this paragraph starts and ends as you might expect, deep into the Wikipedia biography of Christmas's favourite glam rockers Slade, but the bit in the middle is a definite curveball
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade
this paragraph starts and ends as you might expect, deep into the Wikipedia biography of Christmas's favourite glam rockers Slade, but the bit in the middle is a definite curveball
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade
most of the musicians I've interviewed have been lovely, but the experience is clearly very high on their list of least favourite things about their job. In contrast, when interviewing the non-famous about running, it's a total joy to get a response like this: www.instagram.com/p/DGVPi3RtEY...
the documentary about the San Quentin Prison Marathon, which I wrote about in 2023, is finally on UK television for the first time tonight, BBC4 at 10pm
www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a453...
had a spooky old time writing about Dr John in the FT at the weekend (paywall) www.ft.com/content/78fb...
cow hide
I did the inaugural UK Ekiden - a Japanese relay race - along the banks of the Thames, and told the tale at some length here: www.runnersworld.com/uk/events/a6...
1. Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls
2. Clairo - Charm
3. Oracle Sisters - Hydranism
4. Fontaines DC - Romance
5. Leon Vynehall - Nothing is Still
6. Pale Jay - The Celestial Suite
7. Whitney - Spark
8. Neil Young - Silver & Gold
9. Jungle - Volcano
10. Fred Again - Ten Days
Albums of the year: for the first time in about two decades I didn't spend the entire year listening to music I was obliged to play for work, so here's a list of the 10 albums I genuinely played and loved the most in 2024, most of which didn't actually come out in 2024...
cow I met this morning
feels like an opportunity to broaden the range of things I have historically posted about, so here is a photo of a cow I met this morning:
all right, I'll bite