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Graham reports back from his trip to FInaland and Sweden, taking in Helsinki and Stockholm.

Charles and Graham discuss new albums by The Strokes and Fontaines DC.

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Graham pays a visit to Topping & Co book store in York.

Why renowned Spanish director Pedro Almadovar's new film   is his worst to date - and his best.

Harrogate Theatre's new drama season begins, literally, with a bang.

Brighton ‘84

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Graham and Charles chat to pop legend Gilbert O'Sullivan as he prepares to release his new album, On the Record and celebrates sixty years in music.

About Gilbert O'Sullivan:

He was the superstar who topped the UK and US single charts in the 70s with songs of endearing tunefulness, unabashed sentiment and existentialist musings. Today, Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan continues to be regarded with tremendous affection and his songs remain well-loved around the world.

Gilbert O’Sullivan was born Raymond Edward O’Sullivan in 1946 in Ireland. He moved to Swindon, England with his family aged 7 and after a formal education became a student at Swindon Art College, specializing in graphic design.
But he had another love – music – and after forming and joining local bands as a drummer/vocalist, he started writing his own songs, heavily influenced by The Beatles as writers and Bob Dylan as a performer. Calling himself Gilbert, with a very distinctive image, two singles released by CBS Records and one with the Major Minor label, got little attention. Undeterred, he sent a demo tape to Gordon Mills, the man behind Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck, who impressed with his song writing, became his manager. The result was his first single on the MAM label, Nothing Rhymed, became a UK Top Ten hit in 1970.

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Graham and Charles review their recent visit to the Edinburgh International Film Festival, discussing various film screenings, art exhibitions, and a high-profile talk by Kenneth Branagh. They also share news regarding producer Antony Pickthall's new appointment as a poet in residence at Ripon Racecourse.

Film Screenings they saw in Edinburgh include:
    * Borges and Me
    * Northbound
    * The Education of Jane Cumming
   * Out There
    * The Last Resort
    * Capsized

Art Exhibitions:
* Eva Rothschild
    * Jamie Fitzpatrick:
    * Etching Room 1

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As Charles and Graham prepare to go up to Edinburgh...

The shortcomings of a long story: Christopher Nolan's version of Homer's The Odyssey.

A second thought on Yard Act's new album You're Gonna Need A Little Music.

Charles on The Ballad of Johnny and June, a new musical about Johnny and June Cash, which of course touches on Trainspotting - the musical.

Graham finally reveals what Wakefield's new outdoor venue is. 

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Charles reports on this year’s York River Art Market and Graham on Wakefield’s bold but, obviously wholly correct, declaration of achieving its UK sculpture capital status by 2029.

Paul McCartney has been nominated for the Mercury Prize at the age of 84 for his latest album The Boys From Dungeon Lane.

How three cult films of the late 1990s show that times were different before the onset of the new puritanism. Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting and Buffalo Soldiers.

Why Simon Reynolds new book Still In A Dream is more of a disguised personal memoir than a sequel to his classic Rip It Up & Start Again.

Graham reports that Harrogate gallery, Red House Originals is involved with The Kinks in a new art project in London. 

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How did Sleaford Mods go down with the family audience at Deer Shed Festival in North Yorkshire?

Big names turn up at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate.

The Odyssey has had critics and audiences wowed

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What sci fi writer Isaac Asimov's 1951 novel Foundation says about now and about Star Wars.

Reviving the past at Harrogate's Royal Hall with the brilliant young Cuore Chamber  Orchestra.

Reviews: 

Yard Act's new album, You're Gonna Need a Little Music

Rolling Stones' new album Foreign Tongues

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A Yorkshire culture podcast covering live music, film and books.

Charles Hutchinson and Graham Chalmers discuss summer gigs by Wet Leg, Super Furry Animals and OMD, review the new Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde film
The Invite, and preview the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate.

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02:08 Summer gigs

21:50 The Invite

30:00 Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival

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Charles and Graham interview the legendary Francis Rossi as he prepares for a UK tour of his show Quo Songbook: Past, Present, Future.

Francis will be playing Harrogate's Royal Hall on 4, October 2026.

Please note: Strong language content warning

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Interview Special: Grant McPhee, Scottish film director, cinematographer and writer is back in the car to talk about his latest project, Something For The Longing - Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999, 3CD Box Set on Cherry Red Records.

About Grant McPhee

Books: 

Two oral histories of Scottish indie music history - Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984), published by White Rabbit Books in 2022, and Postcards From Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 published by Omnibus Books in 2024.

The latter was 2024's Book of the Year on Two Big Egos in a Small Car.

Films: 

Grant has made two successful music documentaries on Scottish indie music history - Big Gold Dream (2015 - focusing on Scottish indie record labels Fast Product and Postcard Records), Teenage Superstars (2017 - focusing on the Glasgow independent music scene between 1982 and 1992).

He won the prestigious audience choice award in 2015 for his film Big Gold Dream at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

He was Second Assistant Camera on the Hollywood movie World War Z and Digital Imaging Technician on Under The Skin, among many other film jobs.

Grant also served as 2nd Unit Director on two episodes of hit TV series Outlander.

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Graham and Charles discuss the Lemon Twigs and their enduring appeal. Though are they great pop but just not quite achieving the greatness they promise?

Graham is delighted that Bradford’s cultural resurgence continues, especially the gigs at Bradford Live.

Graham has been reading The Guardian foreign correspondent, Jason Burke's new book, The Revolutionists - The Story of the Extremists who Hijacked the 1970s.

Charles reports on his recent visit to the Summer Season displays at York’s Castle Museum.

Charles has been to both the Elvis Costello and Belle and Sebastian gigs in York and Halifax respectively as the two bands go on a nostalgia trip. But only one comes out on top.

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This week Charles and Graham celebrate the extraordinary life and achievements of Bradford born artist, David Hockney.

Graham salutes the quality of the latest album, Inferno - and first in 14 years - by Boards of Canada.

Where does Disclosure Day sit in the pantheon of Spielberg films? Graham  expands on why it's good but not amongst the best of Spielberg's long career.

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Graham has been listening to Paul McCartney's new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane and it shows he is still firing on all cylinders, nearly - at the age of 83.

Two new cinema releases, Tuner  (starring Leo Woodhall with a cameo from Dustin Hofmann) and The Christophers come under Charles and Graham’s restless gaze.

Graham reports on Lence, the Harrogate rapper  - who doesn't swear - and is now a legend on the Leeds spoken word scene.

Graham talks up South London's monstrous indie dance rockers Fat Dog, whose new single may show an alarming mellowing of their fearsomely unhinged style.

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Graham reports on the occasion when rock royalty met tearoom royalty: what he learned by chatting to Richard Hawley & Chris Difford at Bettys in Harrogate.

Graham has also found a new way of seeing The Beatles in Ian Leslie's book John and Paul and maybe a new way of destroying them.

Charles reviews John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers The Play: a good conversion from screen to stage?

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Interview special with comedian Daliso Chaponda.

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After Bone Temple's underwhelming performance at cinemas, do Danny Boyle and Alex Garland deserve the chance to complete the 28 Years Later trilogy?

Leeds Literature Festival returns but are there too many of these things?

Looking ahead to talking about Boston in the next Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate  - not the city, by the way...

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Graham reports on the mellowing of controversial French author Michel Houllebecq as testified by his most recent novel, Annihilation.

How the Eurovision Song Contest lost its place and gained a huge young audience instead, as shown by a new exhibition at Bradford's National Science and Media Museum.

Graham and Charles are looking forward to new album and tour by Leeds band Yard Act.

Charles reports on a new film and a new play: Mark Jenkin's film, Rose Of Nevada and The Psychic a play by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson, receiving its world premiere at York Theatre Royal. One is definitely a ghost story; the other, a clash of spiritualists.

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Graham argues that indie/alt music is now only a hobby according to The Guardian. But is it partly to blame?

Graham previews his and Rob Cowen's Vinyl Sessions event in Harrogate.

Charles reviews The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Charles wonders about the significance of a new Banksy statue.

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AI continues to find its way into every corner of our lives and even the bank balance of former PM, Rishi Sunak.

Graham is moved to discuss the strange success of comic writer Tim Key, whom he watched up close on stage in Leeds.

He follows this up with a new book of history that by being brilliant is missing the point - The Guardian foreign correspondent Jason Burke's new book The Revolutionists - The Story of the Extremists who Hijacked the 1970s.

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Graham takes a look at what is potentially the graveyard of filmmakers: is the new cinema adaptation of Albert Camus's The Stranger by François Ozon any good?

Queen in space and Harrogate's six degrees of separation link to Artemis II's recent mission to the Moon.

New BBC TV drama Mint uses Graham’s childhood streets in Grangemouth as its main location. Graham relives his youth.

From the Blues Bar to City Varieties: Graham talks up Harrogate rapper Lence’s biggest event in Leeds to date, Blur the Lines at The Leeds Jazz Festival, Leeds City Varieties.

The Aesthetica Art Prize exhibition is venturing from its usual York base to galleries in Skipton, Harrogate and Scarborough.

Charles has been reading Evan Dando’s memoir, Rumours of My Demise. The Lemonheads frontman keeps it real.

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In their latest Interview Special, Charles and Graham interview Sheffield artist, Pete McKee.

About Pete McKee:

Pete McKee is a Sheffield-born artist whose work greatly reflects and embodies his experiences of growing up on a council estate surrounded by working-class culture and humour. It is this down-to-earth and nostalgic thread that runs through all of his work that has gained him a worldwide following. Pete also runs the Pete McKee Gallery, based at Leah's Yard in Sheffield.

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The cult that won't die: Garth Marenghi has the last laugh on stage at Leeds City Varieties more than 20 years after his solitary TV series.

Mark Ronson's Night Peoplememoir: Graham answers the question, is a DJ interesting enough to sustain a book?

Charles reports on a new production  of the Broadway hit musical whodunnit, Murder For Two at the Stephen Jospeh Theatre in Scarborough.

Graham has been listening again to John Lennon's 1974 album Walls & Bridges and reassessed: How the ex-Beatle was actually ahead of Bowie.

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Charles and Graham discuss the Gorillaz show at Leeds Arena last week and how it shows how their past is not only the present but remains the future.

Graham is looking forward to the latest Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate and explaining the difference between Queen's Greatest Hits and Queen's Greatest Hits II.

Charles reports on the new film, Project Hail Mary and how Ryan Gosling exudes star quality.

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Charles and Graham ponder if Morrissey's return to form is a lie? The persecution of Morrissey and his new album, Make-up is a Lie seems completely over the top.

Watching new film Midwinter Break starring Lesley Manville and Ciaran Hinds, Graham starts to wonder if it means that serious films about middle age and older possible are now possible these days?

If the monthly Spotify figures are what matters, Bruno Mars is now the world's greatest musician. Graham and Charles look at which artists are still building audiences.

Graham mulls the richness in Harrogate's classical music calendar with the Harrogate International Festival Sunday Series debut of world renowned one-handed pianist, Nicholas McCarthy.

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Charles and Graham catch up with former music journalist, now an author of intriguing fiction, Rob Chapman as he talks about his new book, Drum. Set predominantly in the alternative comedy world of the 1980s, Drum documents the rise and fall of Malcolm Drummond, a former jazz musician who takes a less than conventional route into stand up. 

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Graham recounts a weekend of accidental celebrity encounters in Harrogate.

Charles and Graham discuss the small scale success  - and nature - of British comedy drama film The Ballad of Wallis Islandand the view from the second row of the Leeds debut at the weekend of new Harrogate-based Cuore Chamber Orchestra.

Charles reports on the new play adapted by Tim Firth, The Ladies Football Club at Sheffield Crucible.

Graham gives an update on the latest Vinyl Sessions talk on Peter Gabriel - a sold out success, don't you know.

Why did Graham give a mild telling off to Jason Fox of SAS: Who Dares Wins.

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Charles and Graham chew over the Brits and BAFTAs ceremonies.

Graham is fresh from seeing a new surreal psych pop band called Voka Gentle from London who combine Talking Heads with Yard Act.How Field Music doing The Doors live last weekend lit my fire.

Charles talks up the big news of Elvis Costello returning to Yorkshire at York Barbican later in the year with his Radio Soul tour.

Graham is in proud posession of an advance copy of Grant McPhee's new book on Scotland's indie music history called, loosely, Postcards from Scotland Vol 2

And there's a new music festival in Leeds this summer - Roundhay Festival - will it be any good? Graham takes a look at the latest addition to Yorkshire's festival summer.

Finally, Graham reports on the show, Awake by former Iron Maiden musician, Tony Moore.

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Charles and Graham give their view on whether the withering reviews of new film Wuthering Heights are justified?

Graham shares his second thoughts on Dry Cleaning's new album Secret Love and examines why Paul McCartney and Wings' multi-platinum 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound says more about what made the 1970s different than you might have thought.

Charles takes a look at American film maker Richard Linklater's homage to Jean-luc Godard and the French New Wave in his new film, Nouvelle Vague.

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Charles and Graham are joined by singer, Chesney Hawkes, who reflects on his latest album, Living Arrows and his love for performing live, ahead of his UK tour which includes playing Leeds Brudunell Social Club on 12 March.

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One U-turn after another: how a second viewing has changed has changed Graham's opinion about Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-nominated One Battle After Another and how he spoke to Dave Mattacks, Fairport Convention's drummer this week about what keeps the veteran folk-rock legends going as they set off on yet another UK tour.

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Charles and Graham interview Kate and Ellen from Badapple Theatre about their show, Crumbs.

Graham reports on Field Music's new Doors tribute live act, which is going down a (riders in the) storm and reveals the Peter Gabriel album picked for the return of Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate next month.

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Charles and Graham take a look at this year's BAFTA nominations.

Graham wonders what is behind the explosion of new venues and big gigs in West and North Yorkshire this summer  - Museum Gardens and a lot more!

Garnering rave reviews, the unique intelligence of avant indie band Dry Cleaning as new album Secret Love is released.

Graham looks forward to Harrogate Film Society's new season of black & white classics and the appearance of ex-`iron Maiden musician, Tony Moore in Knaresborough with his new one man show, Awake.

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just back from a refreshing but cold winter visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Charles joins Graham to reflect on the artists and events that have caugh teir attention this past week.

Charles and Graham run through the main Oscar nominations and discuss the likely winners and those who also missed out on being nominated.

Charles reflects on the legacy of comedian, Victoria Wood, with the documentary, Becoming Victoria Wood.

Graham selects some of the books he’s looking forward to reading in 2026 and takes a look at some enticing events coming up at Bradford Pictureville cinema in the next few months.

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After the December episodes in 2025 looked back, Charles and Graham take the opportunity to look ahead at what is coming up in 2026, focusing on film and music. They also discuss the release of Hamnet, the new film by Chloe Zhao that explores grief.

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Graham looks at why  Timothée Chalamet’s new film Marty Supreme shows he is the greatest actor of Hollywood's young generation  - if nothing else. 

Graham also reflects on Mark Ronson's 1990s New York memoir Night People and the shallowness of the long distance DJ.

Charles pays tribute to Nigel Burnham who has died recently. Nigel was founder and promoter of The Band Room, Low Mill, Farndale, where he put on such acts as The Handsome Family, Cerys Matthews and Martin Carthy.

Charles also reveals the new plans for the future of York River Art Market.

Graham rounds things off with a look ahead to the return of Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate.

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Charles and Graham round of the year with a look through some of the cultural gems that are important to both.

On a sombre note - death of Brigitte Bardot.

Why Metronomy's Greatest Hits album shows how subtlety has died on the vine in the 21st century but the sleeve notes by lead singer Joseph Mount are fab!

Controversial French writer's Michel Houellebecq's new book Annihilation shows he is as brilliant as ever but still as dangerous.

The Guardian writer Jason Burke's new book The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s promises to shed new light on a sea of misunderstanding over modern-day terrorism.

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Garaham and Charles conclude their annual review of their cultural highlights with a look at their favourite museum and gallery shows of the year and Charles reflects on the theatre that has impressed him the most in 2025.

Graham on the other hand, gives his verdict on Lily Allen's latest album, West End Girl.

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Charles and Graham continue with their review of cultural experiences in 2025, in this episode concentrating on their favourite gigs and their favourite television shows.

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Charles and Graham continue their annual round up of their best cultural experiences in 2025 concluding their look at books and with a focus on the best of this year's films.

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As the year draws to a close, Charles and Graham take a look back at their favourite albums from 2025 and Charles picks his book of the year.

Next episode will feature Graham's book of the year and both select their favourite films.

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Charles and Graham interview Kim Hopkins, director and singer Dene Michael about their new documentary, Still Pushing Pineapples. Kim Hopkins’ moving and funny follow up to her modern classic, the award-winning A Bunch of Amateurs, is in UK cinemas from 28 November. 

Still Pushing Pineapples features former pop star Dene Michael as he clings to the remnants of fame he once had as a member of 1980s novelty pop group Black Lace.  The band’s universally known hit Agadoo – both beloved and hated by many, and the high or low point of any party – is what Dene’s best known for.  Now, performing for a dwindling, ageing audience in some of the UK’s most deprived seaside towns and cities, he’s eager to press on with his music career and get out from under the legacy of the Black Lace songbook.  The film follows Dene, his spirited 89-year-old mum Anne, and his sassy girlfriend Hayley across Britain and the Costa del Sol in this unmistakably British road movie. En route they navigate love, family duty, and the relentless pursuit of one last chart success.

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Graham just had to go to Leeds Arena: is Bob Dylan still the monarch of the shadow kingdom?

Nouvelle Vague at Old Woollen, Farsley. French chic in West Riding as Charles catches the wave of the ultimate french cool.

Bradford's UK City of Culture Year comes alive right at its death (including a reference to Alan Bennett’s The Choral).

Daniel Day Lewis‘s film comeback, Anemone.

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Charles and Graham take the opportunity to interview musician, writer and all round legend, Hugh Cornwell, as he continues his latest solo tour around the UK.

Hugh was lead singer and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band The Stranglers from 1974 - 90 and responsible for writing some of their biggest hits.

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Graham has been watching two new films: Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein and Yorgos Lanthimos's Bugonia - two new films that employ a sledgehammer approach to the folly of man.

Does The Last Dinner Party's new album From The Pyre live up to their number 1 debut?

Charles celebrates the ever expanding success of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York, as it offers more than just short films to encompass screen and media arts as well as longer films.

Graham reflects on the success of Scott Michaels' specialist celebrity tours in Los Angeles, Dearly Departed.

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Graham tries to explain why his favourite artist on the Turner Prize shortlist won't win as Bradford hosts this year's competition. 

A no show girl - how Taylor Swift's new album exposes her limitations.

Charles takes a look at why there is a strong appeal in presenting light festivals at this time of year.

A review of Neil Hannon's band The Divine Comedy at York Barbican: playing songs from their new album as well as old faves.

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Graham and Charles discuss the art of Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves) as his latest art exhibition, What a Load of Monarchs opens at Harrogate's Red House Gallery.

Graham salutes Sam Fender's Mercury Prize victory in Newcastle and wonders why Wes Anderson recent film The Phoenician Scheme is his third lightweight trifle in a row.

Graham also shares his latest reading material and explains why Owen Hatherley and Brian Eno are currently floating his boat.

And next up for Harrogate's Vinyl Sessions is Leonard Cohen.

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Charles and Graham interview Tyson Kelly as he starts touring a new show about John Lennon. The former member of the Bootleg Beatles is rightly lauded for his uncanny performances as John.

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Graham takes a look at the decline of Ed Sheeran and ponder the end of MTV's once mighty music channels.

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Graham and Charles take a look at Paul Thomas Anderson's new film One Battle After Another with Leonardo Di Caprio.

Graham reflects on his interview with philosopher and author AC Grayling for the Harrogate Advertiser.

Talking about deep thinkers, Charles takes a look at star artist Grayson Perry's latest touring performance, Are You Good?

Graham gives gives his verdict on the reformed Beta Band out on tour for the first time in two decades.

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Graham gives the new release from Suede a listen. Have Suede managed a resurrection part 2 with new album Antidepressants?

New movie Eddington with Joaquin Phoenix and the trend for social surrealism in cinema.

There's money for major art museums and a bit of a face-off between Tate and The National Gallery as they re-draw their agreement to keep the National Gallery exhibits confined to 1900 and before. Graham and Charles take a look at the big money flowing into The National Gallery and Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum.

Graham looks ahead to Harrogate events with Charlie Higson, Pete McKee and Kate Bush.

Charles reports on his recent visit to Prague enjoying the sheer breadth and depth of galleries and museums.

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Is going contemporary in its choice of acts a good idea for Leeds Festival? Charles and Graham wonder what the future holds for big festivals in the UK.

Graham explores the unexpected depths of Don Henley's 1980's hit Boys of Summer.

Charles takes a look at the return of Mitchell and Webb with their new television show and wonders what they can bring to sketch comedy in 2025.

Graham takes a look at some of the anti-colonial art on show in Edinburgh during this year's Festival.

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Fresh back from the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Graham and Charles launch into a review of their film festival experience, picking out their highlights including the very high quality talks with directors such as Ben Wheatley and the legendary British film producer, Jeremy Thomas.

Plus Graham takes a look at a new film based on Richard Osman’s novel, Thursday Murder Club and Charles reports on the new musical using songs by David Gedge, The Wedding Present and Cinema,  Reception.

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