You also mention Word, Excel and Powerpoint. This PC won’t come with Microsoft Office – it’ll be an extra charge, unless you already have a subscription that allows installation on more than one devices. There […]

I suspect it’s somewhat slow, as the only Celeron processors I can find were single-core models. It’s also running Windows 8.1, which is no longer receiving mainstream support from Microsoft, which may mean it’s […]

He’s essentially just reviewing his own LP collection, isn’t he? Broken down on a year by year basis. The odd new revelation here and there, but nothing really special.

SSDs are remarkably cheap these days – a 120GB model can be picked up for under £20, and a 240GB one for under £30. These are interchangeable with laptop hard drives, so may require the use of an additional m […]

Purchased. I remember Hepworth reading excerpts from this book as part of ‘The Essay’ slot on Radio 3 last year – the opening chapter seems very familiar.

November 1991, The Black Bull, Ripon. A local blues rock band named Stuck Fast Solid played a couple of dates to large crowds before splitting up. Their bass player was a certain Richard Hammond, later of Top Gear […]

Well Dave did go on to win this years Mercury Music Prize, didn’t he?

The £20,000 that Corbyn trousered from the Iran’s PressTV TV station troubles me. He did declare it in the Register Of Interests, but why would he accept that amount of money from a TV station with very few […]

All have the real first name Brian? Marvin and Manson certainly do.

Correct!

And all, coincidentally, issued on the Apple imprint.

Half-right on the bassists, correct on the brothers.

A few others:

Only one first class cricketer has appeared on a No. 1 single. What was his first class batting average?

Which group has had two former bass players score Christmas No. 2 singles?

Which two […]

Mine didn’t – they even lasted longer than the Walkman, which seized up after a couple of years.

There’s a Little Milton in Oxfordshire. Whether the ‘We’re Gonna Make It’ hitmaker ever visited the place isn’t known.

Evidently not true. Even slow recordings, such as Klemperer’s, easily fit in well under 74 minutes with space to spare for a bonus filler track.

Up here it’s jazz musicians. Put your hand together for the Bishop Monkton Quartet:

Bishop Monkton (piano)
Burton Leonard (tenor)
Norton Conyers (bass)
Hutton Conyers (drums)

With a special guest […]

When I acquired a Walkman, I also picked up several C100 blanks for fitting those longer albums on. Can’t recall who made them.

ELO’s self titled debut album?

His ‘hit’ was the only one that wasn’t a John Lennon composition. Sandwiched between Lennon’s ‘Woman’ and Roxy Music’s ‘Jealous Guy’.