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Facebook & Twitter growth flat, but unaffected by Russian ban The Russian ban on certain social networks has hit some platforms harder than others. In its latest worldwide social network user forecast, Insider Intelligence expects TikTok and Instagram to take the biggest hit to their user bases, while Facebook and Twitter […]
As you may have noticed whilst out for essential journeys to the shop or work, Britain’s roads have been considerably more quiet since lockdown restrictions were introduced. In fact, the BBC reported that traffic in April was down to levels not seen since the early 1970s! What were the 1970s like again? […]
As a young child in Merthyr Tydfil, Jared K. Russell had his own struggles. While partial hearing loss brought much adversity, this was only compounded by the bullying that ensued. It was totally needless. But Russell hasn’t let those experiences define his life and, in a new children’s book that […]
A chance sighting of classmate Ian Brown’s car on the M40 motorway leads to Si fulfilling one of his boyhood dreams: to play drums at Wembley Stadium, with his latest band, The G.O.D. The Stone Roses had just reformed and Ian offered Si the gig as a birthday present! Top […]
15 years after quitting The Fall, Si met Mark E Smith, at Gulliver’s on Oldham Street in Manchester. Si had been working with Jez Kerr And The Family Bizarre in Ancoats and had popped round the corner for a night cap. He found Mark upstairs in the dressing room ‘guarding […]
Just north of London, in Borehamwood, is Elstree Studios where the BBC filmed TOTP, Grange Hill and other shows. Top of the Pops went on air every Thursday night for decades. School playgrounds were awash with kids raving over the acts they’d seen the night before on Friday mornings! 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
