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Two Big Egos in a Small Car — 163 episodes
Episode 269: Is Indie Music now just a Hobby? Rob Cowen's Vinyl Sessions; The Devil Wears Prada 2; Banksy's Audacious London Statue
Episode 268: AI and a former PM; Tim Key Live in Leeds; Jason Burke's The Revolutionists
Episode 267: New François Ozon film, The Stranger; Queen in Space; Mint in Grangemouth; Lence in Leeds; Aesthetica Art Prize; Evan Dando Memoir, Rumours of my Demise
Episode 266: Interview Special - Sheffield Artist, Pete McKee
Episode 265: The Return of Garth Merenghi, Live in Leeds; Mark Ronson's Night People Memoir; Murder for Two in Scarborough; John Lennon's Walls and Bridges Album Re-assed
Episode 264: Gorillaz in Leeds; Queen's Greatest Hits at Harrogate's Vinyl Sessions; New Ryan Gosling film Project Hail Mary
Episode 263: The Persecution of Morrissey and his new album Make-up is a Lie; New British film, Midwinter Break; Spotify's monthly figures and Bruno Mars; Nicholas McCarthy's Harrogate International Debut
Episode 262: Interview Special with DRUM author Rob Chapman
Episode 261: The Ballad of Wallis Island; Harrogate-based Cuore Chamber Orchestra; Peter Gabriel Classic Album
Episode 260: Brits & BAFTAs 2026; new psych pop band Voka Gentle;
Episode 259: Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights; Dry Cleaning's Secret Love Take Two; Wings at the Speed of Sound Revisited; Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague
Episode: 258 - Interview special with Chesney Hawkes plus One Battle After Another u-turn; Fairport Convention
Episode 257: Interview Special with Kate Bramley and Ellen Carnazza from Badapple Theatre plus Field music and The Doors; Peter Gabriel and Vinyl Sessions
Episode 256: Awards Season - BAFTA nominations; Big gig summer in Yorkshire; Dry Cleaning's new album, Secret Love; Harrogate Film Society's black & white season; Ex-Iron Maiden star, Tony Moore's show, Awake
Episode 255: Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Cinema Awards Season - Oscar Nominations; Becoming Victoria Wood; Books to look forward to in 2026
Episode 254: Looking forward to what's coming up in 2026; Chloe Zhao's new film, Hamnet, reviewed
Episode 253: Marty Supreme; Mark Ronson's Night People; The Band Room's Nigel Burnham; York River Art Market
Episode 252: End of Year Review Part 5
Episode 251: End of Year Round Up 2025 - Museum and Gallery Shows and Theatre
Episode 250: End of Year Round Up Part 3 - Best TV and Gigs 2025
Episode 249: End of Year Round Up Part 2 - Best films 2025
Episode 248: End of Year Round Up Part 1 - Best albums 2025
Episode 247: Agadoo? Interview Special with Kim Hopkins and Dene Michael - Still Pushing Pineapples
Episode 246: Bob Dylan live in Leeds; Nouvelle Vague live in Farsley; Bradford UK City of Culture Update; Daniel Day-Lewis’ new film, Anemone
Episode 245: Interview Special with Hugh Cornwell
Episode 244: New films from Guillermo del Toro and Yorgos Lanthimos; The Last Dinner Party New Album; Aesthetica Short Film Festival; Scott Michaels and his Dearly Departed Tours
Episode 243: The Turner Prize 2025 Short List; Taylor Swift's New Album; The Appeal of Light Festivals
Episode 242: Comedy Greats at Red House Gallery; Sam Fender Wins Mercury Prize 2025; New Wes Anderson Film - The Phoenician Scheme
Episode 241: Interview Special with 'John Lennon'; the Decline of Ed Sheeran; the end of MTV's Music Channels
Episode 240: Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another; Philosopher AC Grayling; Grayson Perry's Are You Good?; the Beta Band live
Episode 239: Suede's new album Antidepressants; Ari Aster's new film, Erdington; Big Money for The National Gallery; Harrogate Events; Culture in Prague
Episode 238: Leeds Festival 2025; Don Henley's Boys of Summer; Mitchell and Webb Get Sketchy; Anti-colonial Art at the Edinburgh Festival
Episode 237: The Thursday Murder Club film; Highlights of the Edinburgh International Film Festival; Reception; a new musical using songs by David Gedge, The Wedding Present and Cinerama
Episode 236: Joan Didion on Civil War; The Naked Gun with Liam Neeson; The strange death of the writer of Grosse Pointe Blank
Episode 235: Chris Simpson and Magna Carta Update; Deershed Festival; Bradford 2024 - The Railway Children
Episode 234: Dave Gedge Live at Rise, York; Katja Hoyer's Book on East Germany 1949-1990; F1 Movie with Brad Pitt
Episode 233: Interview Special with David Gedge from The Wedding Present
Episode 232: Interview Special with Emma Swan talking about her debut children's Cruiseship Kid plus Rotherham Children's Capital of Culture; Chris Simpson and Magna Carta
Episode 231: Glastonbury; Oasis - get ready; Gang of Four live at the Brudenell; More streaming data now; Shifty Documentary by Adam Curtis; EIFF Update
Episode 230: Streaming Giants; Zombies are us - 28 Years Later; Fyfe Dangerfield live in Leeds
Episode 229: Pulp's new album More; Remembering Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys; Bang & Olufsen Harrogate; The Rilling Stones Exhibition at Sledmere House
Episode 228: Press Tickets Fiasco; Richard Hawley; Sheffield and the Sheffield Water
Episode 227: Interview Special - Jamie Taylor, author of Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from the Human League to Pulp
Episode 226: Gary Oldman in Krapp's Last Tape; Pink Floyd Live in Pompeii Re-issued; The Murder Capital Live in Leeds; Chaper 3 of Graham Chalmers' Book on Magna Carta
Episode 225: Interview Special with Author of The North Road, Rob Cowen
Episode 224: Kamasi Washington live in Leeds; Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra at Bradford 2025; Record Store Day in Bradford and the Leeds Indie scene; The politics of Comedy - Al Murray followed by John Simpson (not together)
Episode 223: Music Venue Crisis; My Bloody Valentine; Sam Mendes’ Beatles Films; Val Kilmer RIP; Public Service Broadcasting
Episode 222: Interview Special With Toby Manning - Music Journalist and Author of Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music
Episode 221:Topping Books open in York; Alto Knights with Robert de Niro; Edwyn Collins' New album; Harrogate Sessions Re-visit A Hard Day's Night and Help!
Episode 220: Steven Soderbergh's new film Black Bag; Glastonbury Festival Lineups; Scottish indie music in Grant McPhee's new book Postcards from Scotland
Episode 219: Anora Oscars Surprise; Beta Band Back; Richard Hawley Celebrates Coles Corner; Mickey 17 review
Episode 218 - Interview Special: Gary Stewart
Episode 217: Bradford, UK Capital of Culture Update; Jarmusch's Mystery Train Revisited; Toby Manning's Marxist Rock History Book; BAFTAs Revisited
Episode 216 - Interview Special: 10CC's Graham Gouldman plus National Poetry Centre News;
Episode 215: BBC 6 Music State of Independent Venues Report: Bradford City of Culture Update; Hockney at Saltaire; Brian Cox Returns to Edinburgh Stage
Episode 214: Netflix versus the BBC; New Mogwai Album The Bad Fire; New film The Brutalist; Vinyl Sessions; Music for Sex; The First Prog Rock album?
Episode 213: David Lynch; Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown
Episode 212: New films - Nosferatu and A Real Pain; Bradford launches as UK Capital of Culture
Episode 211: Interview Special - Grant McPhee
Episode 210: Revisiting dystopian films, V for Vendetta and Children of Men; Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man; music compilation, Behind the Counter; January 2025 Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate
Episode 209: Gigs of the year 2024; Theatre event of the year Wise Children's Bluebeard; Maisie Adam live in Harrogate
Episode 208: Chalmers on BBC 6 Music; Blitz and Conclave; Two new books for 2025
Episode 207 - Interview Special - Rob Chapman; Top 3 Books of the Year
Episode 206: Top 10 Films of the Year
Episode 205: Top 10 Albums of the Year
Episode 204: interview Special - Ross Raisin
Episode 203: Paddington 3 vs Godfather 3; Nirvana; Dear Evan Hansen;
Episode 202: Nick Cave live in Leeds; The Pretenders at York Barbican; Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy revisited; Gary Oldman directing himself in York
Episode 201: High Llamas Live at Hebden Bridge; Watching Fellini's Roma in Italian; Watermark Gallery, Harrogate; Floyd Vs Genesis at Kirkby Overblow;
Episode 200: Interview Special - Peter Brewis from Field Music
Episode 199: Supertramp Q & A with Ken Scott; The Future of Guitar Bands; Heath Common Funeral; Peter Hook and the Light Live
Episode 198: Graham in Emilia Romagna; Shed Seven's 'annus miraculous'; Black Midi News; Ai Weiwei's Who Am I? Exhibition in Bologna; Viking Sorceress in Copenhagen
Episode 195: RIP Heath Common, poet and musician; English Teacher Win the Mercury Prize; Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve; Blink Twice versus Lee
Episode 197: Interview Special: Boff Whalley on Sanctuary plus new film Firebrand and new album, Wild God by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Episode 196: Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves) Exhibition at RedHouse Originals, Harrogate; Sprints; Ayckbourn's Show & Tell
Episode 194: Edinburgh Part 2; Chris Simpson and Magna Carta; New albums by Fontaines DC and Hamish Hawk; Supertramp; Oasis Reform
Episode 193: Edinburgh Special (Part One)
Episode 192: Interview Special with Mark Cousins, Documentary Filmmaker, Author and Curator
Episode 191: Were Mainstream Films Better in the 70's?; Edinburgh International Film Festival Preview; Banksy's Beasts; Graham's Idea for a Play
Episode 190: Edinburgh International Film Festival; Dan Baldwin Exhibition at Red House Art Gallery; Purple Signs in York; Vinyl Sessions
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Episode 188: Mark Billingham at Theakston's Crime Writing Festival; Shed Seven live at York's Museum Gardens; Pink Floyd Rock Archaeology
Episode 187: Edinburgh International Festival Programme; Tribute Acts; I am Your Tribute in York; Yoko Ono at Tate Modern
Episode 186: Kettles Yard and Jim Ede; Bomb Squad's Rise of the Vandals in York: Edinburgh International Film Festival Update
Episode 185: Interview Special with Pete Oxley, founder of the band Hejira, who celebrate the music of Joni Mitchell; New film in the works by indie film legend, Richard Linklater; Glastonbury 2024 Highlights
Episode 184: Summer Music Festival Preview; Graham's Celebrity Diaries; Arts Manifestos; Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate Preview
Episode 183: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets vs Foo Fighters; Unfortunate at the Grand Opera House, York; New Viggo Mortensen Film, The Dead Don't Hurt; Cowton live at Brudenell Social Club
Episode 182: Vinyl Sessions with Hotel Californa; PechaKucha in York; Moby Dick at York Theatre Royal; The Resilience and Excellence of York band Percy
Episode 181: Yes, Live in York; Demarco's Edinburgh Book; Billie Eilish; Dexys Live in Scarborough; Vinyl Sessions Prreview
Episode 180: Interview special with Chantel McGregor; Isaac Hayes and Gatefold Record Sleeves; National Service; Anton Lesser in York
Episode 179: Cult Film Return to the River's Edge; New Powell and Pressburger Documentary; Paloma Faith Live at York Barbican
Episode 178: David Remfry; Monet in York; Michaela Yearwood-Dan; Tony Cragg at Castle Howard; RIP Keith LeBlanc
Episode 177: Seriously Taylor Swift; Amy Winehouse - Back to Black the Filmography
Episode 176: Remembering Graham Naysmith from the Pale Saints; Philosophy Stars Chomsky and Baudrillard; Alex Garland's New Film, Civil War
Episode 175: Steve Howe and Yes; Benjamin Francis Leftwich Live; Magna Carta Book Update; Beatles Exhibition; William Doyle
Episode 174: Jesus and Mary Chain Back on Form; Monet in York; Suits You - The Fast Show in York
Episode 173: Ruskin and Brantwood house; Rolling Stones Connection to York; The Holdovers; Steve Harley RIP
Episode 172: Interview Special with Music Journalist Dave Simpson
Episode 171: Music Venue Crisis Threatening Live Music; Wise Children's Blue Beard; Yard Act's New Album; William Doyle's Springs Eternal
Episode 170: Arts Funding Crisis; Harrogate Community Radio;
Episode 169: American Fiction; Bob Marley: One Love; Let There Be Light...In Harrogate; Roisin Murphy
Episode 168: The Woman in Black; One Love and Class
Episode 167: The Last Dinner Party and The Zone of Interest
Episode 166: English Teacher Live in Leeds; ABC Live in York; New Album From Bill Ryder-Jones; Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge;
Episode 165: Pop Artist, Pauline Boty; Poor Things; Overrated Netflix Films; York Art Gallery Exhibition Charges
Episode 164: Indie Bands and their Hype; Shed Seven's First Number One Album; Priscilla Reconsidered; The Miracle of Mr Mick
Episode 163: Sofia Coppola's Priscilla; Pauline Boty and Harrogate's Creative Underground; Why BBC 6 Music Should Create its own Chart
Episode 162: Christmas Presents; Michael Mann's Ferrari; Christmas TV
Episode 161: Review of the Year (Part Two)
Episode 160: Review of the Year (Part One)
Episode 159: Harrogate Theatre's Pantomime: New Todd Haynes Film, May December; Shane MacGowan RIP
Episode 158: Berlin Re-visited; Ian McMillan's Very Yorkshire Opera; Robert M Pirsig's Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance Reassessed
Episode 157: Fashion on trend?; Yorkshire's Now Then and Now And Then; Sunderland's Indie HQ
Episode 156: Whither BBC 6Music?; How The Rolling Stones Invented Punk
Episode 155: SIr Ranulph Fiennes in Harrogate; New albums from The Coral, Peter Brewis and The Rolling Stones; Killers of the Flower Moon
Episode 154: Magna Carta Update; Mike Skinner's Debut Film; New Cinema Releases - The Great Eascaper and The Old Oak
Episode 153: Interview Special - Shed Seven's Rick Witter
Episode 152: Lisbon, Portugal and its Music Scene; New Alan Ayckbourn and John Godber Plays; Why Five Star Lead Singer is now Living in Harrogate
Episode 151: September Songs; Burnby Hall Gardens' Brass Band Sundays; Dr John Cooper Clarke's memoir; Kevin Rowland and Dexys at York Barbican; Harrogate War Memorial Project
Episode 150: Martin McAloon Plays Prefab Sprout alone; Yard Act at Leeds Festival; Best Album Covers of All Time
Episode 149: Oppenheimer; Deer Shed Festival; Grayson Perry at Wentworth Woodhouse; Blur's new album - a rethink
Episode 148: Edinburgh Special - Edinburgh International Film Festival and Edinburgh Art Festival 2023
Episode 147: Heading to Edinburgh; Mercury Prize Nominees; Amis vs McEwan
Episode 146: Mission Impossible 7; Barbie; New Blur Album; Harrogate Crime Writers' Festival
Episode 142: Elton John at Glastonbury; RIP Curzon Ripon; Wes Anderson's Asteroid City; Local Comedy for Local People; Dexys' new single alert
Episode 145: MIF & Alison Goldfrapp; New Albums; Tom Cruise and his seventh Mission Impossible
Episode 144: Edinburgh international Film Festival Saved; Meeting Rachel Reeves; Pulp Live in Scarborough; Manchester International Festival - Factory International Scottish Artist Siobhan McLaughlin
Episode 143: The Beatles and Mark Lewisohn; History of India Part 2; The Ultimate Punk Celebration; Martin Creed in Harrogate
Episode 140: A History of India in 50 Lives; BedFest in Knaresborough; Steve Earle Live
Episode 141: Interview Special with Kate Bramley of Badapple Theatre on Your Doorstep
Episode 139: Suits You Interpol; New Film - The Eight Mountains; Royal Blood Letting
Episode 138: New Paul Simon Album; Little Richard Documentary; Magna Carta Update; Richard E Grant on love and death
Episode 136: Martin Creed; Vinyl Sessions Return; David Brewis Orchestra; Heathers The Musical in York
Episode 137: 2023 FiIm Releases and AI's future in film; Bad Behaviour in Theatres and Martin Amis RIP
Episode 135: Ed Sheeran Wins in Court; The State of British films; Bob Stanley in Harrogate; Mayflies musical in York
Episode 134: Ed Sheeran in Court; BBC 6 Music Crisis: Brit Comedy The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Episode 133: Art Special - Harrogate and York
Episode 132: Harrogate's Music Scene; Ryan Adams Live; King Crimson; Ai Wei Wei; Coronation Chicken?
Episode 131: U2 Re-visited; Suede Live; New John Godber Play; Lord of the Flies in Leeds; John Ruskin
Episode 129: Oscars Results; Francis Rossi from Status Quo; Edinburgh International Film Festival Update; Celebrating The Go Betweens
Episode 130: Ai Wei Wei's Memoir; Martin Roscoe and John Ruskin in the Lake District; Coronation Spotify List; U2's fortifying Songs Of Surrender or not; Edinburgh Filmhouse Update
Episode 128: Hockney's Yorkshire Spring at Salt's Mill; Edinburgh International Film Festival Update; Oscars Forecast; Tarantino's Book; Field Music's David Brewis - New Album
Episode 127: Quentin Tarantino's book on Cinema; BAFTAs and Oscars; Luke Haines & REM's Peter Buck and Fairport Convention concerts; Imitating The Dog's estuary city Macbeth
Episode 126: New Order - the Mexican/French Film that slipped under the radar; Told By An Idiot's Charlie & Stan; Anthony Beevor's book on the Russian Civil War; The Harrogate Man Who Played with The Beatles
Episode 125: The Future of Theatre in Home X; Imitating The Dog's Macbeth; Brit Awards Fiasco
Episode 124: Hamish Hawk; Velvet Underground; Jon Stewart's Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God
Episode 123: RIP Television's Tom Verlaine; Oscars Nominations - Who Will Win?; Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop Bad Pop vs Jon Stewart's Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God
Episode 122: Film focus on Tár, Babylon and Empire Of Light and first thoughts on Belle And Sebastian's surprise new album
Episode 121: Sick Graham; Simon Nicol from Fairport Convention; Songs to Survive the Apocalypse; RIP Robbie Bachman of Bachman Turner Overdrive and Lisa Marie Presley; historian Antony Beevor on the Russian Civil War; Cate Blanchett in Tár
Episode 120: Interview with York musician Chris Helme on 25th anniversary of The Seahorses' rise...and sudden fall
Episode 119: Edinburgh International Film Festival update; Terry Hall RIP; Pete Doherty and Barbara Charone Music Memoirs
Episode 118: Interview Special with Oliver Jones from Deershed Festival
Episode 117: André Rieu in Dublin; Stereolab in Leeds; Van Gogh in York; What Links Kerouac and Pynchon?
Episode 116: Pete Doherty - Yorkshireman?; Tom Bird Leaving York Theatre Royal; Journalism in cinema in She Said; Manchester's Night and Day Update; Deer Shed Christmas Party
Episode 114: Panto Season Preview; Into the Woods at Castle Howard; Norwegian Artist, Danny Larsson; Night and Day Crisis
Episode 113: ENO Funding Shock; Cher Musical; Kingsley Amis’s Lucky Jim; Dave Hill and Slade
Episode 112: NPO Funding; Edinburgh Film House; The Triangle of Sadness; Guy Fawkes;
Episode 111: Bob Stanley’s Lets Do it - the Birth of Pop; Anthony Burgess on Classical Music; The Mercury Prize
Episode 110: The Banshees of Inisherin; Edinburgh International Film Festival Update; The Car - New Album From Arctic Monkeys; A Clockwork Orange and The Sheltering Sky - Best as Films or Books?; Emily - the new film looking at the imagined life of Emily
Episode 107: Martin Compston; Class in the 60's; Portraying the Queen
Episode 106: Royal Protocol; Portmeirion; Family Album
Episode 109: Beatles Expert Mark Lewisohn; Roxy Music Live; Live at Leeds; Frantic Assembly's Othello; Sports Team's Gulp! album
Episode 108: Our man in Amsterdam, Paris, Leeds and Harrogate. New David O Russell movie Amsterdam. Shock News from Edinburgh's Film World . New Suede Album, Autofiction