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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 […]
After Simon had done a few gigs with The Weeds, he ended up getting spotted by Mark E Smith from The Fall. Also on tour, Mark spotted Simon’s amazing drum work at a gig in Bristol. So, that night at the gig in Bristol, just after Simon had supported The […]
With a worldwide health pandemic, people irrationally panic buying and a countrywide lockdown, you’d be forgiven for thinking the end of the world was nigh. It can be costly to panic buy five years worth of loo roll and hand sanitizer, so leading tradesperson comparison site, HaMuch.com, has looked at […]
Over 15 million homes could be impacted after the Government announced new rules to enforce social distancing, as large swathes of the nation continue to ignore advice to only leave the house where absolutely necessary, to stay in groups of just two people and to remain two metres apart at […]
