Cycling is an idiot’s pastime. Ten years ago a dear friend of mine was diagnosed with terminal cancer and his dream had been to cycle (he was a lycra-wearing cycling nut) from London to Paris. It […]
A New Year and an old problem Coming back to school after the Christmas holidays is always a grind. The bright lights of Christmas cheer have dimmed to a murky gloom foreshadowing cold days, cold nights […]
Faces from the past. One of the pleasures of teaching is meeting students that you have taught when they’ve stopped being irritating, needy little blighters and become their own, individual human beings. That’s not to say […]
Well that’s it from us for the week and we leave you dear reader with a track taken from the new album from Hurray for the Riff Raff aka the Bronx-born, New Orleans–based singer/songwriter Alynda Segarra. […]
A very enticing blend of louche rock’n’roll and beguiling psychedelic folk. VAR! is the curiously titled second album from Pony Hunt, a shifting ensemble which is basically a vehicle for Jessie Antonick’s slightly surreal blend of […]
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