Get the facts, the truth behind the numbers from the man himself – Tim Harford.
An uplifting Christmas message from Tez Ilyas
Weekly ramblings from the legendary Singletrack magazine.
Playlist
Sometime in the late 1960s, while bubble gum pop, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, folk singers like Dylan dominated the charts the north of England re-discovered the lost soul sounds of labels such as Chess and Okeh. This was Northern Soul.
| Evie Sands | Take Me For A Little While | 1966 | |
| The Blossoms | That’s when the tears start | 1965 | |
| The Cineemas | I’m Never Gonna Cry | ||
| Karen Kelly | Nobodies Girl | ||
| Jaqueline Wilson | |||
| Reparata and the Delrons | Panic | 1976 | |
| Jaqueline Wilson | Keep In Touch | ||
| Carolyn Veal | Your Love Is Like A Chain Around My Heart | ||
| Laura Lee | Dirty Man | 1966 | |
| Antoinette | Why don’t I run away from you | ||
| Marcia Aitken | I’m Still In Love With You |
Cycling podcasts
The legendary Cycling Podcast together with Feminin and not forgetting service course is a must for the quality and content. Rarely surpassed in sports reporting.
Mitch Docker, life in the peloton, gives the complementary take to the sports fan pods giving us a glimpse into what it’s really like in the pro-tour.
Never Strays Far is the friendship that snuck up on you and has stayed through thick and thin. It shouldn’t work. But it does – again and again and again, creating a warm sense of common pride and shared experience in a fragmented world.
This list is in no ways definitive and certainly reflects my musical tastes rather then any sense of being canon.
They also don’t necessarily represent records I’d like to add to my collection. Just tunes that deserve a listen now and then and perhaps a little more recognition.