You can’t beat a bit of real mystery as the background for dramatic super-reality, can you? Well, that’s what the latest Doctor Who series tapped into when the Tardis touched down in Liverpool on Sunday evening.
Not being a … 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 the sound of those two late adolescents harmonising about sorrow, pain and the hurts of teenage love, was imprinted on … 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 Morecambe, Mick Jagger, Terry Wogan, Elvis Presley, Dennis Hopper, David Attenborough, Tony Benn, Charlie Watts, Enoch Powell, Marc Bolan and … read more
‘He’s Nearly 40’ (Daily Mail, August 21, 2019)
Responding to research from Heidelberg University that stated that parents are happier when their children have left home, I wrote:
The happiest times in this father’s life were when his children were little. Yes, it was murderously busy sometimes, but … read more
Something About The Beatles – podcast
I’m new to podcasts but I’m told by US Beatles fans that this is good. It’s free to listen to, anyway.
Thoughts on the Men on the Moon (July 21, 2019)
Considering the historical enormity of that moment fifty years ago when a man first walked on the surface of the moon, I have a confession to make. I missed it.
Throughout the four days after Apollo 11 was blasted off … read more
Port de Soller, Mallorca (Daily Mail 8.6.19)
For decades I’d thought of Mallorca simply as bikini scattered beaches, noisy discos, much revelling, and rampant romancing. And, if that’s what you want on holiday, I expect there’s a lot of it to be found there – although the … read more
Port de Soller, Mallorca (Daily Mail 8.6.19.)
For decades I’d thought of Mallorca simply as bikini scattered beaches, noisy discos, much revelling, and rampant romancing. And, if that’s what you want on holiday, I expect there’s a lot of it to be found there – although the … read more
Port de Soller, Mallorca (Daily Mail 8.6.19.)
Ella Fitzgerald
Plump and homely, Ella Fitzgerald wasn’t beautiful. Nor did she wear sexy, clingy outfits that flaunted her thighs and curves. And, never one to submit to confessional interviews, what love-life she had wasn’t ever made a matter for public discussion, … read more
