Sadly, I think you are correct. And in addition to those who find themselves redundant with the end of furlough, we have yet to really feel the longer-term impact of the contraction of the economy. Nor have we […]

Utterly shameless might be an over statement, but both Steve Rotherham and Dan Jarvis have essentially called out Burnham for posturing in the last week or so.

What actually happened next was that Dan Jarvis in South Yorkshire apparently struck a deal with government for support in Tier 3 relatively quickly. Make of that what you will.

Since my earlier post, London rates have increased and London ( and Essex) have been put in Tier 2. Meanwhile, I see that Mr Burnham is insisting that all of the country should be in lockdown, not just […]

The last rolling 7day figures ( to 8 October) I saw had Cheshire East at 169 cases per 100,000. The only London Boroughs with rates over 100,000 were Hackney, Harrow and Richmond, plus a handful in the outer […]

I knew about the change to 6pm online sales, but the RSD website seems quite clear about pre-sales.

Can I pre-order / reserve Record Store Day product?
Stores are bound by the Record Store Day code of conduct […]

I thought it was against RSD ‘rules for shops to accept pre-order, or have I misunderstood ?

I am also old fashioned in terms of expecting some leadership from the front. My wife works in probation. She still see clients every day and has done since March. She specifically deals with high risk […]

The folk duo, Ninebarrow, have now done 4 or 5 live streams to what appear to be ever growing audience. They strated with a tio jar and moved on to e-ticketing, charging £12.50 or £25 for a household. they have i […]

If the idea is to get you to support your local record shop(s), then I am afraid it doesn’t work on my case. The nearest participating shops are an hour away in opposite directions. Even without Covid, the […]

Germany has done quite well. As I understand it, only half of Germany’s hospital provision’ comes from the public sector. Dogmas can cut both ways.

Population was 25million at the beginning of the year. No wonder there is a curfew :0

The late Brian Sewell said that it was impertinent to refer to your degree unless it was pertinent to your job or current role. I suspect he would have applied the same criteria to other professional […]

I think the issue with big outdoor events is not the size of crowd once in the ground. Chances of catching Covid seem to be about 300:1 greater if you are inside. The lack of any spike in cases following the […]

They will all happen again at some point, some earlier than later. My original thought was that even ‘earlier’ will be too late for some of our more venerable performers, who are now in their late seventies.

The key thing will be whether this, or any other test, can be guaranteed to pick out people without symptoms who may still be infectious. At first glance the test currently being talked about isn’t quite that […]

In fairness, the Government is already channelling large amounts of cash into a number of the sectors you mention. And few, if any, of the people involved in the public sector provision of health or education […]

Not all over 50s would need to, if that’s any consolation.

I don’t know the dates for Diana Ross, but the Mason shows are in April, aren’t they ? If so, then it does look increasingly unlikely that they will go ahead if the only prospect of them being viable is if a […]

Possibly, although it’s easier to control where people sit in a stadium as opposed to where they stand in a field, e.g at a festival. And that assumes outdoor events. Gigs indoors are an entirely different […]