Keith Lemon

Having overdosed on the permatanned buffoonery of Keith Lemon, you can read my review of his Very Brilliant World Tour on Den of Geek. Here’s a little clip:

Jarvis Cocker

Last night Jarvis kicked off the Looking Rough at 30 tour in Sheffield (where else?) to celebrate 30 years of Rough Trade Records. He came on stage looking like a Geography teacher, complete with tweed suit, beard and a cane for pointing at his carefully prepared powerpoint. Songs were interspersed with mini lectures about Rough Trade, [...]

Sheffield Children’s Book Awards

I went along to the 20th Sheffield Children’s Book Awards today. It was held at the City Hall, which was packed with excitable kids. It’s the kids themselves that decide the winners. There are several categories - baby books, picture books, shorter novel, longer novel and an overall winner. Jeremy Strong’s Beware! Killer Tomatoes took the top prize. Strong was [...]

Guillemots

 

I went to see the Guillemots at Plug last night, my review will be in the Sheffield Star, probably tomorrow Tues 17th Nov. The band provided their own support act by showing a selection of short films and playing a live improvised score to each one. They referred to it as a “little experiment”, which [...]

Adam & Joe do the Antiques Roadshow

I’ve always been a fan of the Antiques Roadshow theme tune, in fact my sister and I spent many happy hours singing along to it in a variety of daft voices. It never occured to us to write some lyrics to it though, but luckily Adam and Joe have now done that very thing:
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Exposed Awards, Florence & the Machine

Last night I attended the Exposed Awards, which in a nutshell, is Exposed Magazine’s annual pat on the back for Sheffield’s creme de la creme. Hosted by Hallam FM’s Kam Kelly and Becky Hayes, it came complete with breakdancing clowns, candyfloss and a freaky pink emu (or was it a llama?).
There were awards for shops, [...]

Frankenstein

I’ve just finished reading Frankenstein (with the big light on). It’s a strange experience to read something new that simultaneously feels so familiar. The book has had an enormous cultural impact, as demonstrated by the number of adaptations / prequels / sequels. The image of the monster with the bolt through his neck is iconic and [...]

W.

Coming out of the cinema after watching W. I almost felt sorry for George Bush. I was expecting the film to be a real Bush basher, but Josh Brolin humanised him in a way I never thought possible. Later that day I saw some footage of the real Dubya giving a clumsy speech and realised how far off [...]

Smugglers Run

A few months ago I was walking through the city centre, near Hallam Uni, dipping my hand in the water feature opposite the Globe, when two extremely energetic young men came bounding over. They asked if I would like to hear some of their music, “Sure” I replied, and they handed me a CD, then bounded [...]

The next Doctor Who

The subject of who will play the Doctor next is a blog staple, so I may as well add my thoughts on the subject and become a true member of the blogiverse. Paterson Joseph (Alan Johnson in Peep Show), John Simm, James Nesbitt and David Morrisey are apparently all favourites. Eddie Izzard and Julian Barratt have been suggested [...]