I'm a freelance writer based in Birmingham, UK, who specialises in humour, local topics and the geekier end of the pop culture spectrum.
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Gig of My Life: Tom Waits, Grand Rex Paris, 29th May 2000
Somewhere between the dawn of this century and the tail-end of the last I went to see Tom Waits in Paris. It's still the best gig I've ever been to.
Peaky Blinders and some lesser-known Old English Gangs
TV smash Peaky Blinders could open the floodgates to other old English street gangs like the Cheesy Rollers, the Teethy Whiteners and the Streaky Bakers
Christopher Lee to the Sixth Degree
Forget Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon - Christopher Lee was the real Centre of the Hollywood Universe, a Prince of Darkness who almost became a Prince of Comedy
Metal Hurlant Comic Strips in English
A list of English-language translations of classic Métal Hurlant comic strips that are currently in print or available digitally
