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First World Problems Of A Very Lucky Boy

 I was a very lucky boy. When it came to leaving school I didn't just go wide eyed into the big bad world to see where it took me. I knew. Since being at least 8 years old I wanted to be a radio presenter. I loved listening to Manchester's Piccadilly Radio. I listened all day and all night. Timmy Mallett was my first favourite and when a lad called Mark Lupton from 2 years above me at St. Dunstan's won the top 10 singles on his show I was insanely jealous! My teenage insomnia was never a problem because it meant I could listen to ALL of the Late Night Funster Show, all the way through to 2am. I had a notebook full of ideas for features and would walk around Moston with my Walkman filling the gaps between tracks on whatever album I was wearing out with (eventually) perfectly timed links. In 1991, aged 15, I started my own weekly show on Northern Air Hospital Radio and from that moment I was regularly broadcasting, joining the hospital radio station in my uni town, the univer...
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February 2022 : Apropos of Nothing

  Here's the albums I enjoyed the most that charted this month 1. LOS BITCHOS - Let The Festivities Begin 2. SPOON - Lucifer On The Sofa 3. WHITE LIES - As I Try Not To Fall Apart 4. EELS - Extreme Witchcraft 5. HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF - Life On Earth 6. METRONOMY - Small World 7. EDDIE VEDDER - Earthling 8. ZEAL & ARDOR - Zeal & Ardor 9. LADY BLACKBIRD - Black Acid Soul 10. MITSKI - Laurel Hell Dishonorable mention for Kim Petras's "Slut Pop" which is as nasty and tasteless as it sounds.
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Recipes

A list of our go-to recipes CHILLI Con Carne https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chilli-con-carne-recipe Chicken https://www.easypeasyfoodie.com/chicken-chilli-con-carne/ Vegetarian https://www.delish.com/uk/cooking/recipes/a30014496/easy-vegetarian-chili-recipe/   CHINESE Honey Soy Chicken https://www.rockrecipes.com/honey-soy-chicken-breasts/ CURRY Butternut Squash Chicken https://thehealthyfoodie.com/butternut-squash-chicken-curry/ Chicken and Prawn (Vinegar) https://www.warrennash.co.uk/recipes/chickenprawncurryrecipe Chicken with Coconut Milk https://www.skinnytaste.com/chicken-curry-with-coconut-milk-43-pts/ Easy Chicken Curry https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-chicken-curry Prawn Curry https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/prawn-curry-hurry Vegetable Curry https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/vegetablecurry_80763 FISH Cod, Chick Pea & Chorizo Traybake https://www.weightwatchers.com/uk/recipe/cod-chorizo-chickpea-traybake/5d2c7ddd9c6414002b41152d Roasted Salmon with Cri...
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Dangermouse

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/06/how-we-made-danger-mouse-by-david-jason This was lovely to read today. I love Dangermouse because obviously it was hilarious, but also because it reminds me of my grandad who was in his 60’s and laughed at it like a drain. It was so wonderful to enjoy something that adults in my life also enjoyed as a kid. Here’s David Jason and the genius Brian Cosgrove telling the Guardian how they made this utter classic.
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Liar's Diary : Wednesday 27th November

It was Lancashire Day today and so I celebrated with a butter pie and pint of Vimto for breakfast and, like the true exiled northerner I am, told all of my Southern colleagues why their home town was shite compared to Chorley and the like. It was a day for notable deaths. A shock this morning to hear that Gary Rhodes had died overnight aged just 59. Less of a shock was the loss of Dr. Jonathan Miller at the age of 85 and finally Clive James' death was confirmed today, one that we and he had been expecting. Jonathan Miller was one of those people whose intellect was frightening, and I enjoyed the story about the letter he sent to Private Eye which they still have on the wall... https://twitter.com/PrivateEyeNews/status/1199685636892045312 ..and Clive James' did prompt me into buying the collection of his TV writing and Unreliable Memoirs (a pay day treat). I also listened to a great BBC Radio 4 show with him listening to archive recordings of himself which was fascinat...
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