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The Fancy Dress Party
Sam had a problem. His friend Abbie was having a fancy dress birthday party on … read more
Who Killed Elvis? (June 21, 2022)
Who killed Elvis Presley? In his new film ‘Elvis’, which goes on release this week, writer-director Baz Luhrmann makes a … read more
The Mole of Edge Hill, Liverpool – Williamson Tunnels (Daily Mail, November 1, 2021)
You can’t beat a bit of real mystery as the background for dramatic super-reality, can you? Well, that’s what the … read more
A Second Chance – The Moment That Changed My Life (an edited version of this article appeared in The Guardian – November 17, 2021)
A second chance – that’s what I was being given when, having skirted death during that first round of Covid, … read more
John, Me and the Lancashire Treasure (Sunday Times, April 1980)
I learned the real meaning of gold fever when I was 13 – although in my case the fever was … read more
Conned by the Lebanese Loop (Daily Mail 8.9.2021)
We got conned a couple of weeks ago – as, according to Action Fraud, were 504,489 other people during the … read more
The Beatles Get Back Revised (October 2, 2021)
The Beatles were hardly a happy band of musical brothers when they assembled before film cameras shortly after ten in … read more
The Everly Brothers Hits – Radio Times, December 1982
When the Everly Brothers had their first hits in the late 50s they were both barely more than boys, and … read more
My Back Pages (An edited version of this article appeared in The Oldie, December. 2021)
What Muhammad Ali, Bob Dylan, Lord Hailsham, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, Roger Vadim, Michael Caine, Leonard Cheshire, Paul Raymond, Eric … read more
DEVOTED – ‘drama download of the week’ on BBC Sounds
