The Plastic Mancunian

Good news – my foot has fully recovered and I am now able to resume my walks. All it needed was a little rest and a bit of ice. It’s S...

Today’s song is another from the brilliant Porcupine Tree called Sentimental. This is a rather sad song about young kids not wan...

Today’s song is A Soapbox Opera by Supertramp, performed in the video below by co-founder of the band Roger Hodgson with a full orches...

There is one British band carrying the torch for Progressive Rock into the future and are bringing the genre to the masses. That band i...

I still remember the look of incredulity on his face. “You are a complete and utter moron!” he said, staring at me as if I had just...

I often wondered whether I fully exploited the subjects I did at school. To be honest, unless you really know what you want to do, deci...

Let me take you back to 1981. I was in my final year at school and A-Levels were approaching like a speeding train. I had mad hair, so...

I can play the trombone. Don’t laugh – it’s true. When I say “can play” I really mean “used to be able to play”. I can hear the question ...

I was having a chat with a couple of work colleagues the other week about the subjects we all did at school and I started to think more ab...

Picture the scene. A thirteen year old boy enters a classroom and walks to his desk. He opens his bag and pulls out a bag of his favourite c...

If somebody said to you: “I want you to go onto the pitch and spend the next eighty minutes being pounded, mauled, savaged, mangled, batter...