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  • Who Is Like God?

      Who is like God? Love was the father and love the mother. You arrived in December, anticipating another Christmas A reward in yourself rather than a present A pilgrimage more than a journey Because we cannot find love in ourselves Only with another And you were the purest love The world of love in Read more

  • Star Formation: Mike Kerr of Royal Blood

    Mike Kerr of Royal Blood agrees to a 2 hour radio interview and music journey.We play adrenalin-pumped rock and roll, we nod back to Led Zeppelin, and nod forward to Drenge. The Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, The Raconteurs, Them Crooked Vultures also feature. Musical signposts rather than antecedents, combined with… Read more

  • The end of the Pier doesn’t mean the end of the road

    Out of 55 remaining piers in the UK only six are offering traditional Summer seaside entertainment. One of those is Worthing. The end of the pier show has been part of the English seaside landscape for as long as Punch has been altercating with Judy and candyfloss has been blown away by stiff north easterly… Read more

  • South Pacific at the Connaught – another reason why we have to save the theatres..

    ‘South Pacific’ by Worthing Musical Comedy Society at The Connaught Theatre 16-21st May 2011 is a perfect reason why the work by the Worthing Theatres Trust to keep all three performance spaces open must succeed. A community show for all in a much loved community theatre. Read more

  • Why saving theatres is great theatre

    Since Christmas something rather remarkable has been happening in Worthing. Because of the cuts in Central Government spending, the Town has been looking under its moth-eaten bed to see what obsolete pieces of social detritus it can afford to get rid of. The Town Council has decided in its wisdom that Theatre is the defunct… Read more

  • A Place in the Sun – my love affair with Tracey Thorn

    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

  • The best undiscovered guitar album in the world, ever?

    A Celebration of one of the lost classics of the 80s Rock genre, Adorable’s ‘Against Perfection’ and the band’s inspired lead guitarist and singer Piotr Fijalkowski – with a downloadable file. Read more