I’ve been to many great gigs, but the one that I still come back to as my favourite was the Richard Thompson Band at Hammersmith Palais in November 1986. One of the performers that night, Danny Thompson (no relation), died this week at the end of a long and fruitful music-filled life.

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When I’m telling people about my books (which I do at every opportunity, obviously), I’m always careful to point out that Foul and Fair isn’t a children’s book. The setting – the world of Under 12s football – understandably leads some to ass...

Guests on David Hepworth and Mark Ellen’s Word in Your Ear podcast are regularly asked to name the best record of all time. I’ve got no expectation to ever be in that position, but if it happens, I’m ready. Glen Campbell’s Wichita Lineman is, unequivocally, the greatest. It&r...