Tag Archives: Coventry

A Message from our Rude Boy – the Neville Staple interview

Posted on March 28, 2019 by

It will be 40 years in May since debut Special AKA single ‘Gangsters’ thrilled a nation, the first single on 2 Tone Records a fine example of all that followed from that ground-breaking independent label. Before 1979 was out, a … Continue reading →

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Behold what she has done – back in touch with Hazel O’Connor

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

Hazel O’Connor was at home in County Wicklow when I caught up with her, after a long haul from a gig in Taunton, Somerset, including a late-night Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire ferry. “My boat got me in about half past midnight. It’s … Continue reading →

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Skankin’ and rockin’ to a Skabilly beat – the Roddy ‘Radiation’ Byers interview

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

While no one could reasonably argue against the notion that Jerry Dammers was the architect and conceptual mastermind behind The Specials and the 2 Tone movement, his bandmates Roddy ‘Radiation’ Byers and Lynval Golding played a big part in establishing … Continue reading →

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Stepping back into Daylight – the Pauline Black interview

Posted on October 5, 2017 by

You need only take a couple of listens to the new album by influential ska favourites The Selecter to be convinced this is not a band content to sit back on past endeavours. What’s more, vocalist Pauline Black doesn’t do … Continue reading →

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Never Gonna Say Goodbye – the Pete Waterman interview

Posted on July 13, 2017 by

Perhaps you know him best these days for the countless TV appearances as presenter, judge or pundit, from his shows on regional radio in the Midlands, or – going back a bit further – as a club DJ. Alternatively, you … Continue reading →

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Cathy’s Adventures in Wonderland – the Cathy Cassidy interview

Posted on March 7, 2015 by

In my second feature centred around World Book Day 2015, I talked about Alice, libraries, music, the power of dreams and much more with best-selling children’s writer Cathy Cassidy, in an interview a few days before her WBD appearances at Preston … Continue reading →

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Here She Comes (again) – The Hazel O’Connor interview

Posted on November 28, 2014 by

Hazel O’Connor has lived ‘up in the hills’ of County Wicklow for around 25 years now, based just under an hour from Dublin. She has Irish roots, Hazel’s Dad having left Galway for Coventry, where he worked at a local … Continue reading →

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Creative twists on children’s fiction – a writewyattuk book review special

Posted on March 26, 2014 by

In which writewyattuk runs the rule over three recent publications offering a creative twist on established children’s fiction – with great success. Back in my school days, I’d have loved poring over books of the quality of Mick Manning and … Continue reading →

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More books about chocolate and girls – the Cathy Cassidy feature

Posted on July 4, 2013 by

WHEN best-selling children’s author Cathy Cassidy called at the University of Central Lancashire recently, writewyattuk’s chief blogger was there to meet her – albeit hiding behind his eldest daughter (who adds her own footnote). I FELT a bit of an … Continue reading →

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