Or the inevitable Amol Rajan.

I’ve seen quite a bit of the Magic Numbers this year. They played the Arts Centre as an electric band and were terrific, then substituted for an indisposed Eddi Reader at Folk in the Park as an acoustic band and w […]

Very little opportunity for staging or backdrops either, though lighting can be spectacular.

The local arts centre has the notable advantage of being less than 15 minutes walk from our house.

Blimey. She’s playing my local arts centre at the end of the month, £15 and tickets still available.

I imagine if any other member of Coldplay took Chris Martin home for Sunday lunch the rest of the family would say, ‘Who’s that with Chris?’ as they walked in.

That’s me in the light blue jumper, underneath the sign for platform 11. It was well after midnight and all trains to East Anglia were cancelled at Liverpool Street because wind had brought trees down on power l […]

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That must have been trippy. Imagine if the girl on the screen wasn’t your daughter, but as soon as said that she suddenly was, and the girl on the screen was now in your living room. It would have been like a Ray […]

This recent article in the BBC site did a good job of explaining to me why I would probably have a good night out if I went to see Coldplay, but also have no interest in doing that.

When he wanted to play Benjamin in The Graduate director Mike Nichols didn’t think he was right to play a young man who was awkward around women. To make the point he asked Redford if he had ever been returned d […]

I can’t find much to disagree with in that.

And a big day for anyone selling Stone Island clothing, strong lager or gak in central London.

That Indie review is, to quote itself, ‘ so hermetic that it loses its ability to function as it was intended to’. For those who have had the pleasure not to read it, yes, that is typical of the prose. As I wat […]

Well that backfired, didn’t it? I think it’s more likely that as a man who seems to have no ideas of his own on how to run a government Starmer decided to model himself as a Blair tribute act, down to rec […]

I counted at least 6 in the ‘repair’ speech alone.

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The trailer. It looks awful.

My parents were more indulgent, if not regular filmgoers, and Jaws was my first ever trip to the cinema when I was 8.

Crivvens, help ma boab! I know, I was surprised too. The place had been Stuperts barbers for decades but I guess he retired, making this a unusual case of a street suddenly having fewer barbers. rather than what […]