When I was little, I went through a phase when I thought I couldn’t read. I had no problem with books at school but, when I went to bed, the words on my pillowcase totally foxed me. Night after night I traced the...
Read MoreMidway through my chat with Cookie Monster, I ask him if his diet extends to anything non-cookie related and, if so, what? “Of course,” he replies. “One cannot live on cookies alone. Me eat everything. Me like...
Read MoreWe love these guys. One of the best – and most joyous – acts at the Ramsbottom Festival a couple of months ago, Smoove & Turrell are a North East gem. We loved our chat with them backstage in Rammy so much...
Read MoreAh, Julian Cope, arch-drude and all-round bluddy fantastic musician. In what is quite possibly Northern Soul’s maddest, most fascinating and most enjoyable interview ever, our Editor Helen Nugent chatted to Cope back stage...
Read More“She’s driving from her home towards Newcastle but that’s the Holy Island causeway and that clearly isn’t right.” So says my Dad (repeatedly) who is, like me, an avid viewer of Vera, the...
Read More
