Jimmy watches Countdown and tries to ignore his bills, grief, COPD and frailty. Meanwhile, his carer walks a tightrope between kindness and reality
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BOB ORAM holds a revealing chinwag with Interrobang‽’s founder Dunstan Bruce
Interrobang's guitarist Stephen Griffin (left), vocalist Dunstan Bruce (centre) and drummer Harry Hamer (right)
JOHN FLINT explores the Appleby Blue development, winner of the Stirling prize 2025
GORDON PARSONS enjoys the wealth of wisdom and the clarity of expression from a dialogue between Chomsky and Mujica
GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O CONNOR and JOHN GREEN review The Choral, Belen, Dragonfly, and Colossal Wreck
WILL STONE is frustrated by a performance that chooses to garble the lyrics and drown the songs in reverb
RITA DI SANTO points out the social experience of exploitation and oppression that inform the popular winners at this year’s festival
BACK in 1998 anarcho punk legends Chumbawamba introduced a song by dedicating it to Noel Gallagher and Tony Blair, saying: “They're great friends. They drink champagne together."
Pausing to grin, singer Dunstan Bruce went on: "This song is called I Can't Hear You 'Cause Your Mouth's Full of Shit."
Fast forward 20 years and listening to the radio before I catch up with the same Mr Bruce, hearing Blair makes me think nothing has changed.
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