Andrew Petrie

Ginger Baker plays the drums at Cream’s first live performance at the Windsor Festival, 31 July 1966

Behind the beat

16 May 2015 9:00 am

Tony Barrell can’t play the drums, but he’s in awe of those who can. ‘A band without a drummer is…

The aurora: you really have to see it for yourself

The Northern Lights

13 December 2014 9:00 am

Getting here took a long time. First a flight to Seattle, then a connection to Fairbanks, followed by a coach…

Occupational hazards

15 March 2014 9:00 am

Roberto Rossellini shot his neorealist landmark Rome, Open City while the war still raged and rubble littered the freshly liberated…

Graham Nash in London, 1970

Old hippies never die

19 October 2013 9:00 am

We all know that if you can remember the Sixties you weren’t really there. But Graham Nash, of the Hollies,…

At home with the president

7 September 2013 9:00 am

The most paranoid of presidents, Richard Nixon must have been feeling unwell when he allowed three of his closest aides…