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Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra – Blackpool Empress Ballroom

Posted on June 26, 2015 by writewyattuk

If a building really carries social history within its walls, there can be few greater examples in Lancashire than Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom. The ornate decoration throughout the Winter Gardens tells its own stories, and there’s no disguising the magic of … Continue reading →

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Testing the Big Band theory – the Jools Holland interview

Posted on June 11, 2015 by writewyattuk

It’s difficult to write about Jools Holland without going down the retro route. He is after all a man who carved out a career celebrating the best in popular music from the past century. His long-running BBC television show Later … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up with Crissy Rock – from Liverpool to Peterlee, via Benidorm

Posted on April 9, 2015 by writewyattuk

Award-winning actress, stand-up comic and best-selling author Crissy Rock is in a Teeside tailback, and has clearly forgotten our 11am phone date. We go ahead anyway, while Crissy inches slowly along amid A19 amid traffic gridlock, ‘hands-free’ communication and backup satellite … Continue reading →

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