‘I have a blowtorch at uni’: what do students eat apart from pesto pasta? Students are too broke or busy having fun to eat well, right? Wrong: some find cash and time for creme brulee and duck eggs The Guardian - UK · Sep 25
My neighbour complained that our tree was ruining her garden's light – here's the expert-approved way I handled it Here's the expert-approved way I handled it Ideal Home · May 24
"When they marched through a crowd of Jethro Tull fans in America, led by two bagpipers, they were making memories that would last forever." Fighting fascism, riots and rock'n'roll: The onstage story of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band The Sensational Alex Harvey Band didn’t shift as many records as they deserved to, but as a live band they were like no other Louder · May 21
Ockham’s Razor: Collaborator review – roll up for a real circus power couple Charlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey deliver a mesmerising and intimate ode to their performing lives together The Guardian - UK · Jan 31
"There was a rocky section with an avant‑garde solo, then some brass, and of course a complete piss-take of 50s doo‑wop": How a 40-year-old Glaswegian out-weirded David Bowie to become the most unlikely pop star of 1973 The story of an ironically titled epic that acted as a condensed history of rock'n'roll Louder · Jan 13
“His response to seeing a wilderness being bulldozed, he can’t resist also mentioning Bonnie Prince Charlie, Vikings and an ill-fated brontosaurus”: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s Tomorrow Belongs To Me is a prog epic Gravel-voiced bandleader plays eco-warrior, futurist and satirist on 1975 genre-crossing album wrapped in a sleeve where Roger Dean meets Marvel Louder · Sep 10, 2025
"If you're not joining in, you're out… I got my P45”: How the Bee Gees, Burt Bacharach and coke derailed the first attempt at recording Oasis's Definitely Maybe It started with a promise between friends and turned into every producer’s worst nightmare: Inside the aborted first attempt at recording Oasis’s classic debut MusicRadar · Nov 1, 2024
Xander Schauffele’s Brilliant Six-Under Final Round 65 Clinches Open - Reaction Xander Schauffele bagged his second Major of the year at Royal Troon and ensured an American sweep of all the Majors Golf Monthly · Jul 21, 2024
“Music is built into Rebus. Early on he listens to jazz; then I thought, ‘Why not give him my record collection?’” Ian Rankin on the prog soundtrack to his fictional cop’s life Hi-fi freak who never got over Hawkwind explains what he listens to while he works – and revels in the joy of putting a Mogwai joke in one of his books Louder · May 20, 2024
"If you haven’t been ripped off, you haven’t been in the music business”: How personal tragedy, the demands of touring and the pressure to make money destroyed Alex Harvey In 1977, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band played the Reading Festival. Harvey was being acclaimed as a punk pioneer and the future looked bright. But it was to be their last ever gig… Louder · Jul 30, 2023
We all share music we adore. Why shouldn't Saxon? More Inspirations is the follow-up to 2021's Inspirations and finds Saxon covering Kiss, The Who, Alex Harvey and more Louder · Mar 24, 2023
‘Please don’t forget us’ – Welsh Parliament stages solidarity with Ukraine event Ukrainians, host families and dignitaries gathered in the Senedd to mark one year since the Russian conflict began. The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023
Little girl, 8, who survived cot blaze brings stars to tears with her help for others There wasn't a dry eye in the house when Elizabeth Soffe went on stage to collect her Child of Courage award. The Strictly Come Dancing fan looked amazed as dozens of the show’s stars flooded the stage around her Daily Mirror · Oct 25, 2022
Inside the Pride of Britain awards as stars gather to celebrate our everyday heroes Tonight, from dark clouds of economic and political turmoil and clashing egos, stepped a group of unassuming, perhaps unlikely folk, exhibiting qualities of courage, clear-sightedness, empathy, sacrifice, and then some, at the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards Daily Mirror · Oct 24, 2022
Daily Record · May 16, 2022 Wheelchair user stunned after Ayrshire car dealership gives him motor for free Alex suffered severe injuries after a motorbike accident.