The poor drummer is music’s goalkeeper — you only notice him if he screws up
Tony Barrell can’t play the drums, but he’s in awe of those who can. ‘A band without a drummer is…
The Northern Lights
Getting here took a long time. First a flight to Seattle, then a connection to Fairbanks, followed by a coach…
Rome, Open City still shocks
Roberto Rossellini shot his neorealist landmark Rome, Open City while the war still raged and rubble littered the freshly liberated…
Wild Tales: The book to make any Spectator reader weep
We all know that if you can remember the Sixties you weren’t really there. But Graham Nash, of the Hollies,…
At home with President Nixon
The most paranoid of presidents, Richard Nixon must have been feeling unwell when he allowed three of his closest aides…
