Leonard Cohen Obituary

Leonard Cohen Obituary

12.11. 2016 Daily Mail

Leonard Cohen was a poet, a singer, a novelist, a gypsy, a Jewish Zen-Buddhist and an … read more

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Daily Mail 14.10.16

You’ve got to give it to him. Even at the age of seventy five Bob Dylan can … read more

Rod Stewart: a National Treasure?

Rod Stewart: a National Treasure?

It isn’t every day that you spot a multi-millionaire travelling on the London Underground. That isn’t usually the style for … read more

How the disastrous filming of the movie Trick Or Treat helped inspire the novel Shadows On A Wall

For a writer some of life’s experiences are just too vivid and life changing not to find their way into … read more

Our Phony World

Professional footballers up and down the country did what they are paid to do over the weekend. They tried to … read more

So, What Was Your Favourite Year In Pop Music?

Daily Mail, April 7, 2016

Do you have a favourite year in music? Most of us do. We tell ourselves … read more

GEORGE MARTIN – unquestionably the fifth Beatle

GEORGE MARTIN – unquestionably the fifth Beatle

Daily Mail, March 10, 2016

On the face of it he seemed the most unlikely musical collaborator for the Beatles. … read more

When A Singer We Love Dies

When A Singer We Love Dies

Daily Mail 21.1.16

Nothing freezes time as well as music. It carries us back. Hearing just a few lines of … read more

Some Reflections on David Bowie 1947 – 2016

Some Reflections on David Bowie 1947 – 2016

Daily Mail 12.1.16

Cometh the moment, cometh the man, and David Bowie encapsulated the Seventies like no-one else in rock … read more

‘1966 And All That’ – 50 Years On

‘1966 And All That’ – 50 Years On

Daily Mail, January 2, 2016

In myth it has become a fabled age – a time of pretty girls in … read more