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Author - david newton
Kendal Calling: This time it’s not just a walk in the fields
For some reason I now extrapolate the word ‘fields’ to ‘fields of wheat’ and on to ‘running through...
Kendal Calling: Alternative festival review
“I am just a man from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, pretending to be Curt Cobain…Pretending to be the...
Kendal Calling: Back to the fields
Back to the fields and back to the 90’s; the resurgence of Brit-pop and the rise of a home grown...
Small venues need you!
Last year I headed over to Camden for the Small Venues Trust meeting and fundraiser. Headlined by...
Songs for the recession
From Edith Piaf to the Clash, every depression has brought about a musical backlash and even forged...
Sigur Ross to headline celestial spectacular…
Following in the footsteps of The Flaming Lips and Elbow, the latest band to play Jodrell Bank...
The Kettle mix tape, Funky tunes to f**k to…
Being the hopeless romantic that I am, I can’t help but put a little bit of loving with a little...
The financial crisis: A tale of two centuries
Apparently it is a running joke in the financial services that a banking crisis happens every time...
New music reviewed – some good, some properly naff….
There’s so much new music around at the moment that is can be difficult trying sort the...
What’s next for Anderson ‘the spider’ Silva?
Those of you who watched the undoing of Stephan Bonnar at UFC 153 will know how ridiculous Anderson...
Extraordinary explorers: against the tide of social norms
Who is the world’s greatest ever explorer and does gender or ethnicity have a part to play?
Stupid Rugy rules – how changes will impact the game?
The new video referee laws are the latest in a long line of Interpretations, connotations and...