When I was about 17 and these things really mattered my favourite album was Berlin. I was quite angsty, but there was some humour in this conclusion. Reed it is then, because decisions of this type made at that […]

Mrs McWhirtle’s? I’m sorry to be the one who breaks the news to you, but that’s not chocolate on the pillow cases.

Moose, you’re meant to eat them, not f888 them. I trust this information will enhance your experience of mid range hotels in future.

It is thought massively unlikely that May’s deal will get through the Commons, yesterday’s amendment means that No Deal is massively unlikely (for reasons I won’t pretend to fully understand), although the deal on […]

You can add Thompson to that list.

About half. Fewer than I would have thought as heavy rock was my gateway drug for music.

Whatever happened to Vampire Weekend? They were huge. The Light’s daughter was a fan and we went to see them at the O2 on the tour promoting their last album, then they just vanished.

Not a major concern of m […]

After Googling those cameras I feel honour bound to point out that it might be cheaper to get a divorce instead.

The general rule is that lyricists write lousy poetry and poets write lousy lyrics. Leonard Cohen did both well because he knew the difference.

Minnie Driver and Molly Ringwald are always whichever one they are not to me, but luckily it hasn’t been a major obstacle in life.

A short-term pop up shop is to open for Christmas selling the reissues. Nothing you can’t eat elsewhere it’s seems, but all in a good cause. So that’s nice.

The odd thing is that it’s not even a very Christmassy episode. The Golden Cleric, Ireland’s biggest lingerie department, Father Todd Unctious. Nothing festive about any of them. Just about the only Chr […]

I used to think that camping at festivals was OK in my 20s because I was young then. Now I think it’s because I was young enough to endure the quantity of booze and drugs which made the whole miserable, degrading […]

Ooh, that controversial! I’d go for Unhalfbricking line-up, but then I think you need Swarb in there and he was only a guest at the time. By the time of Liege and Lief you’re post-crash and so no Martin Lamble. […]

I’ve seen Dylan and Young precisely once each, on different years at the Fleadh. Young was with Crazy Horse, did play a largely greatest hits set and was enjoyable despite awful weather all day. Much as I wanted t […]

What she’s asked for plus a couple of treats (favourite chocolate, wine and Lush bath bombs – that sort of thing).

Victoria Wood was another regular Waterstone’s customer of mine, when I worked in Lancaster this time. I always got the impression that she found attention acutely painful. I saw her in Sainsbury’s once wearing […]

BTS for us as well. We had never heard of them before they appeared on Graham Norton, but asking around found out that a friend’s teenage daughter had gone to see them at the O2. ‘Did you go as well?’ ‘Not at […]

Point of information – it’s On Fleek unless I’m a week out of date.