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Steve Exeter

The New Town Centres

It’s with massive pride that I can confirm that the The New Town Centres will be on the radio this weekend! Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone  Sunday 8pm on BBC 6music…

SEVERUS: The Black Caesar | Drama

I was encouraged and excited to see that notable historian Patrick Vernon included the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus on his list of 100 Great Black Britons and that he ended…

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

So, I turned 40 in 2011!  I wasn't alone in this, among the luminaries joining me were Ewan McGregor, Mark Wahlberg, Winona Ryder, Mariah Carey and Sacha Baron Cohen, not that it…

Frankenstein’s Baby

Just in time for the haunting season those cheeky chaps from The New Town Centres have rushed us a monster smash single! Keyboardist Mike Lukey recounted to me that their plan…

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music was not one of my parents' favourite things so, consequently, I do not have any fond childhood memories of it as I have for the Wizard of…

Quick Q&A with Terry Jones

Phoenix Pictures the company that produced Black Swan is also the home for Terry Jones first feature film as director since his wonderful retelling of The Wind in the Willows…

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