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…And This Is Me

Here’s something for all you new followers out there. Continue reading …And This Is Me

Always underestimated, Big Country have hit their 30th anniversary as a musical force that’s both reinvigorated and hungry. Continue reading A Beating Heart Will Never Die: The Continuing Story Of Big Country

Soho on a Saturday morning is usually a quietly hungover place. Not on the 20th of April. Continue reading Thoughts On Record Store Day 2013

Harper Curtis is a serial killer. He focuses on girls with a particular quality; for him, they shine. Continue reading A Time To Shine And A Time To Die: Rob Read The Shining Girls

It's been too long since we've seen a proper, unapologetic future SF movie in the multiplexes. Something with robots and aliens and spaceships.

I don't often talk politics on here, but this once, indulge me. Warning: rage-filled diatribe ahead. Continue reading

Some exciting news from Verse Publishing.

I hate to bandy the word “triumph” around loosely. But you should always call it as you find it.

Readership, here’s your chance to see me in the actual flesh! Continue reading Tonight! Live! In Person!

The first film review from Doco Dom Wade for X&HT looks at Nick Love’ s neglected love story to 80s casual culture, The Firm.