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The writewyattuk quotes of 2016, part one – January to June

Posted on December 23, 2016 by writewyattuk

As a year probably remembered on a national and international level as one of big-name departures and alarming political shifts draws to a close, writewyattuk faces the music and dances (somewhat discordantly) in a retro style, looking back on the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Alan White, Blake, Blancmange, Bruce Foxton, Ciaran McLaughlin, Colin Blunstone, Dan Gillespie Sells, Dave Brock, Dr. Robert, Duke Fakir, Four Tops, Gary Stringer, Gilbert O'sullivan, Graham Nash, Hawkwind, Howard Jones, James, Jim Glennie, Joe Bonamassa, John Flansburgh, John Lydon, Kate Mullins, Lulu, Mick Avory, Miles Hunt, Neil Arthur, Newton Faulkner, Otis Williams, PiL, Puppini Sisters, Reef, Simon Tong, Stephen Bowman, Stephen K Amos, Temptations, The Blow Monkeys, The Everlasting Yeah, The Feeling, The Kinks, The Magnetic North, The Wonder Stuff, Thea Gilmore, They Might Be Giants, Toyah, Will Young, Yes, Zombies | Leave a comment

All that matters is here – the Hannah Peel interview

Posted on November 24, 2016 by writewyattuk

Among the festive-themed adverts on our TV screens right now is a touching Aardman-animated tale made for the Alzheimer’s Research UK charity. The Santa Forgot story follows a little girl, Freya, who while preparing for Christmas realises much of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged All that Matters, Alzheimer's Research, Armagh, Awake But Always Dreaming, Barnsley, Christopher Eccleston, Craigavon, dementia, Donegal, Erland Cooper, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Gary Numan, Hannah Peel, Hull, Italo Calvino, John Foxx, Liverpool, Mary Casio, Memory Tapes, music box, Orkney, Santa Forgot, Selina Wray, Shoreditch, Simon Tong, Skelmersdale, Still Alice, The Magnetic North, The Verve, Tommy McLaughlin, Villagers, Wellcome Collection | 2 Comments

The Magnetic North – Liverpool Central Library

Posted on October 17, 2016 by writewyattuk

You’ve got to love the kind of concert where the band puts a bottle of whisky at the front of the stage for their sell-out audience to share. Now that’s what I call intimate. What’s more, at around half past … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Erland Cooper, Frank Cottrell Boyce, George Harrison, Get it Loud in Libraries, Hannah Peel, Libraries, Liverpool, McCoy Wynne, Orkney, Simon Tong, Skelmersdale, The Magnetic North, The Unforgotten Coat, The Verve | 2 Comments

Welcome to The Magnetic North – in conversation with Simon Tong

Posted on April 27, 2016 by writewyattuk

Simon Tong may still be best known in some quarters for his guitar and keyboard work with The Verve, but he’s certainly been a busy lad since leaving them in 1999. In fact, that period accounted for just three years … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Barnsley. Blur, Cergy-Pontoise, Craigavon, Damon Albarn, Erland and the Carnival, Erland Cooper, France, Gorillaz, Hannah Peel, John Foxx, Orkney, Prospect of Skelmersdale, Simon Tong, Skelmersdale, The Good The Bad and The Queen, The Magnetic North, The Verve, Transmission, Youth | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Simon Tong

The writewyattuk quotes of 2016, part one – January to June

All that matters is here – the Hannah Peel interview

The Magnetic North – Liverpool Central Library

Welcome to The Magnetic North – in conversation with Simon Tong

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