Winifred Holtby: All of us are surrounded by ghosts. Now we need to learn how to live with them. Storyline:Testament of Youth (2014) is based on the memoir of Vera Brittain, a young woman who defies societal expectations to attend…
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Night (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
Night might not be the most celebrated track on Born to Run, but it embodies the raw energy and unrelenting spirit that define Bruce Springsteen’s breakout album. While many of the songs on Born to Run are wrapped in sweeping,…
24/3/25 – 30/3/25 – Trump and Musk, Radiohead & The Godfather
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Claire Lehmann: The threat to free speech from the RightVideo Interview by Freddie Sayers at UnHerd This interview is such a salient and informative…
Million Dollar Bash (1967) – Bob Dylan & The Band
You’ll notice on the cover above that Dylan & The Band’s Million Dollar Bash is paired with Tears of Rage, which featured here just over a month ago. I almost let Million Dollar Bash slip through the cracks of my…
For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Sheena Easton
I took a nostalgia trip last night and revisited Live and Let Die – a James Bond movie I hadn’t seen in decades but was fond of as a child. Roger Moore was the Bond of my generation, so his…
Ashes to Ashes (1980) – David Bowie
Ashes to Ashes is a follow-up to Space Oddity and it reinterprets its iconic stranded spaceman Major Tom as a drug addict lost in the throes of substance abuse. Bowie partially based the lyrics on his own experiences with drug…
Bright Blue Rose (1989) – Jimmy MacCarthy
Bright Blue Rose is a song written by Jimmy MacCarthy who is known principally as a ‘songwriter’ because his songs have been recorded by many Irish artists. Bright Blue Rose was first released by Christy Moore in 1989. Since then, the…
Centerfold (1982) – The J. Geils Band
OK, it’s about as crass as it gets and so 80’s, but geewiz Centerfold is well written and catchy. The lyrics alone deserve a read. Also musically as soon as the song blares out on the speakers there’s no escaping…
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (1985) – The Smiths
“So I think we’ve reached a stage where we feel… if they don’t believe me now, will they ever believe me? You know, what more can a poor boy do?…I wanted [fame] for so long and now I’ve got it,…
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