My favourite toy wasn’t really a toy at all; it was a box. What was so special about this empty box? Why did I love it so? Continue reading My favourite childhood toy: adventures in time and space
I am still processing this story; it is lingering in my mind a few days after finishing it, which is an indication of just how rich and striking this book is Continue reading Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
I was 14 when this was released; I bought it on tape from Woolworths! Continue reading 80s albums I love: Close by Kim Wilde
“I wanted to write about the man, the person himself” not “the metaphor we have come to know as ‘Bowie'” Jones states in the preface. Continue reading David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
Laura Mvula is back with her new album Pink Noise which is simply dripping with 80s gloss. Continue reading Now Playing: Laura Mvula’s Pink Noise
I hope Prince had bathed before the photoshoot; it would ruin the image somewhat to think that he stank of BO or hadn’t showered for a few days… Continue reading I Wish U Heaven and the pop confectionery of Prince’s Lovesexy album
Oh yes, in the early eighties Bucks Fizz were a big part of the soundtrack to my childhood. Continue reading Sounds of my childhood: The Land of Make Believe
It even spawned a remix album, with the wonderfully imaginative title of Control: The Remixes. Continue reading 35 years of Control
MY MASHED UP LIFE 