Two Big Egos in a Small Car
By Graham Chalmers and Charles Hutchinson
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A passionately laid back overview of the arts and culture scene in York and Harrogate with observations on journalism. This podcast is hosted by Charles Hutchinson and Graham Chalmers and regular guests.
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Episode 249: End of Year Round Up Part 2 - Best films 2025
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Episode 248: End of Year Round Up Part 1 - Best albums 2025
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Episode 247: Agadoo? Interview Special with Kim Hopkins and Dene Michael - Still Pushing Pineapples
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Episode 246: Bob Dylan live in Leeds; Nouvelle Vague live in Farsley; Bradford UK City of Culture Update; Daniel Day-Lewis’ new film, Anemone
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Episode 245: Interview Special with Hugh Cornwell
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Episode 244: New films from Guillermo del Toro and Yorgos Lanthimos; The Last Dinner Party New Album; Aesthetica Short Film Festival; Scott Michaels and his Dearly Departed Tours
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Episode 243: The Turner Prize 2025 Short List; Taylor Swift's New Album; The Appeal of Light Festivals
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Episode 242: Comedy Greats at Red House Gallery; Sam Fender Wins Mercury Prize 2025; New Wes Anderson Film - The Phoenician Scheme
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Episode 241: Interview Special with 'John Lennon'; the Decline of Ed Sheeran; the end of MTV's Music Channels
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Episode 240: Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another; Philosopher AC Grayling; Grayson Perry's Are You Good?; the Beta Band live
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Episode 239: Suede's new album Antidepressants; Ari Aster's new film, Erdington; Big Money for The National Gallery; Harrogate Events; Culture in Prague
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Episode 238: Leeds Festival 2025; Don Henley's Boys of Summer; Mitchell and Webb Get Sketchy; Anti-colonial Art at the Edinburgh Festival
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Episode 237: The Thursday Murder Club film; Highlights of the Edinburgh International Film Festival; Reception; a new musical using songs by David Gedge, The Wedding Present and Cinerama
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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Episode 236: Joan Didion on Civil War; The Naked Gun with Liam Neeson; The strange death of the writer of Grosse Pointe Blank
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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Episode 235: Chris Simpson and Magna Carta Update; Deershed Festival; Bradford 2024 - The Railway Children
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Episode 234: Dave Gedge Live at Rise, York; Katja Hoyer's Book on East Germany 1949-1990; F1 Movie with Brad Pitt
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Episode 233: Interview Special with David Gedge from The Wedding Present
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Episode 232: Interview Special with Emma Swan talking about her debut children's Cruiseship Kid plus Rotherham Children's Capital of Culture; Chris Simpson and Magna Carta
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Episode 231: Glastonbury; Oasis - get ready; Gang of Four live at the Brudenell; More streaming data now; Shifty Documentary by Adam Curtis; EIFF Update
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Episode 230: Streaming Giants; Zombies are us - 28 Years Later; Fyfe Dangerfield live in Leeds
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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Episode 229: Pulp's new album More; Remembering Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys; Bang & Olufsen Harrogate; The Rilling Stones Exhibition at Sledmere House
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Episode 228: Press Tickets Fiasco; Richard Hawley; Sheffield and the Sheffield Water
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Episode 227: Interview Special - Jamie Taylor, author of Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from the Human League to Pulp
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May 26, 2025 |
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Episode 226: Gary Oldman in Krapp's Last Tape; Pink Floyd Live in Pompeii Re-issued; The Murder Capital Live in Leeds; Chaper 3 of Graham Chalmers' Book on Magna Carta
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May 26, 2025 |
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Episode 225: Interview Special with Author of The North Road, Rob Cowen
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May 17, 2025 |
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Episode 224: Kamasi Washington live in Leeds; Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra at Bradford 2025; Record Store Day in Bradford and the Leeds Indie scene; The politics of Comedy - Al Murray followed by John Simpson (not together)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Episode 223: Music Venue Crisis; My Bloody Valentine; Sam Mendes’ Beatles Films; Val Kilmer RIP; Public Service Broadcasting
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Episode 222: Interview Special With Toby Manning - Music Journalist and Author of Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Episode 221:Topping Books open in York; Alto Knights with Robert de Niro; Edwyn Collins' New album; Harrogate Sessions Re-visit A Hard Day's Night and Help!
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Episode 220: Steven Soderbergh's new film Black Bag; Glastonbury Festival Lineups; Scottish indie music in Grant McPhee's new book Postcards from Scotland
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Episode 219: Anora Oscars Surprise; Beta Band Back; Richard Hawley Celebrates Coles Corner; Mickey 17 review
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Episode 218 - Interview Special: Gary Stewart
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Episode 217: Bradford, UK Capital of Culture Update; Jarmusch's Mystery Train Revisited; Toby Manning's Marxist Rock History Book; BAFTAs Revisited
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Episode 216 - Interview Special: 10CC's Graham Gouldman plus National Poetry Centre News;
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Episode 215: BBC 6 Music State of Independent Venues Report: Bradford City of Culture Update; Hockney at Saltaire; Brian Cox Returns to Edinburgh Stage
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Episode 214: Netflix versus the BBC; New Mogwai Album The Bad Fire; New film The Brutalist; Vinyl Sessions; Music for Sex; The First Prog Rock album?
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Episode 213: David Lynch; Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Episode 212: New films - Nosferatu and A Real Pain; Bradford launches as UK Capital of Culture
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Episode 211: Interview Special - Grant McPhee
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Episode 210: Revisiting dystopian films, V for Vendetta and Children of Men; Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man; music compilation, Behind the Counter; January 2025 Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Episode 209: Gigs of the year 2024; Theatre event of the year Wise Children's Bluebeard; Maisie Adam live in Harrogate
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Episode 208: Chalmers on BBC 6 Music; Blitz and Conclave; Two new books for 2025
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Episode 207 - Interview Special - Rob Chapman; Top 3 Books of the Year
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Episode 206: Top 10 Films of the Year
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Episode 205: Top 10 Albums of the Year
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Episode 204: interview Special - Ross Raisin
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Episode 203: Paddington 3 vs Godfather 3; Nirvana; Dear Evan Hansen;
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Episode 202: Nick Cave live in Leeds; The Pretenders at York Barbican; Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy revisited; Gary Oldman directing himself in York
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Episode 201: High Llamas Live at Hebden Bridge; Watching Fellini's Roma in Italian; Watermark Gallery, Harrogate; Floyd Vs Genesis at Kirkby Overblow;
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Episode 200: Interview Special - Peter Brewis from Field Music
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Episode 199: Supertramp Q & A with Ken Scott; The Future of Guitar Bands; Heath Common Funeral; Peter Hook and the Light Live
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Episode 198: Graham in Emilia Romagna; Shed Seven's 'annus miraculous'; Black Midi News; Ai Weiwei's Who Am I? Exhibition in Bologna; Viking Sorceress in Copenhagen
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Episode 195: RIP Heath Common, poet and musician; English Teacher Win the Mercury Prize; Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve; Blink Twice versus Lee
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Episode 197: Interview Special: Boff Whalley on Sanctuary plus new film Firebrand and new album, Wild God by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Episode 196: Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves) Exhibition at RedHouse Originals, Harrogate; Sprints; Ayckbourn's Show & Tell
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Episode 194: Edinburgh Part 2; Chris Simpson and Magna Carta; New albums by Fontaines DC and Hamish Hawk; Supertramp; Oasis Reform
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Episode 193: Edinburgh Special (Part One)
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Episode 192: Interview Special with Mark Cousins, Documentary Filmmaker, Author and Curator
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Episode 191: Were Mainstream Films Better in the 70's?; Edinburgh International Film Festival Preview; Banksy's Beasts; Graham's Idea for a Play
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Episode 190: Edinburgh International Film Festival; Dan Baldwin Exhibition at Red House Art Gallery; Purple Signs in York; Vinyl Sessions
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Episode 189:
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Episode 188: Mark Billingham at Theakston's Crime Writing Festival; Shed Seven live at York's Museum Gardens; Pink Floyd Rock Archaeology
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Episode 187: Edinburgh International Festival Programme; Tribute Acts; I am Your Tribute in York; Yoko Ono at Tate Modern
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Episode 186: Kettles Yard and Jim Ede; Bomb Squad's Rise of the Vandals in York: Edinburgh International Film Festival Update
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Episode 185: Interview Special with Pete Oxley, founder of the band Hejira, who celebrate the music of Joni Mitchell; New film in the works by indie film legend, Richard Linklater; Glastonbury 2024 Highlights
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Episode 184: Summer Music Festival Preview; Graham's Celebrity Diaries; Arts Manifestos; Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate Preview
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Episode 183: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets vs Foo Fighters; Unfortunate at the Grand Opera House, York; New Viggo Mortensen Film, The Dead Don't Hurt; Cowton live at Brudenell Social Club
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Episode 182: Vinyl Sessions with Hotel Californa; PechaKucha in York; Moby Dick at York Theatre Royal; The Resilience and Excellence of York band Percy
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Episode 181: Yes, Live in York; Demarco's Edinburgh Book; Billie Eilish; Dexys Live in Scarborough; Vinyl Sessions Prreview
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 180: Interview special with Chantel McGregor; Isaac Hayes and Gatefold Record Sleeves; National Service; Anton Lesser in York
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May 27, 2024 |
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Episode 179: Cult Film Return to the River's Edge; New Powell and Pressburger Documentary; Paloma Faith Live at York Barbican
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May 20, 2024 |
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Episode 178: David Remfry; Monet in York; Michaela Yearwood-Dan; Tony Cragg at Castle Howard; RIP Keith LeBlanc
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 177: Seriously Taylor Swift; Amy Winehouse - Back to Black the Filmography
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Episode 176: Remembering Graham Naysmith from the Pale Saints; Philosophy Stars Chomsky and Baudrillard; Alex Garland's New Film, Civil War
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Episode 175: Steve Howe and Yes; Benjamin Francis Leftwich Live; Magna Carta Book Update; Beatles Exhibition; William Doyle
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 174: Jesus and Mary Chain Back on Form; Monet in York; Suits You - The Fast Show in York
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Episode 173: Ruskin and Brantwood house; Rolling Stones Connection to York; The Holdovers; Steve Harley RIP
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Episode 172: Interview Special with Music Journalist Dave Simpson
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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Episode 171: Music Venue Crisis Threatening Live Music; Wise Children's Blue Beard; Yard Act's New Album; William Doyle's Springs Eternal
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 170: Arts Funding Crisis; Harrogate Community Radio;
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Episode 169: American Fiction; Bob Marley: One Love; Let There Be Light...In Harrogate; Roisin Murphy
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 168: The Woman in Black; One Love and Class
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Episode 167: The Last Dinner Party and The Zone of Interest
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Episode 166: English Teacher Live in Leeds; ABC Live in York; New Album From Bill Ryder-Jones; Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge;
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Episode 165: Pop Artist, Pauline Boty; Poor Things; Overrated Netflix Films; York Art Gallery Exhibition Charges
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Episode 164: Indie Bands and their Hype; Shed Seven's First Number One Album; Priscilla Reconsidered; The Miracle of Mr Mick
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Episode 163: Sofia Coppola's Priscilla; Pauline Boty and Harrogate's Creative Underground; Why BBC 6 Music Should Create its own Chart
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Episode 162: Christmas Presents; Michael Mann's Ferrari; Christmas TV
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 161: Review of the Year (Part Two)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Episode 160: Review of the Year (Part One)
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Episode 159: Harrogate Theatre's Pantomime: New Todd Haynes Film, May December; Shane MacGowan RIP
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Episode 158: Berlin Re-visited; Ian McMillan's Very Yorkshire Opera; Robert M Pirsig's Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance Reassessed
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Episode 157: Fashion on trend?; Yorkshire's Now Then and Now And Then; Sunderland's Indie HQ
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Episode 156: Whither BBC 6Music?; How The Rolling Stones Invented Punk
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Episode 155: SIr Ranulph Fiennes in Harrogate; New albums from The Coral, Peter Brewis and The Rolling Stones; Killers of the Flower Moon
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 154: Magna Carta Update; Mike Skinner's Debut Film; New Cinema Releases - The Great Eascaper and The Old Oak
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 153: Interview Special - Shed Seven's Rick Witter
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 152: Lisbon, Portugal and its Music Scene; New Alan Ayckbourn and John Godber Plays; Why Five Star Lead Singer is now Living in Harrogate
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Episode 151: September Songs; Burnby Hall Gardens' Brass Band Sundays; Dr John Cooper Clarke's memoir; Kevin Rowland and Dexys at York Barbican; Harrogate War Memorial Project
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Episode 150: Martin McAloon Plays Prefab Sprout alone; Yard Act at Leeds Festival; Best Album Covers of All Time
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Episode 149: Oppenheimer; Deer Shed Festival; Grayson Perry at Wentworth Woodhouse; Blur's new album - a rethink
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 148: Edinburgh Special - Edinburgh International Film Festival and Edinburgh Art Festival 2023
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 147: Heading to Edinburgh; Mercury Prize Nominees; Amis vs McEwan
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Episode 146: Mission Impossible 7; Barbie; New Blur Album; Harrogate Crime Writers' Festival
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Episode 145: MIF & Alison Goldfrapp; New Albums; Tom Cruise and his seventh Mission Impossible
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Episode 142: Elton John at Glastonbury; RIP Curzon Ripon; Wes Anderson's Asteroid City; Local Comedy for Local People; Dexys' new single alert
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Episode 144: Edinburgh international Film Festival Saved; Meeting Rachel Reeves; Pulp Live in Scarborough; Manchester International Festival - Factory International Scottish Artist Siobhan McLaughlin
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Episode 143: The Beatles and Mark Lewisohn; History of India Part 2; The Ultimate Punk Celebration; Martin Creed in Harrogate
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode 140: A History of India in 50 Lives; BedFest in Knaresborough; Steve Earle Live
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Episode 141: Interview Special with Kate Bramley of Badapple Theatre on Your Doorstep
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Episode 139: Suits You Interpol; New Film - The Eight Mountains; Royal Blood Letting
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Episode 138: New Paul Simon Album; Little Richard Documentary; Magna Carta Update; Richard E Grant on love and death
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Episode 136: Martin Creed; Vinyl Sessions Return; David Brewis Orchestra; Heathers The Musical in York
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May 31, 2023 |
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Episode 137: 2023 FiIm Releases and AI's future in film; Bad Behaviour in Theatres and Martin Amis RIP
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May 30, 2023 |
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Episode 135: Ed Sheeran Wins in Court; The State of British films; Bob Stanley in Harrogate; Mayflies musical in York
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 134: Ed Sheeran in Court; BBC 6 Music Crisis: Brit Comedy The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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May 02, 2023 |
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Episode 133: Art Special - Harrogate and York
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Episode 132: Harrogate's Music Scene; Ryan Adams Live; King Crimson; Ai Wei Wei; Coronation Chicken?
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Episode 131: U2 Re-visited; Suede Live; New John Godber Play; Lord of the Flies in Leeds; John Ruskin
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Episode 129: Oscars Results; Francis Rossi from Status Quo; Edinburgh International Film Festival Update; Celebrating The Go Betweens
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Episode 130: Ai Wei Wei's Memoir; Martin Roscoe and John Ruskin in the Lake District; Coronation Spotify List; U2's fortifying Songs Of Surrender or not; Edinburgh Filmhouse Update
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Episode 128: Hockney's Yorkshire Spring at Salt's Mill; Edinburgh International Film Festival Update; Oscars Forecast; Tarantino's Book; Field Music's David Brewis - New Album
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Episode 127: Quentin Tarantino's book on Cinema; BAFTAs and Oscars; Luke Haines & REM's Peter Buck and Fairport Convention concerts; Imitating The Dog's estuary city Macbeth
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Episode 126: New Order - the Mexican/French Film that slipped under the radar; Told By An Idiot's Charlie & Stan; Anthony Beevor's book on the Russian Civil War; The Harrogate Man Who Played with The Beatles
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Episode 125: The Future of Theatre in Home X; Imitating The Dog's Macbeth; Brit Awards Fiasco
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Episode 124: Hamish Hawk; Velvet Underground; Jon Stewart's Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Episode 123: RIP Television's Tom Verlaine; Oscars Nominations - Who Will Win?; Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop Bad Pop vs Jon Stewart's Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Episode 122: Film focus on Tár, Babylon and Empire Of Light and first thoughts on Belle And Sebastian's surprise new album
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Episode 121: Sick Graham; Simon Nicol from Fairport Convention; Songs to Survive the Apocalypse; RIP Robbie Bachman of Bachman Turner Overdrive and Lisa Marie Presley; historian Antony Beevor on the Russian Civil War; Cate Blanchett in Tár
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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Episode 120: Interview with York musician Chris Helme on 25th anniversary of The Seahorses' rise...and sudden fall
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Episode 119: Edinburgh International Film Festival update; Terry Hall RIP; Pete Doherty and Barbara Charone Music Memoirs
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Episode 117: André Rieu in Dublin; Stereolab in Leeds; Van Gogh in York; What Links Kerouac and Pynchon?
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Episode 118: Interview Special with Oliver Jones from Deershed Festival
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Episode 116: Pete Doherty - Yorkshireman?; Tom Bird Leaving York Theatre Royal; Journalism in cinema in She Said; Manchester's Night and Day Update; Deer Shed Christmas Party
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Episode 114: Panto Season Preview; Into the Woods at Castle Howard; Norwegian Artist, Danny Larsson; Night and Day Crisis
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 111: Bob Stanley’s Lets Do it - the Birth of Pop; Anthony Burgess on Classical Music; The Mercury Prize
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 112: NPO Funding; Edinburgh Film House; The Triangle of Sadness; Guy Fawkes;
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 113: ENO Funding Shock; Cher Musical; Kingsley Amis’s Lucky Jim; Dave Hill and Slade
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 110: The Banshees of Inisherin; Edinburgh International Film Festival Update; The Car - New Album From Arctic Monkeys; A Clockwork Orange and The Sheltering Sky - Best as Films or Books?; Emily - the new film looking at the imagined life of Emily
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 106: Royal Protocol; Portmeirion; Family Album
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Episode 107: Martin Compston; Class in the 60's; Portraying the Queen
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Episode 109: Beatles Expert Mark Lewisohn; Roxy Music Live; Live at Leeds; Frantic Assembly's Othello; Sports Team's Gulp! album
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Episode 108: Our man in Amsterdam, Paris, Leeds and Harrogate. New David O Russell movie Amsterdam. Shock News from Edinburgh's Film World . New Suede Album, Autofiction
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Oct 12, 2022 |