Does leaving the EU mean the UK will be kicked out of Eurovision? ALWYN TURNER explains. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Pick of the Pops: ‘All In It Together’
The Pirates rage against political sloganeering. (‘Don’t it make you wanna puke?’) Continue reading
Reg Presley and the Zulus from Mars
The Troggs singer shares his thoughts on crop circles, UFOs and millions of gallons of missing water. Continue reading
Might as well face it, they’re addicted to ads
Wasn’t the government going to slash its advertising budget? ALWYN TURNER bemoans the return of the Whitehall nag. Continue reading
We Rule: Part 3
ALWYN TURNER finally gets to the end of his round-up of female vocal duos in British pop. Continue reading
We Rule: Part 2
ALWYN TURNER continues a trek through female vocal duos, reaching the 1980s. Continue reading
Kneller Hall: The trumpets still sound (just)
As the Royal Military School of Music faces closure, ALWYN TURNER remembers a previous attempt to sell it off. Continue reading
We Rule: Part 1
ALWYN TURNER celebrates female vocal duos in British pop during the 1960s and ’70s. Continue reading
Pick of the Pops: ‘Song for the British Working Class’
Cornelius Cardew, a British disciple of Enver Hoxha, stiffens our sinews. Continue reading
Uncle Bill and his sticky buns
ALWYN TURNER remembers the man who told stories to Army children in the 1970s Continue reading
Is this Britain’s worst radio presenter?
ALWYN TURNER celebrates the self-proclaimed windbag David Mellor. Continue reading
Halloween hits: Ain’t It Grand to Be Bloomin’ Well Dead
Leslie Sarony’s 1932 song resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading
