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If you’ve never been to a Word In Your Ear evening before, this is how it works. 

November 7, 2015 David Hepworth 0

It usually takes place at The Islington, which is helpfully located in Islington, not far from Angel tube station and King’s Cross. The Islington is […]

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Pictures from last night’s WIYE 80s at the Islington

July 7, 2015 David Hepworth 0

    We had a corking time at the Islington last night with special guests Clare Grogan, who was talking about her time in Altered […]

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Great press for next Tuesday’s guests

March 28, 2015 David Hepworth 0

  In next Tuesday’s show at The Islington Mark Ellen and I are talking to a couple of veterans of music writing in the sixties, both of […]

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Talking Sandy Denny with Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol and Mick Houghton

March 14, 2015 David Hepworth 0

Thanks to everyone who came to Monday’s recording at the Slaughtered Lamb where we talked to Mick Houghton about his excellent new biography of Sandy […]

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Word In Your Ear 2014 season climaxes with Danny Baker, Smash Hits, Quantick and more

December 8, 2014 David Hepworth 0

We’ve had brilliant words in your ear over the past few weeks with Danny Baker, whose highlight was an impression of Tommy Cooper which few […]

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One small step for Word In Your Ear, one giant stride for Monday nights in the pub

September 23, 2014 David Hepworth 0

Last night’s show was our best yet. Thanks to the people at the Islington we managed to get the visuals working and so we we could put on […]

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Stevie Nicks biographer Zoe Howe added to our Ben Watt live podcast recording

September 13, 2014 David Hepworth 0

We’re delighted to say that Zoe Howe‘s joining us at our next Word In Your Ear Podcast recording at the Islington on September 22nd.  She’ll be […]

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A Quiet Word with Ben Watt at the Islington

September 8, 2014 David Hepworth 0

Ben Watt’s worn a variety of hats in the last thirty years: half of Everything But The Girl, solo artist, deejay, producer, club owner and […]

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An evening at the Islington with Simon Napier-Bell

August 25, 2014 David Hepworth 0

We had fun talking to Simon Napier-Bell at the Islington last week. You can hear the results as a podcast here or via this clip. […]

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An indiscreet podcast with Simon Napier-Bell – if you don’t want to miss any of it, you’d better be there

July 20, 2014 David Hepworth 0

There’s not a lot you can say about pop music that isn’t true. Whatever your prejudices you’ll find in the history of pop music the evidence […]

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The Specials are no more! Horace Panter remembers days when it was ‘like walking on air’
byMark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold

The Specials have officially disbanded, bowing out with a swansong album recorded in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral in 2019. Horace Panter looks back at the first shows they played – when Jim Callaghan was still PM! – and the rigours of mastering ska when some of the group thought it was “old man’s music”. Along with …

 

… the dignified way for any band to retire

 

… the 2-Tone tour of 1979 – “like a school trip with no teachers”

 

… bonding with Terry Hall over comedian Ken Platt: ‘I won’t take me coat off, I’m not stoppin’!”

 

… the day Jerry Dammers came to rehearsal with Prince Buster’s Greatest Hits – “for all your rebellious needs!”

 

… the poignancy of playing in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral when you start the set with an air-raid siren

 

… seeing the Faces and Mott the Hoople, “once in my school uniform”

 

… the sensory overload – “The space! The volume!” – of Led Zeppelin at the Albert Hall when you’re 15 and from Kettering

 

… “strange to think few people under 60 have ever seen the Specials”

 

… the bassist he pretended to be when posing in the mirror

 

… the Bilzen Festival in 1979 “when the chain-link fence was broken down and I came offstage like I was walking on air”

 

… and creating the 2-Tone look with ex-Mod tonic suits

 

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