill, Dave Hill's Slade, Don Powell, Dortmund, Jim lea, lancashire, Len Tuckey, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Marco Pirroni, Merry Xmas Everybody, Musical Exchanges, Noddy Holder, Pool, Slade, Slade in Flame, Wild! Wild! Wild!, Witten, wolverhampton | Leave a comment

Holding on for tomorrow… and all our yesterdays – talking Blur with Dave Rowntree

Posted on November 21, 2025 by writewyattuk

At the risk of reigniting that phoney Battle of the Bands nonsense, the major hype (and then some) the mainstream press caught on to over a supposed Blur vs Oasis feud was never where I was at in the mid-1990s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Alex James, Blur, BritPop, Cara Tivey, Colchester, Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree, For Tomorrow, Graham Coxon, Leisure, London, Maison Rouge, Modern Life Is Rubbish, No One You Know, Oasis, Parklife, She's So High, Slade, Stephen Street, Yeovil | Leave a comment

Praise if you wanna – talking Paul Weller with Dan Jennings

Posted on October 24, 2025 by writewyattuk

It’s been a vintage year for Paul Weller-related publications, and I can’t believe eight months have now passed since the release of my own love letter in print to Paul, Bruce Foxton and much-missed Rick Buckler, Solid Bond In Your … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Ann Weller, Bruce Foxton, Dan Jennings, Dancing Through the Fire, Desperately Seeking Paul, In the Shadow of the Sun, John Wilson, Louder than Words, Nick Keen, Nicky Weller, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Sartorial 65, Solid Bond in Your Heart, The Jam, The Style Council | Leave a comment

Stone Foundation – The Cornish Bank, Falmouth

Posted on July 26, 2025 by writewyattuk

Appearances by nationally renowned bands this side of the Tamar are few and far between, it seems, so need to be properly celebrated and savoured… hence my ride over to Falmouth last weekend to catch acclaimed soul collective Stone Foundation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Cornish Bank, Falmouth, Funk, Mick Talbot, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, paul weller, Sly Stone, Soul, Starting from Zero, Steve Trigg, Stone Foundation, Style Council, The Revival of Survival, Tom Jones | Leave a comment

Hello? Is that the second greatest songwriter this world will ever know? – in praise of Vinny Peculiar’s Things Too Long Left Unsaid

Posted on June 27, 2025 by writewyattuk

Has it really been a month since the official release of Vinny Peculiar’s latest long-playing work of art? Well, I never. And that’s rather spot on seeing as I had an advance copy long before that release date, but… ‘well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged All I Want For Xmas is a Gibson Flying V, Bromsgrove, Dave Draper, Glen Campbell, Jim lea, Laurence Ferlinghetti, Noddy Holder, Paul Cliff, Pulp, Ray Davies, The Smiths, Vinny Peculiar, Worcester | Leave a comment

Love is here today – celebrating Brian Wilson, Sly Stone and the power of music’s family affairs

Posted on June 13, 2025 by writewyattuk

‘You’ve got to keep in mind love is here… today And it’s gone… tomorrow, it’s here and gone so fast’ The night I heard about Brian Wilson’s exit, I felt a compulsion to head to my back room for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music, Uncategorized | Tagged Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, God only Knows, Mike love, Paul McCartney, Pet sounds, Rubber Soul, Sloop John B, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Wouldn't It Be Nice | 1 Comment

Further celebrating Rick Buckler and The Jam, on the road and in print

Posted on June 3, 2025 by writewyattuk

One of many highlights for me from the third annual Here Comes the Weekend celebration of all things Paul Weller and The Jam at Woking FC (with my review of the event linked here), was the sight of close to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged A People's History of The Jam, All Mod Icon, Bruce Foxton, Claire Mahoney, Detail, Drew Hipson, Gered Mankowitz, Here Comes the Weekend, Maybury, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Solid Bond in Your Heart, The Jam, Woking | Leave a comment

From The Jam / Stanley Road All Stars / Stax Pistols / Samuel Rogers – Here Comes the Weekend, Woking FC

Posted on May 29, 2025 by writewyattuk

Well, that was a blast, eh? Didn’t we have a nice time. As Otis Redding put it at Monterey in June 1967, ‘This is the love crowd, right?’ And there was plenty of evidence of that at the Home of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Bruce Foxton, Daniel Ash, Gary Simons, Here Comes the Weekend, Jaye Ella-Ruth, Mike Randon, paul weller, Rick Buckler, Samuel Rogers, Setting Sons, Stax Pistols, The Jam, The Style Council, Tufty's Tour, Woking, Woking FC | Leave a comment

Heavenly t-shirts won’t ever let you down – celebrating Brian Bilston, the Catenary Wires, and Sounds Made by Humans

Posted on May 22, 2025 by writewyattuk

Once upon a time in an era seemingly rife with bands splitting ‘due to musical differences’, my own band started a rumour, then denied it, that we’d split up due to ‘t-shirt differences’. That was in the late ’80s, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Amelia Fletcher, Birmingham, Blue Aeroplanes, Brian Bilston, Buzzcocks, Catenary Wires, Heavenly, Henry Normal, Hue williams, Ian Button, John Betjeman, John Cooper Clarke, Oxford, Philip Larkin, poetry, Rob Pursey, Sounds Made by Humans, Spike Milligan, Swansea Sound, The Smiths, The Wedding Present | Leave a comment

Bringing Flame bak ‘OME – the latest rock ‘n’ roll antics of Slade’s Noddy Holder and Don Powell, from Manchester and Silkeborg

Posted on May 20, 2025 by writewyattuk

A sell-out audience enjoyed a special screening of remastered cult classic Slade in Flame in Manchester at the weekend, diehard fans of the Black Country’s Finest getting to rub shoulders and trade tales and memories with Slade legend Noddy Holder, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Australia, British Film Institute, Cornwall, Dave Hill, Denmark, Don Powell, Jim lea, Manchester, Mark Kermode, Mark Radcliffe, Noddy Holder, Paul Cookson, pERTH, Silkeborg, Slade, Slade in Flame, Solid Bond in Your Heart, Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade | 2 Comments