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SARM Studios is a recording studio located on Basing Street in Notting Hill, London. The studios were established by Chris Blackwell, the infamous founder of Island Records. They were originally known as Basing Street Studios and also as Island Studios. Lots of big stars have recorded here. In 1999, Si […]
SARM Studios is a recording studio located on Basing Street in Notting Hill, London. The studios were established by Chris Blackwell, the infamous founder of Island Records. They were originally known as Basing Street Studios and also as Island Studios. Lots of big stars have recorded here. In 1999, Si […]
Lancashire Volunteer Partnership are offering a telephone befriending service to people across Lancashire that are lonely / vulnerable at this time. Are you concerned about a member of your family or neighbour being lonely or vulnerable at the moment? Loneliness and self-isolation can be hard at the best of times […]
A facility to cope with a significant increase in bereavements is being built in Lancashire as a contingency measure as part of the emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic. The temporary morgue will ensure that the county can respond to the emergency whilst ensuring the deceased continue to be treated […]
New York, USA. Join Si in Union Square in front of the world famous George Washington statue as he waxes lyrical about life on the road with The Fall and Mark E Smith! Mark and Simon get the coolest invitation of the decade! As it happens, Si and Mark were […]
NHS GP Dr Gero Baiarda is one of the hundreds of GPs currently on-call at GPDQ – the UK’s leading GP-on-demand service. Since launching his ‘myth-busting’ series 10 days ago Dr Baiarda has become the media ‘go-to’ for information on what to believe in the interest of our health during […]
In the late 80’s to 90’s, The fall ran a record label called Cog Sinister Records. It was a stone’s throw from one of Mark E Smith’s favourite drinking haunts, The Harp & Shamrock, on New Mount Street in Ancoats. John the Postman used to famously man the phone. When […]
Today, we join Simon outside India House on Whitworth Street in Manchester. This beautiful Edwardian Baroque building, designed by Harry S. Fairhurst (who was also responsible for Bridgewater House opposite), was originally a packing and shipping warehouse. It was converted to flats and Si moved in for a fun-filled couple […]
Simon Wolstencroft | The X Generation | S01 E11: Ballet at Sadler’s Wells The Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London is the backdrop for today’s episode. Back in 1988, The Fall had recorded 11th studio album: I Am Kurious Oranj which combines studio recordings with tracks recorded live during performances in […]
Simon talks about The Woodthorpe Pub in Prestwich. This was one of Mark E Smith’s most favoured watering holes! Memories of surly landlords and shooting the music video for ‘There’s a Ghost in My House’. Season One of The X Generation brings you key moments in Simon Wolstencroft’s musical career […]
