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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 239 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 24th August 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Arc (Mixtape of a day in Brighton) This week we’re trying something a little different. The show will be a journey through a day in Brighton for a couple (Jane and Seb) who have been Read more
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The End and the Beginning Because others had named the day We can plot the moment When first in a church and then in the barn of an after bouquet of a wedding you caught a glimpse of the future in each other deftly like a slipping shadow at first then ripening boldly Read more
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The Language of Us Before you, I walked at the edge of the group A straggler in strangers My life didn’t fit, held together with an unsafety pin I was made not to measure A bird not of a feather And my hesitant shadow held back Expecting never to be expectant, half a step Read more
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Football has become about big money and small characters. Even the ball itself has become a metaphor for big business and exploitation. Major brands like Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Mitre (UK) have recently discovered a conscience in these matters because links with child labour are not a great platform for sales in the hothouse supersales arena… Read more
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I first stumbled across Tracey Thorn on the Cherry Red compilation ‘Pillow and Prayers’ in 1983. She had three songs on the album under her own name, The Marine Girls and Everything but the Girl. I was astounded by the maturity, magical resonance and mellifluous marshmellowness of her voice. I also loved the feeling of… Read more
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Jonathan Bernstein and Beatrice Colin together formed April Showers – a fleetingly brilliant Glaswegian pop duo who released just one single “Abandon Ship” on Big Star, a subsidiary of Chrysalis in 1984. It quickly gained a cult following due to its sparkling production from Anne Dudley (Art of Noise) and string-heavy arrangements. This quality was echoed Read more
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