Tag Archives: Cornwall

Lights still turn green at their convenience – talking BOB with Dean Leggett

Posted on November 14, 2019 by writewyattuk

Cast your mind back three decades or so. My diaries suggest I saw 148 gigs in the last three years of the 1980s, so inevitably recollections of some are cloudy. But many stick in the memory, not least those documented … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Arthur Tapp, BOB, Captains Log, Convenience, Cornwall, Dean Leggett, Highbury Corner, Jem Morris, John Peel, London, One Eyed Wayne, Optic Nerve, Paul Thompson, Penny Candles, reading, Richard Blackborow, Simon Armstrong, Sombrero, Stephen Hersom, The Beautiful South, The Old Trout, The Smiths, The Wedding Present, Windsor | Leave a comment

Cutting It Fine: from Making Out to Poldark, and beyond – the Debbie Horsfield interview

Posted on August 8, 2019 by writewyattuk

Until she took on the most recent screen adaptation of classic Cornish historical literary saga Poldark, writer Debbie Horsfield was best known for a string of Manchester-based dramas. It’s now 30 years since the first of her three series of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Age Before Beauty, Aidan Turner, All the Small Things, Andrew Graham, Cornwall, Cutting It, Debbie Horsfield, Ed Bazalgette, Eleanor Tomlinson, Gulbenkian Studio, Jimmy McGovern, Liverpool Playhouse, Making Out, Mammoth Screen, Manchester, Martin Wenner, New Order, Northern Soul, Out on the Floor, Poldark, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stonyhurst College, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Other Two, The Riff-Raff Element, True Dare Kiss, Winston Graham | Leave a comment

Fisherman’s Friends / Sunderland Crew – Morecambe, The Platform

Posted on March 15, 2019 by writewyattuk

There was a storm brewing in the Irish Sea last Friday as we parked on the blustery prom at Morecambe and headed across the road from the Midland Hotel to The Platform. It was the sort of night you thank … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Cornwall, Cousin Jack, Fisherman's Friends, Jeremy Brown, Jon Cleave, Morecambe, Padstow, Port Isaac, Show of Hands, Steve Knightley, Sunderland Crew, Sunderland Point, The Platform | Leave a comment

Sailing at Eight Bells with Fisherman’s Friends – in conversation with Jeremy Brown

Posted on March 8, 2019 by writewyattuk

As Fisherman’s Friends, the original sole men and Cornwall’s best-known occasionally off-shore musical export, head back out on tour, it was high time I hollered ‘Ahoy there’ to arguably their second most recognisable singer, Jeremy Brown. The so-called ‘nemesis of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Abbey Road Studios, Billy Hawkins, Cornwall, Danny Mays, Fisherman's Friends, Ian Brown, Jeremy Brown, Johnnie Walker, Jon Cleave, Morecambe, Poldark, Port Isaac, Port Isaac Chorale, Rupert Christie, Wadebridge Male Voice Choir | 1 Comment

Stepping back to gain perspective with The Proclaimers – the Charlie Reid interview

Posted on August 9, 2018 by writewyattuk

This weekend, Cooking Vinyl release Angry Cyclist, the 11th studio album from The Proclaimers, with plenty of dates between now and the end of the year to celebrate on both sides of the Atlantic. Their first LP since 2015’s Let’s Hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Football, Music | Tagged Angry Cyclist, Canada, Charlie Reid, Cornwall, Craig Reid, Dave Eringa, David Tennant, Dexy's, Edinburgh, Fife, Glastonbury Festival, Hibs, I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), John Williams, Kevin Rowland, Paul Simon, Scotland, Shrek, Stephen Greenhorn, Steve Earle, Sunshine on Leith, The Clash, The Housemartins, The Proclaimers, This is the Story | 1 Comment

Notes From a Cornish Shed – Another Shedload by Pete Cross – a writewyattuk review

Posted on December 1, 2017 by writewyattuk

Trepiddle’s Finest is back, and it’s like he’s never been away. Perhaps that’s because he hasn’t, but that’s not the point. Pete Cross has a new collection of scribblings out, and now it’s December I’ll throw in my first festive … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure & Travel, Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre | Tagged Backalong, Cornwall, Cornwall Today, doc Martin, Notes From A Cornish Shed, Pete Cross, Poldark | Leave a comment

Believe Me Him – back in touch with Blancmange’s Neil Arthur

Posted on September 1, 2017 by writewyattuk

Based in Gloucestershire since leaving London a dozen years ago, Blancmange mastermind Neil Arthur continues to divide his time between the Cotswolds and old haunts in the capital. “I really enjoy it, including walks when I finish work or early … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Benge, Blancmange, Cornwall, Darwen, David Rhodes, Don't Tell Me, Fader, Gloucestershire, Heaven 17, John Foxx, John Grant, Kincaid, lancashire, Living on the Ceiling, Martyn Ware, Neil Arthur, Stephen Luscombe, The Human League, Unfurnished Rooms | 3 Comments

Drawing from experience – the Michael Foreman interview

Posted on October 20, 2016 by writewyattuk

It’s been 55 years since Michael Foreman’s first book was published, yet this genial, engaging septuagenarian author and illustrator retains a major passion for his creative endeavours. Perhaps best known for his evocative drawings in works by former children’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Football, Music | Tagged A Life in Pictures, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Charlie Watts, Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier, Edward Ardizzone, Harris Museum & Gallery, Michael Foreman, Michael Morpurgo, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich City, Pakefield, Preston, Roald Dahl, Seven Stories, St Ives, Suffolk, Terry Jones, War Boy, War Game | 2 Comments

Singing the praises of Reef’s return – the Gary Stringer interview

Posted on February 25, 2016 by writewyattuk

Gary Stringer was at home in Somerset earlier this week, making last-minute preparations ahead of Reef’s latest UK and Irish tour, which commences tonight (February 25th) at The Hub in Plymouth. The 42-year-old vocalist is joined by Jack Bessant (bass), … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged AC/DC, Aretha Franklin, Bon Scott, Chris Gilks, Cornwall, Dominic Greensmith, Fearne Cotton, Gary Stringer, Glow, How I Got Over, Jack Bessant, Jesse Wood, Kenwyn House, Muff Winwood, paul weller, Place Your Hands, Reef, Richard Digby-Smith, Ron Wood, S2, Sony, St Ives | 2 Comments

Helen Dunmore – The Lie

Posted on January 29, 2014 by writewyattuk

We’re already seeing a surfeit of news stories and TV documentaries marking the centenary of the First World War, with the library and bookshop shelves full of related publications. Some are already established classics, some are new spins on past … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio | Tagged Birdsong, Coleridge, Cornwall, First World War, Helen Dunmore, Poldark, Sebastian Faulks, The Betrayal, The Greatcoat, The Lie, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Siege, Winston Graham, Zennor in Darkness | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Cornwall

Lights still turn green at their convenience – talking BOB with Dean Leggett

Cutting It Fine: from Making Out to Poldark, and beyond – the Debbie Horsfield interview

Fisherman’s Friends / Sunderland Crew – Morecambe, The Platform

Sailing at Eight Bells with Fisherman’s Friends – in conversation with Jeremy Brown

Stepping back to gain perspective with The Proclaimers – the Charlie Reid interview

Notes From a Cornish Shed – Another Shedload by Pete Cross – a writewyattuk review

Believe Me Him – back in touch with Blancmange’s Neil Arthur

Drawing from experience – the Michael Foreman interview

Singing the praises of Reef’s return – the Gary Stringer interview

Helen Dunmore – The Lie

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