Not true. I’m planning May around it, buying beer/wine/food from the city or country according to where the concert was on that night, and then listening to all of it, acoustic and electric sets, on the […]

I’ve listened to a load of ‘new to me’ old albums in 2025, the result of a record shop opening in town, the revival of a local record fair, and a huge amount of quality CDs (£2 max., often 50p) invading the local […]

That mod set sounds great – and so much better for not being ‘male’. Of course, there are so many comps. out it’s almost impossible to keep up.

If I were Brook I’d buy a lottery ticket pronto. Anyway, I’m hoping England win so that I can unveil the statistic that in the last six Ashes Test matches both sides have won three… Australia the three that […]

Hot Milk was truly awful. Wallis Island and The Conclave terrific, in the case of the former surprisingly so. Alas, I fear I missed Pillion, which, yes, sounds excellent but categorically is not the kind of film […]

Yes, I was underwhelmed by ‘Chopper Harris Goes to Paris’ when I saw it, and the half you saw was the best bit. Rule of thumb at our local cinema is… if you have a choice of a British film or what’s on the […]

Yep, not The Jam’s fault but my impression of their fanbase (certainly subsequently) is they’re probably racist, probably sexist and probably homophobic! Remember I was going to a lot of football in the dire and […]

In the last six Tests v. Australia, three have been won by Australia, one was drawn (that ridiculous 4th Test in 2023 when, for the only time in the whole series, England decided to bat slow when they had to bat […]

I like this week. Loads of local sport (football today, football tomorrow), cinema aplenty (two films on Monday), theatre (Sunday and Tuesday), and the local restaurants and pubs are offering significant […]

A couple of deaths in the family, both octogenarians, these things happen. I was hugely impressed by all the various bodies I had to negotiate following a death earlier in the year… bank, funeral directors, […]

The outcome of these two dead rubbers rather depends on which Australia turns up. An Australia that’ll want to rub salt into the wound (likely) or an Australia that will have the cue on the rack and a barbeque […]

Too little too late, I’m afraid. Even if this side do win the next two Tests, it’ll only replicate that bizarre match at The Oval two years ago, the ‘Stuart Broad Test’ which – spoiler alert – meant ten times the […]

Not sure about the ‘downhill all the way’ given their run of 45s and Stand Up, but it’s definitely my favourite LP by the ‘thros’ (something no one ever calls them!). Didn’t it also pitch up over the speakers […]

B*****l is like yer Granny betting on the Grand National once a year. It’s a big thrill for her, and on one in ten occasions she’ll get a little bit back for it. Even if England did score 600 to win this […]

Known about him all my life, never got one of his albums until now, the second one (£1). 9 songs, kinda folk / kinda rawk!, the bonus tracks (10-13) are the ones to covet aren’t they?… the 67 and 68 singles… […]

Never covet the ‘glory’ days, rejoice that you were there when… erm… they were losing to Motherwell. ‘They’ are truly the glory days. My favourite football season ever was about twenty years ago when ‘we’ […]

That’s right. Rangers had a particularly strong side after the ban of the English clubs from Europe.

Me too. Every time Celtic/Rangers lose in Europe I have a spring in my step. You can just imagine how sprightly I look when walking down the street it happens so often. If I were a Hibs fan I would want […]

Erm… wow. The bar is now so low it’s barely worth having one. What a desperately sad, little, orange man.

Yep, always say it, next year is the time to really get rid of books and the dreaded vinlys. Gotta make tough decisions, especially on the cuddly toys… but the hedgehogs are staying obvs.