What makes an album great? What epitomises an album to be regarded as great, historic and timeless? In a day and age of digital music, it seems sales numbers are what separates a successful from mediocre record; with chart success being a major factor in what could eventually make or […]

As somebody who doesn’t really appreciate the great outdoors as much as he should, I was more than happy to spread my proverbial wings for the weekend and give camping a try. A Bank Holiday weekend filled with sun, sea, alcohol and fantastic company. The weekend should have been a […]

Game of Thrones, the medieval fantasy television series adapted from the works of George R.R. Martin and produced by HBO in America, has been growing in popularity since its first air date in April 2011. The programme, which has the feel more of a film that has been split into […]

Like most of the nine thousand other viewers who tuned into the first episode of The Voice UK on 24th March this year, I was encouraged by the different direction that the show seemed to be taking. It seemed that the public had warmed to the ‘swivel chaired’ uniqueness of […]

This article is to be one of three, beginning with an introduction, the second, a concentration on the prominent movers and shakers, and third, some of the artistic works produced during this amazing era from furniture to jewellery and metalwork. How did it come about and who spearheaded this extraordinary […]

A tenuous link – an experience shared. William Bradford, the son of a Yorkshire farmer, was born in sleepy Austerfield, just outside Doncaster in 1590. What if I was to tell you this man was a factor two of mankind’s most heroic adventures? That without him Neil Armstrong may never […]

What can be said of Jez Butterworth? I was fortunate enough to sit through an interview with him and I can tell you that he is a genuine, optimistic and easy-going writer. There is no drama to him as a person. If anything, he is inspiring.  For those of you […]

Society states that the average 22  year old male with…relative charisma and social standing, should be spending his weeknights hanging out watching the football with his mates, or out at clubs surrounded (if he’s lucky) by lovely ladies. When I tell you that I spend, on average, four nights a […]