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Blancmange / Alice Hubble – Lancaster, Kanteena
Admittedly, I should have got this review together a while back … but sometimes life gets in the way. Instead, consider this as much a heads-up to two of my long-playing highlights of 2022, each deserving proper recognition. Besides, with … Continue reading
Life after lockdowns – talking The Lovely Eggs with Holly Ross
Just as The Lovely Eggs were set to release landmark sixth album, I Am Moron, in early 2020, came national realisation that we were headed for a pandemic. The Lancaster-based psychedelic punk duo – Holly Ross (voice/guitar) and David Blackwell … Continue reading
Battling on amid the pandemic – Chorley Theatre’s inspirational survival story
“This was meant to be a big year for us. It marked the 110th anniversary of our building, plus 60 years since CADOS took control, 35 years of Chorley Youth Theatre, and 30 years since the Chorley Film Society started. … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Arts Council England, Bijou Theatre, British Film Institute, CADOS, chorley, Chorley Theatre, Cinema For All, Dukes theatre, Ed Byrne, Film Hub North, Ian Robinson, Jason Manford, Jenny Eclair, lancashire, Lancaster, Mark Thomas, Southport, steve royle
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Aspirations wrapped up in books – talking Get It Loud in Libraries with Stewart Parsons
It’ll be 15 years ago this coming May that a pilot show featuring Natascha Sohl lured the BBC’s North West Tonight cameras to Lancaster Central Library, for what turned out to be the debut event of the innovative Get It … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music
Tagged Adele, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Belle and Sebastian, BODEGA, British Sea Power, Franz Ferdinand, Get it Loud in Libraries, Hot Chip, Idles, Lancaster, Leyland, Libraries, Morecambe, Penwortham, Preston, Robert Forster, Stewart Parsons, The Long Blondes, The Thrills, Wigan
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Our first year with Tom – part one of the handsome dog’s tale
I find it hard to believe it’s a year since we first met Tom. It’s difficult to remember a time when he wasn’t such a key part of our family life. Sunday, June 17th, 2018 was the day, barely 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure & Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Collie cross, dogs, lancashire, Lancaster, rescue dogs, Wolfwood
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Digging that Ocean Colour Scene – the Simon Fowler interview
Simon Fowler was walking Cooper the cockapoo down by the river at Stratford-upon-Avon when I called, a day and a half after Ocean Colour Scene headlined Lancaster’s Highest Point festival. That Shakespearean link seemed apt, seeing as I associate festival … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Birmingham Mail, Damon Minchella, Highest Point Festival, Ian McCulloch, John Motson, John Power, Kendal Calling, Lancaster, Liam Gallagher, Marchin' Already, Moseley, Moseley Shoals, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Oscar Harrison, paul weller, Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Stratford-upon-Avon, The Boys, The Fanatics
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Studying the big Interrobang‽ theory – in conversation with Dunstan Bruce
By the time I picked up the phone to reach Dunstan Bruce, I’d given the eponymous LP by his new band Interrobang‽ nigh on three listens, and was loving it. In the words of the mighty Stump – somewhat channeling … Continue reading
Symptomatic for the People – researching The Common Cold with Ajay Saggar
While his working hours are spent at renowned Amsterdam concert venue The Paradiso, producer, sound engineer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ajay Saggar remains proud of his Lancashire past, 30-plus years after his introduction to the North West indie scene while promoting … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Records, Ajay Saggar, Amsterdam, Cornershop, Dandelion Adventure, Deutsche Ashram, Jean-Jacques Burnel, John Peel, King Champion Sounds, Lancaster, Marcus Parnell, Mark E Smith, Preston, The Clash, The Common Cold, The Continental, The Fall, The Stranglers
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David Baddiel – My Family: Not the Sitcom, Lancaster Grand (Nights at the Theatre, pt.1)
Contemplating chronicling two nights out this past week in one review, I wondered if I was dovetailing for the sake of it. Both involved theatres in Lancashire starring London solo acts, each reflecting on the links between their public and … Continue reading
Don’t worry ’bout a thing – back in conversation with Mark Steel
Have a chat with stand-up comic Mark Steel and it won’t be long before cricket, football or politics come up in conversation. And in my case all three, with geography and history thrown in. The 57-year-old Kentish comedian, broadcaster, writer … Continue reading
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