John Inman has died at the age of 71: “John was known for his comedy plays and farces which were enjoyed from London’s West End throughout the country and as far as Australia, Canada and the USA.” Inman’s Are You Being Served? co-star Wendy Richard …
Mark Watson is a comedian. You may have seen him on the box on ‘Nevermind the Buzzcocks’, ‘Mock The Week’ or ‘Time Trumpet’. You may have heard his Radio 4 show, ‘Mark Watson makes the world substantially better’. You may have seen him live, perhaps …
What’s the skinny? Wolf & Cub are Joel Byrne, Adam Edwards, Thomas Mayhew and Joel Carey, four guys from Adelaide who make a big stompy rock noise. What have they done? Their website says: Wolf & Cub have shared stages with TV On The Radio, …
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger added to his recent complaint about cup replays with some further stern words aimed in the direction of London rivals Chelsea and their just announced £80m operating loss for the most recent accounting year: They have a super sponsor. With normal …
This Day In London’s History 1924: The Greenwich Time Signal pips are broadcast on BBC Radio for the first time. This one is quite pleasingly geeky. Shortly after the formation of the BBC in 1922, it was suggested that it might be a nice idea …
We can’t ignore a band with a lead singer called Scrappy Calloway and it’s a bonus that we fell in love with her voice the second we heard it. Goodfinger from New York play Bar Rumba tonight and we’re going to go along to see …
Crushed at our cricketing walloping from the Wallabies? Numbed at our humbling on the international soccer stage? Tempted to down cratefuls of the sponsor’s product to submerge the memory of the autumn rugby fiascos? Then why not treat yourself to a few hours of a …
Eurovision Song Contest. Those three words have garnered so much undeserved scorn. And all because a bunch of singers representing countries come together on a big stage somewhere in Europe to sing some songs with poppy, up-beat melodies and sugary lyrics. What could be more …
We love the chart. Like really, really love it. Childhood Sundays were spent ignoring the outside world and the Eastenders omnibus, instead preferring the feeling of unwrapping a new C90 and trying to speedily erase Mark Goodier’s voice. And Monday mornings? Well, that was the …
A couple of weeks ago we told you about a new singer who is going to be B I G in 2007 : Mika. Tonight, he plays a gig at The Reindeer in The Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. The Reindeer is a restaurant and …
While we don’t seem to be able to turn on the television these days without seeing Kate Thornton or Vernon Kay peering on down at us, we never thought the day would come when a member of Blur who isn’t Damon Albarn would be over-exposing …
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