I fear you are right, at least on the short to medium term. In which case it’s hardly surprising that the Government is declining to underwrite festivals yet. Underwriting and insurance are predicated on their […]

Picking up on Colin H’s point earlier in the thread when he queried how the purchasers would get their money back on the Dylan catalogue, I would have thought it a similar challenge to squeeze $150m back out of Neil Young’s.

I am unlikely to hear most of these, so have no view as to whether most are any good. J suppose my suspicions of it all being a bit hipper than thou come from the inclusion of Shirely Collins whilst, for example, […]

Possibly so, then again I reminded of the run-up to 2012 when Lewis Hamilton came to Luton to carry the Olympic Torch. Not many people turned out to see him. Those that did were overwhelmingly white, Luton is one […]

Re Hamilton’s relative lack of success in the Personality of the Year vote, it could be due to racism, but so am not entirely persuaded. The vote has been won in the past by Kelly Holmes, Mo Farah, Fatima […]

Most of what I see people complaining about, i.e. people talking to one another in the open air, or even driving around in their own cars, carries very little risk to them or anyone else. The bulk of the spread […]

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 […]