BBC2 are showing Reginald D Hunter’s documentary Sounds Of The South tonight at 10pm. It was originally shown on BBC Four and it’s wonderful. Obviously the music is brilliant but Reg is a warm and wryly amused, bemused and angry commentator....
Music hits people in different places. Some people are all about the guitar riff. For others, it’s the bass line. A horn section does it for others. I’m a sucker for the drums. Stand still long enough and I will lecture you about the importance of...
My feelings for Bruce Springsteen run deep. He has always been there. I don’t remember discovering him. No one introduced his music to me. He was there and I just kept falling more in love with his work. Even when he’s writing about the darkest...
The 13th Doctor is female. I’m so excited I could pop! I think Jodie Whittaker is a great choice. She was fantastic in Broadchurch and Attack The Block. And I have noticed that she’s a girl. Don’t tell anyone that bit, they may freak out....
I still fancy Bergerac… Now I have thoughts about ITV detective drama: Morse – yes Lewis – no Wexford – yes Wycliffe – if I must Vera – yes Endeavour – can I hear a dead horse being flogged? Foyle’s War –...
I married an artist. I am not an artist. Unless you class eyeliner as art and then I’m a genius. In attempt to be arty I took the beloved to see a documentary on Hokusai, the Japanese artist best known for the Great Wave at FACT. I was slightly sneery as...
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