Packed with more UK chart hits from two decades ago than a Y2K party popper, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a reggae music legend is bought onto the dancefloors of the new millennium... A long standing icon in the world of reggae music, Bob Marley, with his band The Wailers, had … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 39)
So if you caught our posts last week, you'll know that Walk & Talk 4 Men, the walking group we're part of - or WAT4M as we call it for short round here - teamed up with Mind, the national mental health charity for a very special event yesterday afternoon. We descended on the beautiful … Continue reading #MindfulMonday at Hylands Park: The Lowdown
Hello one and all! Welcome to this week's #TweetHeeHee on Monday, 23rd September, which today officially marks the Autumnal Equinox, aka the first day of autumn. But if you're feeling wistful at the passing of summer, then turn that frown upside down because we've got seven more nuggets of social media hilarities from the last … Continue reading #TweetHeeHee (23/09/2019)
ARTIST: McFly SONG: Touch the Rain SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Well well well. Just where do you start with this last couple of weeks? All in the space of less than fourteen days, McFly have suddenly gone from MIA to everywhere, with a sold out show at The O2 … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: McFly – ‘Touch the Rain’
It's Thursday, it's midday, and time once again to bring you another slice of the UK charts as they looked and sounded twenty whole years ago. This is The Story of Pop: 1999. And this week, another imported dancefloor filler - this time from Italy - that was the second biggest selling single of the … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 38)
Hello one, hello all. Hope you've all had a good Sunday in this glorious September sunshine we've had today. It's been a while since we posted about our involvement with Walk & Talk 4 Men, the walking group we joined earlier this year that's helping to change the conversation around men's mental health and wellbeing … Continue reading A walking and talking update: #MindfulMonday
ARTIST: Capulets SONG: Community Centre SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Now, usually how it works in pop is this: person joins band, band release a few records, maybe they play live a bit, do some other amazing stuff and become fairly brilliant, band ends or takes a break, person from … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Capulets – ‘Community Centre’
It's The Story of Pop: 1999. It's our series, week by week, that tells the story of the hits from the UK charts at the dawn of a new millennium, and the artists that made them so. This week: another Latino/Mambo record, but one that happily has a story and legacy all of its own … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 37)
Welcome to this week's edition of The Good News Week, our weekly round up of three positive and inspiring headline makers in the news to lift your spirits midweek. If you enjoy the stories we've found this week, let us know - remember this is a place for you to share any good news you … Continue reading The Good News Week (11/09/2019)
Happy new week people! Time for us as always to put a pep in your step with more of the funniest bits from our social media travels in the last week and bring them on here to bring a giggle to your Monday - this is #TweetHeeHee... I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT, WHAT I … Continue reading #TweetHeeHee (09/09/2019)
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