It seems like the athletics equivalent to the Mercury music prize. It’s not the best in the world but the best in a much narrower field.
I think the extensive coverage may be due to it taking place in the UK […]

That was my A level summer as well. Lessons finished at Easter and then it was playtime! History suggests that I didn’t do nearly as much revising as I should have done but my memories are of painting our house. […]

I reckon my music gig going is recovering to pre-pandemic levels. I live further from London now so I’m a bit more reluctant to travel that far for some artists and I’ve held off buying tickets to a couple of gigs […]

I expect what hasn’t changed though, is the percentage of gigs people go to where they didn’t get a ticket in advance. I could count the number of gigs I’ve missed where either me or a gig buddy wasn’t up to it on […]

My current tip: buy a portable air conditioner and some solar panels!

I’ve certainly got singles that fall into this category.

I think it would be ‘New Frontier’ by Donald Fagan.

Our experience at the Stadium MK was that, unlike a normal MK league game where there spectators are treated as valued guests, for the euros, they’re treated as an annoyance. The idea is that all spectators for […]

We went to Spain v Finland. We bought tickets less than a week from the match and there were very few available. On the day, there were loads of empty seats. I’ve never been to a Uefa ‘organised’ game before and […]

Elvis Costello as gone through a variety of genres over the years. Rock, Soul, Country, Jazz, Orchestral.

In more recent times, it’s hard to recognise the output of Self Esteem as the creation of one half of Slow Club.

I’ve got no good reason to find him really creepy but I do – I hate it when I happen to hear him. The picture that accompanies the article makes him look how I’ve always pictured him!

We’ve got an Amazon show in the kitchen that shows slide shows as well as doing all the handy Alexa tasks.

I must have seen them a bit after that, supporting Talking Heads. I was entirely open minded but they were crap. Next night we stayed in the pub to avoid them but they were running late and we had to suffer the […]

Sounds like a plan. Have you got any gigs lined up?

There’s a great video of them performing it with EH in the audience that’s well worth seeking out.

I thought I’d watch to set on the red button but, while she seems hard to dislike, I’m a bit baffled by her apparent universal appeal among those 30 or 40 years younger than me because it just seemed dull to me. […]

I’ll probably end up watching quite a lot but I can’t be bothered to plan anything and it’s quite unlikely that I’ll watch a full set of anyone. The wall to wall 6 music coverage this week has already made me a […]

How is that an obsolete skill?!

I can do that… and wiggle my ears at the same time…. it’s as useful today as it’s ever been!

I found the bottom dropped out of that particular market when they introduced those new fangled VideoPlus codes!