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Book Review – Paul McCartney 'Press To Play:' That Unmistakable 80s Sound
A re-evaluation of McCartney's 1986 album with a view from the 21st century
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Amy McGrath
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Television: 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King' and the Politics of 2025
How is the legacy of a spy series from the mid-80s reflecting on our current political and social environment?
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The Michael Sheen Chronicles: 'Pobol Y Cwm'
That time when a troubled Welsh soap opera character awakens to find a caring doctor at her side
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Amy McGrath
The 'Alternating Currents' Legacy Interview: Henry Rollins
From 1992, on the cusp of mainstream breakthrough, its rage, fury and heartbreak for the once and future frontman of hardcore expressionism
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Amy McGrath
The Sheenant Chronicles: Michael Sheen, RADA and 'Hay Fever'
An interview with Royal Academy of Dramatic Art's Geoff Bullen and directing the student in his 1991 graduate production of the Noël Coward play
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Amy McGrath
Book Review – 'With a Little Help From Their Friends: The Beatles Changed the World. But Who Changed Theirs?'
BBC Radio 6 DJ Stuart Maconie delves into the people who contributed, influenced and guided four lads from Liverpool to the world stage
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May 2025

The Sheenant Chronicles, Michael Sheen Edition: A Traveling Theatre Man
A road trip through South Wales celebrating the theatre from Port Talbot's native son
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The Sheenant Chronicles: Six Degrees of Michael and David
Let’s celebrate the special connections that Welsh actor Michael Sheen has with his Scottish friend David Tennant
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Amy McGrath
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Music: Peter Murphy - 'Silver Shade'
New music is on the dark horizon from the charismatic icon of modern rock
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Music: Stiff Little Fingers – The Singles 1978-1983
Punk's perpetually indignant older brothers crash-landed out of late-70s Belfast like a Molotov cocktail wrapped in a catchy tune
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Announcement: 'The Journal of Beatles Studies'
From the world of academia, a personal journey to the toppermost of the poppermost
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April 2025

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