Deira Diary
An account of the UK, and the wider (and sometimes much narrower) world that I inhabit
Thursday, June 12, 2025
God Only Knows What We'd Have Done Without Brian
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The arts correspondent of the UK state's bastion of elite privilege, David Sillito was summoned to the airwaves yesterday to express our...
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Sunday, December 8, 2024
Full Moon at The Comet Hotel - The Necessary Animals
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Every now and again a record comes out that restores your faith in the idea of an album, of a concentrated collection of tracks not randomly...
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Saturday, December 9, 2023
Denny Laine - a brief appreciation
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Musician Denny Laine's death has saddened me as an unembarrassed fan of Wings since the age of 9 when I first heard the classic single ...
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Monday, May 29, 2023
Post-Apocalyptic art rock in Bulverhythe
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‘ Th e Post-Apocalyptic Romance ’ could be a slightly wordy name for a knowing rock band back in the day. It is in fact the name of Daniel H...
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Monday, December 19, 2022
Snakes on the Stage - Rockin The Social
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Snakes, Snakeoil Rattlers, and a folky Scouse sentimentalist shared the bill at What’s Cookin' on Saturday night. It was an even wackier...
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Thursday, December 8, 2022
Midnight Canonball's debut pyrotechnics
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Midnight Canonball’s debut gig was explosive. ‘The New Inn’ in Hadlow Down (East Sussex, England) had opened up a former hotel function roo...
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Saturday, November 26, 2022
Forty years on: Dr Feelgood live, one week before Wilko’s death
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Dr Feelgood are probably the world’s greatest tribute band. Consisting of three members from a 1980s incarnation of the legendary 1970s ban...
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