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  • Nought to 60 with the Near Jazz Experience

    Fooled by my own fool proof system must make me more of a fool than I give myself credit for. It’s an elderly memory malfunction thing, becoming commonplace. Like my lockdown skinhead idea. Skinheads fair as well as a bobcat on us elderly, what with hair sprouting from ears. The ingenious strategy to create a Read more

  • Freya Beerโ€™s Beast

    Freya Beerโ€™s Beast

    Driving my inner-goth, Iโ€™m comfortable with this, because London-based Freya Beerโ€™s voice is hauntingly alluring, similar to Nina Persson of The Cardigans, or more obviously, Siouxsie Sioux, rather than the gritty vocals common with arch art-rock. So, despite not being the black hair dyed and leather friendship bands type, I devoured this long-awaited debut album, Read more

  • And the Winner of our Gary Delaney Competition isโ€ฆ.

    And there we have it, our competition to win two tickets to Gary Delaney at the Corn Exchange has come to closing date for entries; donโ€™t say I didnโ€™t warn you, cos I did. I must say I was disappointed more people didn’t respond, somewhat more than the standard of the one liner jokes! I Read more

  • CSF Professional Wrestling celebrate 23 years of live events as the Corn Exchange

    23 years of wrestling, is a lot of wrestling, Iโ€™ve got to wonder if Iโ€™d manage 23 seconds in the ring. Because if you know me, youโ€™ll know dangerous sports just isnโ€™t my bag. If I went on the school skiing holiday, Iโ€™d be the one, because thereโ€™s always one, who comes home with their Read more

  • George Floyd Statue, Defaced, Because, of Course, Thatโ€™s the First Time Anyone Made a Statue of Someone Who Committed a Crimeโ€ฆ..?!

    The media reports the bust statue of George Floyd in New York has been vandalised for a second time since its erection, and eager after a day of downtime, keyboard warriors take to Facebook careful not to expose their hypocrisy and racism, with comments along the lines of โ€œthey build statues of criminals now, whatever Read more

  • Return of Comic Cons

    Return of Comic Cons

    With the recent announcement of two Comic Conventions both hopeful for a date in September 2022, Iโ€™m wondering how the comic industry has been affected by the pandemic and what the future of these crucial events for the industry might look like. Pre-lockdown comic cons became quite the trend, with elements of cosplay aside workshops Read more