A Hove charity bookshop has received a donation from a world famous rock star. Oxfam on Blatchington Road in Hove received a donation of around 2,000 books from Nick Cave’s personal collection. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25315760.nick-cave-donates-2-000-books-oxfam-store-hove https://www.oxfam...

lee wenham claims that his gypsy-crime family were close friends with jeff beck. producer ted roffey too. full account in ghostwritten book `diamond gangster`. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gangster-grandad-caught-350m-millennium-35041425 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua9lEJn82PY ---------...

Discover some of the most iconic British locations that have helped to define musical culture both at home and abroad with our fantastic audio guides...

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The Penderyn Music Book Prize is the only UK-based book prize specifically for music titles including history, theory, biography, autobiography. It is now in its 11th year. The 2025 winner was Will Hodgkinson for his book:Street-Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence Published in the UK by Nine Eight...

INFINITELY RECYCLABLE OZZY Ozzy Osbourne is 1 of 1. But we’re selling his actual DNA so you can recycle him forever... https://loudwire.com/liquid-death-cans-ozzy-osbourne-dna https://liquiddeath.com/en-gb/pages/ozzy?srsltid=AfmBOorjqFKtq3iVAMkGc-oYCjMgaBLG16CjWM-Cp24ov_l4Q4gCXJYP alas, too late to ...

see youtube for viedeo interviews re new ballet. Pete Townshend:... ...IINTERVIEW The veteran rock star on tensions in The Who, a new ballet adaptation of 'Quadrophenia', and why his rock epic is still relevant 50 years on... https://inews.co.uk/culture/pete-townshend-careful-roger-sacking-me-next-3...

2025. If you’re going to the Isle of Wight Festival, but you didn’t manage to get a ticket to see Alan Edwards at his sold out talk at Dimbola Museum and Galleries this week, you can meet him at the Dimbola Marquee in Penny Lane on Friday (20th June) between 4.30 and 5.30pm. https://onthewight.com/m...

published in 1996 but only just read by seb. well worth reading IMHO - account of affliction by sudden rare illness - churg-strauss syndrome. while hospitalised he overhears nurses discussing music by leonard cohen!! https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/patient-9781408846599/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

reddit post from 3 years ago :

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Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of this unique BBC radio programme aimed at just a few dozen listeners: The team of scientists and support staff isolated at British research stations in the Antarctic midwinter. Hosted by Cerys Matthews, the show features messages from f...

don't know if leonard is included. ------------ ...Founded by Hazel Harrison and Phillipa Anders, Music To Die For was created from a shared passion for the way music shapes our lives... ...a digital archive of personal stories told through music – a space where people can open up about who they’ve ...

private passions - bbc radio 3.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dcd4

The EVERLY Pregnant Brothers are the North’s premier parody ukulele band. Delighting audiences and ruining peoples favourite songs in equal measure. With a loyal following in their native South Yorkshire they have played festivals and venues across the country. They are playing the main stage at th...

another saint leonard!! Music writers. Who needs ’em? We recently had the opportunity to get musician Saint Leonard and polymath Jonathan Meades together. We left the pair to have a conversation about both their individual practice and attitude to craft, without any interference from us. ... https:/...

Watch an exclusive clip of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ ‘This Much I Know To Be True’ featuring Marianne Faithfull...

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