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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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Jason Byrne – Southport Comedy Festival
For the first time in a long while I went to a gig and didn’t get the pen and jotter pad out once. There seemed to be no point. I’ve regretted that in the past at comedy shows. Getting home … Continue reading
Celebrating Songs of Stage and Screen, with Blake’s Stephen Bowman
It was the morning after the night before when I spoke to Stephen Bowman, one of the three mighty voices behind close-harmony group Blake. But this is a tale of a rare night when this top-selling trio didn’t have to … Continue reading
Taking the low road to success – the Thea Gilmore interview
It’s been a long time coming, but Thea Gilmore is finally getting true recognition, with her fan-base ever-growing and each album outselling the last – 17 years after her debut. She has admirers in high places too – Joan Baez … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Atkinson Theatre, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Burnley Mechanics, Cranberries, Dan Gillespie Sells, Ghosts and Graffiti, Joan Baez, John Cooper Clarke, Lana Del Ray, Lorde, Mike Scott, Nantwich, Nigel Stonier, Sandy Denny, Southport, The Waterboys, Thea Gilmore
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Rise and Shine – the return of Hugh Cornwell
A quarter of a century after he left The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell remains a regular on the live circuit – still in love with his back-catalogue, and still ticking off life ambitions. In the scheme of things, he’s been outside … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music
Tagged Baz Warne, Colne, Dave Greenfield, Duchess, guildford, Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Jet Black, John Cooper Clarke, Kate Bush, Lemmy, Morecambe, Preston, Richard Williams, Rick Wakeman, Southport, Steve Albini, The Stranglers, Totem and Taboo
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Starting to believe again – my distant life with the Cardinals
Now we’re a third of the way through the season, there’s a real sense of belief in the ranks around and about Woking FC. And if nothing else, the fact that we now have 30 league points to our name … Continue reading
Posted in Football, sport
Tagged Altrincham, BBC Radio Surrey, Boreham Wood, Conference Premier, Dean Morgan, FA Cup, Garry Hill, Giuseppe Sole, Ross Worner, Scott Rendell, Southport, Woking, Wrexham
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Harle and Almond’s essence to fore in The Tyburn Tree
I know I’m getting older, I don’t really need reminding. But can it really be 33 years this coming summer since I first heard Soft Cell tackling Northern Soul classic Tainted Love? It was a while before I properly took … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Annie Hogan, Billy McGee, Dave Ball, Gloria Jones, John Harle, John Peel, London, Marc Almond, Marc Bolan, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Soft Cell, Southport, Tainted Love, The Tyburn Tree
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Taking the crunchy with the smooth, Cardinals style
After six goals in two Conference Premier matches and two wins on the trot for the first time since April, there’s – whisper it – an element of optimism at Kingfield again, as this Cardinal blogger duly acknowledges. But when … Continue reading
Posted in Football, sport
Tagged Chester, Conference Premier, Dartford, FA Cup, Garry Hill, Grimsby Town, Hyde, Kevin Betsy, Luton Town, Macclesfield Town, Southport, Steve Thompson, Woking, Wrexham
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