Bona Cybernetics
Slightly odd one this, it’s something a young Lee Binding and I wrote one evening in a fit of creative frenzy, referencing the wonderful BBC Radio comedy series “Round the Horne”.
Donna Summer: Another Place and Time (2023 Deluxe Edition)
A review I wrote for We Are Cult regarding the third (THIRD!) reissue of Donna Summer’s Stock/Aitken/Waterman-produced album “Another Place and Time”.
The thing I’m most proud of is that within seconds of being published an account on twitter described it as “woke, bent, nonsense”. Which I happily take as a compliment, frankly.
Flashback to a letter from the BBC…
A reminder of that time the BBC told me I should definitely keep up my aim to be a writer…
Voice of the Beehive: Let it Bee (Deluxe Edition)
Sunny Californian pop meets UK cynicism in a brilliant formative album, in a review what I writ for We Are Cult.
Shakespears Sister: Hormonally Yours (30th Anniversary Edition)
A review I wrote for We Are Cult regarding the 30th anniversary edition of Shakespears Sister’s sophomore album.
Best Man’s Speech for my “Little” Brother
So on the 18th June 2022 my little brother, Daniel, married Helena: a wonderful woman who he met at Exeter University. I was asked to be best man, which was a great honour. Unfortunately Covid intervened and both Joe and I tested positive for it the day before it was due to take place. Thankfully, through the power of modern technology I was able to give the speech, albeit as a disembodied voice. And here it is!