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It was a Wednesday night: Obscure Pet Shop Boys third night review

July 8, 2026
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Assessing the Girl Power of the Spice Girls — 90s nostalgia or a lasting legacy?

July 2, 2026

Say No Go: The surprise rehabilitation of Daryl Hall & John Oates (No Can Do)

July 2, 2026

Record Collector Presents… Blondie: out now

July 1, 2026

You can stop the music: The trouble with the Village People

June 30, 2026

More PMs than realities: why Britain is always going up the hill backwards

June 22, 2026

What did you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Devon, perhaps?

June 4, 2026

Perfect 10: Talking ’bout Marilyn Monroe in song

June 1, 2026
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Random Jukebox: Duran Duran’s A View To A Kill + how they took over Bond from Bowie

May 12, 2025
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Age to the rhythm: Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Grace Jones (and why she’s younger than you think)

May 19, 2026

Angel or Legend? Assessing Bob Marley

May 11, 2026
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The murder of Stephen Lawrence 33 years on

Lest we forget… It’s Stephen Lawrence Day in the ‘United‘ Kingdom. Which, in 2026, means that 33 years ago in its capital city an innocent young boy was savagely slain in a callous racially…
April 22, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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100 words for Windsor 

Historically, when it comes to notable Taureans April 21 has been a date with more than its fair share of Born On This Days, among them… Iggy Pop, of the Stooges Robert Smith, of the…
April 21, 2026
bySteve Pafford

The winners took it all: ABBA’s Waterloo at 52

My, my. Ridley Scott’s Napoléon movie went down like a lead ballon with the French. Moi? Two years on and I’ve still yet to see it. And with friendly Axel from Apple at Nice’s CAP3000 ranting…
April 6, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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Random Jukebox: Dinah Washington’s Mad About The Boy

One hundred years ago, jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington was born in Alabama. The Grammy-winning “Queen of the Jukeboxes” would leave this bitter earth behind at the tender age of 39,…
August 28, 2024
bySteve Pafford
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Even better than the real thing: 11 Irish Icons that aren’t U2

Anyone who’s ever been to Ireland knows that music isn’t just part of their cultural heritage, but also an inescapable part of everyday life. Whether it’s the traditional live bands down the…
March 17, 2026
bySteve Pafford

Six degrees of separation: How often do you think of Fanny?

February 26 marks the anniversary of the birth of one of the most mocked, divisive and despised British celebrity cooks, Fanny Cradock. An extraordinarily unlikable creature who was the face…
February 26, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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John Lydon at 70: “Have I mellowed? Absolutely fucking not!” – a classic interview revisited

With brand new Public Image Ltd. material on the way, and — gasp! — hopefully not aiming for Eurovision glory this time around, we celebrate the former Sex Pistol becoming rock‘s latest…
January 31, 2026
bySteve Pafford

The Moolah Of Suburbia: cashing in on Bowie’s Bromley house 

“See these tiles so green…” So, a full decade after his ascension to that great Stardust in the sky, it’s been announced that one of David Bowie’s childhood homes is to be turned into a…
January 10, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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