On 29th September Miki Berenyi, formerly of Lush and now Piroshka, launches her incredible memoir Fingers Crossed, at Rough Trade East in London. I am delighted to be hosting the Q&A for the event – Miki is also playing and signing books. Tickets can be bought here and the book can be ordered via Rough […]
Read moreUPDATE: The Culture Bunker is no more! Due to resources, as it was a labour-intensive show, we went out on a high with an interview with David Keenan on 23 September 2022. We will miss doing the show. Hello. If you like popular culture – and you like weekly podcasts – the Culture Bunker podcast, […]
Read moreI sometimes host QnAs for the Rock n Roll Bookclub E17, organised by the lovely Mark. Most recently was for Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? by Nige Tassel – with musical accompaniment by Dave Lance Callahan from the Wolfhounds (photo below). It was great fun, I say that without fear of rebuke. Previous RnR […]
Read morePaul Kelly’s acclaimed film Lawrence of Belgravia is now on BFI Blu Ray and some streaming services. Features extras: deleted scenes, lyrics, poetry – plus essays/interviews from myself, Michael Hayden and Tim Murray. You can buy it at the bfi shop. There’s also a live event with Lawrence and Paul, hosted by me, for those […]
Read moreChannel 5’s Greatest ABBA Cover Versions Ever was genuinely enlightening, funny and clever. It featured Andy Bell of Erasure, Neil Arthur of Blancmange, Carla Bruni, Adrian Utley of Portishead, Dannii Minogue and William Orbit, who talks about a lost cover by Madonna. Everyone agreed the Visitors is the best Abba album. Well it is. I […]
Read moreThe Top of the Pops “Story of…” programmes from 1991 onwards are currently on BBC2 and iPlayer. I was asked to contribute to several of them which is always a total thrill. Needless to say, I am very much the target audience for this sort of thing and always watch them. Top of the Pops […]
Read moreFab to have been invited on to the excellent Piney Gir‘s podcast The Other Womxn on Soho radio for a chat in November 2021. We spoke about music, art, acting, Thanksgiving and being grateful for… being alive. Piney is extremely talented as a musician and broadcaster… and bakes nice pumpkin pie.
Read moreIt was great to be asked three Q&As at the BFI Southbank as part of the Saint Etienne films season in early September 2021. I spoke to Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs, Paul Kelly, Travis Elborough and Lawrence about some fo the films that were showing. It was fairly incredible just to be in a cinema, […]
Read moreAm on the Back to Now! podcast, which charts (ahem) the Now That’s What I Call Music albums. This time we’re on Now 16, a time where big chunky ballads jostled with so-called dance music, before it went Baggy. Yes, it’s Richard “Karl” Marx and Belinda “Karl”isle – Tears for Fears and Living in a […]
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