Clapforboris sounds a bit harsh to me. I wouldn’t wish the clap on anyone.

I am in an occupation that makes me a key worker, but have been restricting my social interaction to travelling to and from work, and nothing else for the last 2 weeks. Yesterday I went to my local pharmacy out of […]

This is a very tough interview to listen to but it is absolutely essential that you do, wherever you are in the world. #coronavirus https://t.co/CvN7M1FaCm

— Hugh Bonneville #FlattenTheCurve (@hughbon) March 20, 2020

I keep reminding myself that Coronavirus is not the bubonic plague, and that our parents and grandparents went through much worse during WWII – however it is scary. I chatted to a work colleague today who told me […]

Poopers at the Gates of Dawn maybe?

Another vote for the fabulous Johnnie Walker and Roger Scott. I used to like Richard Skinner too back in the day. As for those who make my toes curl, they really are too numerous to mention – Dave Lee Travis (I […]

If I’m ever on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, I will know exactly how to feel.

Okay, so you can prove anything with a few figures……but what the hell have we done?

I’ve heard the Bonny Light Horseman album a couple of times and it’s not bad, but there are some other gems on this month’s Uncut CD including Ian Noe, whose album Between The Country came out last year. It’s […]

Sadly I recognised all the names, but the face that Kenny Rogers is sporting these days doesn’t seem to be recognisable as his….

I like Simon & Garfunkel so buying the Uncut special was a bit of a no-brainer. My local WH Smith’s had about a dozen copies which seemed wildly optimistic. It’s a decent read, which I mainly bought for the len […]

I don’t think I can spin this out to 20. Not an inspiring year for me – I’ve bought fewer CDs than any other year I can remember. I’ve also not heard of most of the artists in some of the lists above. My loss I […]

You’re right Gary, but part of the problem with Corbyn is that his commitment to unelectable policies was matched only by his lack of commitment to any kind of workable Brexit stance.

I refer you to my earlier response.

Just because a government that you don’t like is voted in doesn’t mean the entire electorate that voted for them is thick as shit, any more than everyone who voted Leave in the referendum – and I say that as a fer […]

“They’re over there, between the land and the sky”.

Fawlty Towers – Basil votes leave despite clear instructions from Sybil. Cue hilarious episode in which Manuel is repatriated to Barcelona.

WTFK? is probably the remixed track that sounds most like its original self. The rest of the album sounds a little gutless, and the remix to these ears rather pointless.

One of my favourite REM albums, along with the underrated New Adventures In Hi-Fi. The 2-CD boxset has just dropped on the mat, courtesy of the Dodgers, but I can’t currently play it in all its migraine-inducing […]

It had voted Remain.

Isn’t it the sense of loss evoked by the Lark Ascending that touches us the most? For me the best music does just that, evokes how ephemeral things are and creates a sense of longing. Add that to a pastoral […]