We went to see the splendid Hereford Cathedral and its most famous treasure – the Mappa Mundi, and to Ludlow for a huge book sale, a lovely riverside lunch – and to see the walls, before their recent collapse. In fact we have visited most of the towns and villages in Herefordshire a...
Originally released on the Factory Benelux offshoot partly formed by Ian Curtis’s girlfriend Annik Honoré, "Shack Up" came out in the same year (1980) as Dexys Midnight Runners’ "Geno" and resembles the bloodless flip side to Kevin Rowland’s unwavering passion. ACR singer Simon Topping ...
A dessert with centuries of American history… Dating back to our pre-Revolution days when – and we quote: “Due to the lack of suitable ingredients and proper cooking equipment, English settlers were unable to make their traditional suet puddings. They improvised by covering a stewed filling w...
Once we’d conquered this, it was fairly flat cycling through pretty thatched villages down to Thiessow and on to Klein Zicker stopping for refreshments at a rustic fish shack overlooking the bay. Cycling onwards, the church at Gross Zicker dates back to 1360 with its unusual wooden tower. T...
revolution " profile 138. rob base / dj e-z rock: “it takes two” (1988) rob base and dj e-z rock’s "it takes two" went supernova in 1988: the song broke big in dance clubs, in rock clubs. it was popular with older, gay house audiences and with mainstream pop audiences. ...
It took a few tries, but she eventually found three guys from Hereford: bassist Pete Farndon, guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, and drummer Martin Chambers. The Pretenders could do breakneck songs in uncommon time signatures (Honeyman-Scott rips on "Tattooed Love Boys"), but 1980’s "Brass in...