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OK so today I went for my first swim at Grand Central. The last time I swam there was the same week Covid Island Disc started as this was the last time the pool was open before the UK went... View Article
Time for another song from this great little entertainer I met who was the lead act to a Paul Kelly concert that my daughter and I attended in the Northern Quarter or Manchester (see Covid Island Disc Day 206). Such... View Article
Staying with the comedy, I think this is the song to finish the year on as it summaries the UK Tory government nicely. Let’s hope 2021 is a better year but it feels like an impossibly long time to wait... View Article
Well it’s the beginning of Christmas week so I thought I would start with this little song. I have a good friend who helped me when I was writing my book The Wormwood Deception and his son has released this... View Article
First for this band in Covid Island Discs. Like the way they combine the word shame with the guitar. Postscript March 2022: RIP Taylor Hawkins.
