Podcasts about Muswell Hill

 We often cover struggles and challenges on this podcast, but my guest this week, Shonagh Johnson, from East Lothian, is a great example of how well tandem breastfeeding can go. Although she had some nipple sensitivity, Shonagh found feeding her first daughter Freya relatively easy after a swift home birth. Despite having no expectations of how long they would feed for, she carried on throughout her pregnancy with her second daughter, Charlotte. During this pregnancy, Shonagh did experience aversion, particularly during her third trimester and occasionally post-birth, but she handled it with a mixture of relaxation techniques and communicating with Freya to establish boundaries around feeding. Towards the end of our conversation we also discuss the process of donating milk via the local milk bank, as Shonagh has just started to donate, having been inspired by Charlotte's story in episode 67.You can follow Shonagh on Instagram @‌shonaghmackMy new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Follow me on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com  This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

 Every so often a project comes along with the potential to radically change the experience of lactating parents. My guest this week, Amber, has one such project.Amber Clark is an infant feeding specialist nurse and IBCLC working in Wessex. Her work, the Early Breast Milk Improvement Project is all about improving outcomes for pumpers by fitting flanges properly and increasing pumping efficiency.In our conversation, we delve deep into the world of breast pumping and flange sizes. Amber shares her expertise and exciting findings, covering the critical impact of correctly fitted flanges, the challenges of standard pump sizes, and practical advice for both health professionals and parents. Find the project toolkit here - https://healthinnovationwessex.org.uk/projects/658/early-breast-milk-improvement-project-toolkitAnd the research that inspired Amber here - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08903344241296036Amber is @‌empoweredbirthuk on Instagram or you can contact her at amberclarkibclc@gmail.comMy new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Follow me on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

Sometimes the thing we need most is the space and time to figure it out ourselves.My guest this week, Becca from Oxfordshire, had a challenging start to breastfeeding her son, Rupert. A combination of a tongue tie, slightly inverted nipples, and troubles latching, led to severe nipple damage just days after Rupert's birth. Becca turned to exclusive pumping to let her nipples heal, and days turned into weeks. Despite her struggles, Becca found hope and support through local breastfeeding groups and charities.  Giving herself the time and space to figure out what worked for her, she eventually returned to successful breastfeeding after five weeks and is still feeding Rupert now at 16 months. Find out about the charities that helped Becca - Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support https://oxbreastfeedingsupport.org/Wallingford Babybar https://www.wallingfordbabybar.co.uk/Didcot Baby Monday  https://www.didcotbabymonday.co.uk/My new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Follow me on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

My guest this week is Dr. Louise Goldsmith, a urologist and aspiring IBCLC from North London. Louise successfully breastfed her first daughter but was taken aback when that previous history didn't protect her from a crisis of confidence second time around.Carrie's feeding style was very different to Paloma's, which surprised Louise and her husband, and they feared she was not receiving enough milk. But after a weigh-in confirmed that she had in fact gained weight since birth, things started to get on track. At six months, Carrie is now successfully breastfeeding, and her older daughter, Paloma has got in on the act, returning to breastfeeding after a year of being weaned. Louise is now tandem feeding both daughters. My new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other bookshops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Follow me on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

 Vicky, my guest this week, is a fantastic example of successful breastfeeding at work. She is a nurse in a busy intensive care unit, who takes regular breaks to pump in a dedicated room, with the full support of her manager and colleagues. This success story is even better when you hear how she got to this place - her daughter Evie's birth was painful and distressing, ending with a ventouse delivery. She struggled to breastfeed in the hospital, relying on expressing and syringes, and continued to struggle through pain and a staph infection at home. Vicky's determination to breastfeed kept her going through the pain for seven months and three tongue tie divisions, before she and Evie settled into the feeding relationship they continue today.My new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other bookshops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Follow me on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

Many breastfeeding parents also choose to carry their baby in a sling or wrap as they go about their day. There are so many carriers out there to choose from that it can be an overwhelming decision. That's where my guest today can help. Lizzy Allen  is a babywearing consultant, but she's also a breastfeeding peer supporter, trained with the ABM. She runs Chester Sling Library, which offers support to families in person in Chester and in Northeast Wales and also online to families around the UK.We're talking today about babywearing, how to choose a carrier that suits you and your baby, and most importantly about the safety of babywearing and breastfeeding.You can find Lizzy online at www.chesterslinglibrary.co.uk/ and @‌chester_sling_library on Instagram.My new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Lizzy recommends - https://www.carryingmatters.co.uk/2017/08/05/breast-bottle-feeding-safely-sling/Finding a sling library https://www.carryingmatters.co.uk/sling-pages/@‌babywearingeducationnetwork on InstagramYoutube creators @‌SouthEastSlings @‌TheBabywearingAcademy @‌carryingmatters @‌SheenSlings  @‌SouthEssexSlings @‌WrapyouinloveFollow me on Twitter @MakesMilk and on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com  This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Hace 2 años el titular era: Canarias recibió en el primer trimestre de 2023 más turistas que antes de la pandemia y batió el récord de gasto. Hoy se cumplen 1.164 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. 3 años y 59 días. Hoy es lunes 5 de abril de 2025. Día Mundial del Patrimonio Africano. El Día Mundial del Patrimonio Africano se celebra el 5 de mayo de cada año, gracias a un decreto de los Estados Miembros de la UNESCO. Su principal objetivo es dar a conocer a todas las personas del planeta, pero en especial, al pueblo africano, el valioso patrimonio cultural y natural de este gran continente. Hoy más que nunca existe la necesidad de proteger y preservar todo el patrimonio natural y cultural que se encuentra en el continente africano. Debido a la gran cantidad de amenazas que enfrenta el hombre moderno como por ejemplo el cambio climático, el terrorismo, la explotación de los recursos naturales, la caza indiscriminada de animales o el mismo desarrollo y que inciden de manera negativa sobre el patrimonio de todo un pueblo y que representa la herencia de las futuras generaciones. Debido a esto, el compromiso de la UNESCO es buscar alianzas y aunar esfuerzos para lograr las transformaciones necesarias que permitan preservar la riqueza invaluable de la cultura africana. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se requiere el trabajo mancomunado de todos los organismos y entes involucrados y hacer de ello, una realidad para alcanzar un mundo mucho más sostenible. 553 Comienza el Segundo Concilio de Constantinopla. 1821 En la isla de Santa Helena (en el océano Atlántico) muere Napoleón Bonaparte. 1890 En España se promulga la Ley de Sufragio universal. 1944 En India, Gandhi es liberado tras 21 meses de arresto. 1955 La República Federal de Alemania recupera la plena soberanía. 1961 Estados Unidos lanza al espacio su primera nave espacial tripulada; el piloto fue Alan B. Shepard. 1965 En el aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte se estrella un avión y mueren 32 personas. 2000 Ocurre una conjunción planetaria de todos los planetas conocidos en la Antigüedad (Mercurio, Venus, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, la Luna y el Sol). Santa Ángela de Sicilia, San Hilario de Arles, San Eulogio Obispo. Kiev acusa a Moscú de atacar Járkov con bombas termobáricas. Un misil procedente de Yemen alcanza el aeropuerto Ben Gurion de Tel Aviv. La Capilla Sixtina se prepara para iniciar el cónclave con la instalación de las estufas y las mesas de los cardenales. La opinión de los 5 cardenales favoritos del cónclave sobre los temas más polémicos para la Iglesia. La natalidad en España sube por primera vez en la última década. Gobierno central y comunidades debaten este lunes los términos de la acogida de menores migrantes, pero algunas ya anuncian su rechazo. Mientras el PP de Canarias apoyó el texto e incluso apremia ahora al Ejecutivo para que comience con los traslados, los gobiernos de Madrid y Aragón han recurrido el decreto ante el Constitucional y la Comunidad Valenciana anuncia que hará lo mismo. La CEOE de Tenerife alerta de un “bajón” en las reservas hoteleras. Canarias, entre las comunidades con mayor precariedad: cerca de la mitad de sus trabajadores cobran menos del SMI. Así lo reflejan los últimos datos publicados por los técnicos del Ministerio de Hacienda (Gestha). La lista de espera en dependencia se dispara en Canarias con casi 12.000 personas con el derecho reconocido y sin prestación. La mayoría de ellas (11.141) llevan esperando más de seis meses pese a tener derecho. En el mes de marzo se produjeron solo 182 nuevos reconocimientos de PIA y se contabilizan 9.012 prestaciones menos que en diciembre de 2024, cuando la Consejería aseguró que se habían superado las 62.000. Canarias reforzará la colaboración con Gambia en formación, empleo, seguridad, sanidad e inmigración. Una delegación del Gobierno de Canarias viajará este lunes, 5 de mayo, a Gambia con la finalidad de reforzar la cooperación en materias de formación, empleo, seguridad, sanidad e inmigración con el país africano. The Kinks (en español, "perversiones, manías, torceduras") fue una banda inglesa de rock formada en 1963 en Muswell Hill, al norte de Londres, por los hermanos Ray y Dave Davies, considerada una de las bandas de rock más influyentes de la década de 1960. Esta tema del grupo Kinks se sacó a la luz como single el 5 de mayo de 1967.

Bienvenidos a La Diez Capital Radio! Están a punto de comenzar un nuevo episodio de nuestro Programa de Actualidad, donde la información, la formación y el entretenimiento se encuentran para ofrecerles lo mejor de las noticias y temas relevantes. Este programa, dirigido y presentado por Miguel Ángel González Suárez, es su ventana directa a los acontecimientos más importantes, así como a las historias que capturan la esencia de nuestro tiempo. A través de un enfoque dinámico y cercano, Miguel Ángel conecta con ustedes para proporcionar una experiencia informativa y envolvente. Desde análisis profundos hasta entrevistas exclusivas, cada emisión está diseñada para mantenerles al tanto, ofrecerles nuevos conocimientos y, por supuesto, entretenerles. Para más detalles sobre el programa, visiten nuestra web en www.ladiez.es. - Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Hace 2 años el titular era: Canarias recibió en el primer trimestre de 2023 más turistas que antes de la pandemia y batió el récord de gasto. Hoy se cumplen 1.164 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. 3 años y 59 días. Hoy es lunes 5 de abril de 2025. Día Mundial del Patrimonio Africano. El Día Mundial del Patrimonio Africano se celebra el 5 de mayo de cada año, gracias a un decreto de los Estados Miembros de la UNESCO. Su principal objetivo es dar a conocer a todas las personas del planeta, pero en especial, al pueblo africano, el valioso patrimonio cultural y natural de este gran continente. Hoy más que nunca existe la necesidad de proteger y preservar todo el patrimonio natural y cultural que se encuentra en el continente africano. Debido a la gran cantidad de amenazas que enfrenta el hombre moderno como por ejemplo el cambio climático, el terrorismo, la explotación de los recursos naturales, la caza indiscriminada de animales o el mismo desarrollo y que inciden de manera negativa sobre el patrimonio de todo un pueblo y que representa la herencia de las futuras generaciones. Debido a esto, el compromiso de la UNESCO es buscar alianzas y aunar esfuerzos para lograr las transformaciones necesarias que permitan preservar la riqueza invaluable de la cultura africana. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se requiere el trabajo mancomunado de todos los organismos y entes involucrados y hacer de ello, una realidad para alcanzar un mundo mucho más sostenible. 553 Comienza el Segundo Concilio de Constantinopla. 1821 En la isla de Santa Helena (en el océano Atlántico) muere Napoleón Bonaparte. 1890 En España se promulga la Ley de Sufragio universal. 1944 En India, Gandhi es liberado tras 21 meses de arresto. 1955 La República Federal de Alemania recupera la plena soberanía. 1961 Estados Unidos lanza al espacio su primera nave espacial tripulada; el piloto fue Alan B. Shepard. 1965 En el aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte se estrella un avión y mueren 32 personas. 2000 Ocurre una conjunción planetaria de todos los planetas conocidos en la Antigüedad (Mercurio, Venus, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, la Luna y el Sol). Santa Ángela de Sicilia, San Hilario de Arles, San Eulogio Obispo. Kiev acusa a Moscú de atacar Járkov con bombas termobáricas. Un misil procedente de Yemen alcanza el aeropuerto Ben Gurion de Tel Aviv. La Capilla Sixtina se prepara para iniciar el cónclave con la instalación de las estufas y las mesas de los cardenales. La opinión de los 5 cardenales favoritos del cónclave sobre los temas más polémicos para la Iglesia. La natalidad en España sube por primera vez en la última década. Gobierno central y comunidades debaten este lunes los términos de la acogida de menores migrantes, pero algunas ya anuncian su rechazo. Mientras el PP de Canarias apoyó el texto e incluso apremia ahora al Ejecutivo para que comience con los traslados, los gobiernos de Madrid y Aragón han recurrido el decreto ante el Constitucional y la Comunidad Valenciana anuncia que hará lo mismo. La CEOE de Tenerife alerta de un “bajón” en las reservas hoteleras. Canarias, entre las comunidades con mayor precariedad: cerca de la mitad de sus trabajadores cobran menos del SMI. Así lo reflejan los últimos datos publicados por los técnicos del Ministerio de Hacienda (Gestha). La lista de espera en dependencia se dispara en Canarias con casi 12.000 personas con el derecho reconocido y sin prestación. La mayoría de ellas (11.141) llevan esperando más de seis meses pese a tener derecho. En el mes de marzo se produjeron solo 182 nuevos reconocimientos de PIA y se contabilizan 9.012 prestaciones menos que en diciembre de 2024, cuando la Consejería aseguró que se habían superado las 62.000. Canarias reforzará la colaboración con Gambia en formación, empleo, seguridad, sanidad e inmigración. Una delegación del Gobierno de Canarias viajará este lunes, 5 de mayo, a Gambia con la finalidad de reforzar la cooperación en materias de formación, empleo, seguridad, sanidad e inmigración con el país africano. The Kinks (en español, "perversiones, manías, torceduras") fue una banda inglesa de rock formada en 1963 en Muswell Hill, al norte de Londres, por los hermanos Ray y Dave Davies, considerada una de las bandas de rock más influyentes de la década de 1960. Esta tema del grupo Kinks se sacó a la luz como single el 5 de mayo de 1967. - Sección de actualidad con mucho sentido de Humor inteligente en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio con el periodista socarrón y palmero, José Juan Pérez Capote, El Nº 1. - Nuestro corresponsal en Roma José Figueroa García nos introduce a las intrigas, políticas y profecías alrededor de este cónclave asociado ya en el imaginario popular con el cónclave del fin de los tiempos. - Programa de actualidad presentado y dirigido por: Juan Antonio Inurria Rivero Colaboradores: Rita Medina-Páez. Gabriel Suárez. Andrés Chaves -Tertulia de actualidad informativa con Rosi Rivero y Antonio Aldana.

Uni-boobing - feeding on just one breast - is more common than many of us think. Whether through child-preference, injury, or as a result of surgery, like my guest this week, it's absolutely possible to exclusively breastfeed on just one breast.My guest, Coral, had duct surgery due to unexplained bleeding and a family history of breast cancer, in her twenties. Although she was told she probably could still breastfeed, it wasn't until her son, Rowan, was born that the reality of exclusively breastfeeding him was revealed. She persevered through tube feeding, combined feeding and very frequent feeds with determination. Rowan is now two years old and still nursing.My new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.During our conversation, we mentioned -Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Surgeries https://www.bfar.org/index.shtmlMy article Breastfeeding: The dangerous obsession with the infant feeding interval - Baby Friendly Initiative https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/breastfeeding-the-dangerous-obsession-with-the-infant-feeding-interval/Follow me on Twitter @MakesMilk and on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

Back in 2020, Ann Owen felt like she was the only person in the UK breastfeeding a four year old. Not an unusual feeling for an extended breastfeeder, but Ann's next step was unusual. She's a photographer, specialising in documenting birth and post-partum journeys, so she started a project to meet and photograph other families with older nurslings. Now she travels all over the UK, meeting nurslings from 4-8 years old, with an aim of collating 100 photographs for her Milk Project.The Milk Project can be found at https://milkproject.uk/You can see some of Ann's photographs on my Instagram account this week @emmapickettibclc or Ann's @‌ann.owen.fotoWe also mentioned spectrumlactation.org @‌spectrumlactationMy new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Follow me on Twitter @MakesMilk and on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

Welcome to The kbbreview Podcast, your host is Andy Davies and this is Episode 9 of Season 14.And we've been really looking forward to this episode, as we're catching up with our Adopted Retailers. In the magazine every month, we've been following the fortunes of three kbb retailers with three very different backgrounds, experiences and plans for the future. We last spoke to them here on the podcast back at the start of November - you can listen to that here - and six months later we're here to see how they're getting on.So we have Amanda Raine from The Leamington Kitchen Company in Leamington Spa. She and her husband Tom opened their dream showroom a year or so ago after leaving corporate jobs in construction and marketing.Then we have Joe Kardani from Point 5 Kitchens in London. They're a well-established retailer in Muswell Hill but they're opening a second showroom in nearby Belsize Park.And last but by no means least is Olivia Weaver from Harrison James in Shropshire. Only in their mid-20s she and husband Harry, are just about to open their first showroom after expanding their installation business into retail. So, kbbreview's George Dean caught up with them last week to see how they're all getting on. All this is made possible by our Adopted Retailer Partner Alku, the exciting new range of Kitchen, Bedroom and Lifestyle furniture, created with the designer in mind. We're delighted to have them on board for this and you can actually find out more about them in a bonus episode coming out tomorrow where Andy talking to marketing director Dan Hughes.In the meantime, everything you need to know about them, including how to become a dealer, is at alku.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 My guest this week, Sarah, is a great example of the power of self belief. Sarah's twins, Louie and Robyn, were conceived through IVF during the COVID lockdowns, and had a tricky birth resulting in transfusions and a hospital stay. Throughout all this, Sarah knew that she wanted to breastfeed her twins, and advocated for herself despite busy maternity staff not providing the support they needed. She managed to establish breastfeeding with a combination of pumping and nipple shields, continuing when she returned to work as a primary school teacher.Louie and Robyn are now three years old and thriving. Sarah plans to continue breastfeeding them as long as they need.You can find Sarah on Instagram @‌sarahgrace2710My new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Follow me on Twitter @MakesMilk and on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

 We're doing something a little bit different this week, as you may have guessed from our title. I'm talking to Liz Lee-Smith, who is @‌thebirthhistorian on Instagram. She's an antenatal educator,a breastfeeding peer supporter, and she's a history nerd as well. And we'll be discussing wet nursing, by looking at the lives of a handful of women through history. One note of warning, we will be talking about a story that involves baby death, and we do note that it's coming up so that you can skip if you need to.My new picture book on how breastfeeding journeys end, The Story of Jessie's Milkies, is available from Amazon here -  The Story of Jessie's Milkies. In the UK, you can also buy it from The Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London. Other book shops and libraries can source a copy from Ingram Spark publishing.You can also get 10% off my books on supporting breastfeeding beyond six months and supporting the transition from breastfeeding at the Jessica Kingsley press website, that's uk.jkp.com using the code MMPE10 at checkout.Follow me on Twitter @MakesMilk and on Instagram  @emmapickettibclc or find out more on my website www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.comResources mentioned - https://spectrumlactation.org/https://kimberlysealsallers.com/books/ This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.

Walking around the park behind the hospital, as temperatures dip again, considering the Adlerian idea that it is braver to be happy than to be unhappy. Plus a voicenote from John in Muswell Hill.

In this week's episode, Lauren and Rina sit down with the accomplished theatrical duo David Thacker and Margot Leicester to discuss their experiences as parents of their youngest adult daughter, Elizabeth, who is autistic and has learning difficulties. In this warm and inspiring conversation, David and Margot reflect on their journey raising a disabled child and adult, offering heartfelt wisdom on what truly matters most.Content WarningsDiagnosis Guest BiographiesMargot was brought up in Middleton, Manchester with her younger brother. As a child, Margot always knew she wanted to be an actress and spent most of her time at the University of Leicester, where she studied English, acting in student productions. Spotted at the National Student Drama Festival in Exeter, she was invited to join the Exeter Northcott Theatre and has acted ever since, playing in regional theatres throughout the UK, at the National theatre, in several London theatres, in the West End, and on Broadway. Margot has appeared regularly on television. David was born in Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire and at six months his family moved to nearby Rushden where he was brought up with his two older sisters and his younger brother. He went to the University of York to study English and stayed to study for an MA in Shakespeare. He discovered his love for directing with the University Drama Society and directed several plays there. His first job was as an Assistant Stage Manager at York Theatre Royal, and he has worked in theatre and television since. He has been artistic director of three theatres, the Young Vic, Duke's Playhouse Lancaster, Octagon Theatre Bolton and Director-in-Residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has directed over 150 productions throughout the UK and internationally. David has also directed extensively for BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and WGBH Boston (USA). He continues to work as a freelancer and combines this with his role as Professor of Theatre and Film at University of Bolton. Margot and David met in 1982 when David was Artistic Director of Duke's Playhouse Lancaster and Margot acted there. They fell in love and have been together since, often working together across theatre, film and television.In a voluntary capacity, Margot is a trustee of Haringey Shed inclusive youth theatres and David was a governor of a primary and comprehensive school in Muswell Hill. They have four children and four grandchildren and live in Crouch End, London.Useful resources:Home - icandanceHaringey Shed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is only one week until the 6th Annual Office Xmas Party and Paul & Eli are in desperate need of supplies! They venture out into the real world to get a bit of shopping done and pick up a few prezzies for the party guests. The Cheap Chaps will start their adventure by exploring the charity shops of Muswell Hill before venturing into the crowded, brightly lit streets of central London. Along the way, they'll meet a grotty old Santa, a pirate, some inquisitive tourists, an angry shop assistant, deafening buskers and a “winter wonderland” that fails to impress! It's the final walkabout of 2024 and Paul & Eli will have another noisy, rowdy, silly and predictably anti-climactic journey! Ho Ho Ho! This is the STEREO edition of this episode. See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-414-joy-to-the-walk And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want to, follow us on Twitter/X @thecheapshowpod or @paulgannonshow & @elisnoid www.thecheapshow.co.uk Now on Threads: @cheapshowpod Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Merch Shop: www.redbubble.com/people/cheapshow/shop www.cheapmag.shop Thanks also to @vorratony for the wonderful, exclusive art: www.tinyurl.com/rbcheapshow Send Us Stuff: CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ

There is only one week until the 6th Annual Office Xmas Party and Paul & Eli are in desperate need of supplies! They venture out into the real world to get a bit of shopping done and pick up a few prezzies for the party guests. The Cheap Chaps will start their adventure by exploring the charity shops of Muswell Hill before venturing into the crowded, brightly lit streets of central London. Along the way, they'll meet a grotty old Santa, a pirate, some inquisitive tourists, an angry shop assistant, deafening buskers and a “winter wonderland” that fails to impress! It's the final walkabout of 2024 and Paul & Eli will have another noisy, rowdy, silly and predictably anti-climactic journey! Ho Ho Ho! This is the MONO edition of this episode. See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-414-joy-to-the-walk And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want to, follow us on Twitter/X @thecheapshowpod or @paulgannonshow & @elisnoid www.thecheapshow.co.uk Now on Threads: @cheapshowpod Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Merch Shop: www.redbubble.com/people/cheapshow/shop www.cheapmag.shop Thanks also to @vorratony for the wonderful, exclusive art: www.tinyurl.com/rbcheapshow Send Us Stuff: CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ

This week's episode is all about the lessons learned in carrying out a low-carbon retrofit. Natalie Black (Enbee Architecture + Design) and Toby McLean (Allt Environmental Structural Engineers) joined us to talk through their experiments and experiences on the renovation of a derelict house in Muswell Hill, London that was shortlisted for the Architects Journal Retrofit and Reuse awards this year.This is a project that could easily be misrepresented as a Grand Designs-style endeavour that's only representative of what you can do if you've got loads of capital and capacity, but that wouldn't be fair. This project should really be seen as an example of what you can achieve when you've got loads of capital and the capacity to experiment. The lessons learned here aren't going to solve the housing crisis but they can contribute to resolving the climate crisis, and this is what's motivating our guests. Like many of our listeners, Natalie and Toby are built environment professionals who have become increasingly driven to change how they work by the dawning realisation that the climate crisis is upon us. We also discuss whether you can actually have a low-carbon basement.Links for the PhD applications are below too.Notes from the showNatalie Black on LinkedIn The Muswell Hill low-carbon houseThe Enbee Architecture + Design websiteThe Allt Environmental Structural Engineers' websiteNatalie's LinkedIn post about low-carbon basementsEnbee's 12-minute diary film about the Muswell Hill projectEnbee's short film (under 2 mins) about the Muswell Hill projectNatalie's blog about her workPhD #1 - Balancing Supply and Demand: Developing a Net Zero Energy Framework for Difficult-to-Retrofit Buildings in NottinghamshireNottingham Trent University deadline 8th Dec, start Apr 2025, Led by: Dr Orla Williams (UoN), Co-Supervisors: Dr Kate Simpson (NTU) and Prof Richard Bull (NTU); Community Supervisor(s): Phil Berrill (Nottinghamshire County Council), Chris Beattie (Inspire)PhD #2 - Sustainable Construction UK: Investigating the UK construction industry's culture in relation to meeting long-term social, economic and environmental goalsNottingham Trent University, deadline 14th Feb, start Sep 2025, led by Prof Gavin Killip and Dr Ani RaidenPhD #3 - Re-imagining energy retrofit and home adaptation to deliver safe and resilient homes during interconnected energy, health, housing and climate crisesNottingham Trent University, deadline 14th Feb, start Sep 2025, led by myself with Dr Penelope Siebert and Prof Rowena Hill**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.Follow us on the Zero Ambitions LinkedIn page (we still don't have a proper website)Jeff, Alex, and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User ExperienceSubscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)Check Lloyd's Substack: Carbon UpfrontJoin ACANJoin the AECB Join the IGBCCheck out Her Own Space, the renovation and retrofit platform for women**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**

Welcome to the kbbreview Podcast and this is Episode Ten and the last official episode of Season 13.Season 14 will officially start in the New Year but we'll actually be back in December with a special mini-series looking ahead to 2025 AND, of course, the now legendary episode where we reveal the shortlist for the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2025 (entries close on November 14th!)In this episode we're meeting two of our 2024/25 Adopted Retailers - you may have seen this in the magazine and online but we're following three independent retailers over the next 12 months as they embark on new endeavours in their businesses. The ins and outs, the ups and downs and everything in between as we map the very real experiences of independent KBB retailers. In this episode we're meeting Joe Kardani, the co-founder of Point 5 Kitchens in North London. After opening their first showroom in Muswell Hill in 2016, they're in the middle of developing their second showroom just down the road in Belsize Park.Then we have Olivia Weaver, aged just 25, she and her husband are starting a brand new retail business in Shropshire called Harrison James after several years on the tools.Our third Adopted Retailer is the equally interesting Leamington Kitchen Company in Leamington Spa and you can read their first installment here and we'll meet them on a podcast further down the line.All this is made possible by our Adopted Retailer Partner Alku, the exciting new range of Kitchen, Bedroom and Lifestyle furniture, created with the designer in mind. We're delighted to have them on board for this and you can find out everything you need to know about them, including how to become a dealer, at alku.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plongeons ensemble dans l'histoire captivante des Kinks, un groupe britannique qui a laissé une empreinte indélébile sur l'histoire du rock.

It's been a while since Paul or Eli curated their own Price of Shite segment. Whilst it's always delightful to receive P.o.S offerings in our PO Box, they wanted to see if they still had it in them to find the most weird and wonderful charity shop oddities. This week, Paul ran around Muswell Hill in North London to grab five items to parade before his co-host. It's up to Eli to wade through all five curios and put a price on each and every one. As a result, this edition of The Price of Shite spans the whole length of the episode and bounces across some familiar CheapShow segments. We listen to a smutty sci-fi record, evaluate some board game merch, read up on some London Underground facts and even play an improvised rap based board game! And yes, it IS every bit as cringe as you fear! But WAIT! Who is this strange fellow lurking in the shadows? Who is Professor Joke Thief? Find out this week! See pics/videos for this episode on our website: https://www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-392-professor-joke-thief And if you like us, why not support us: www.patreon.com/cheapshow If you want to get involved, email us at thecheapshow@gmail.com And if you want to, follow us on Twitter/X @thecheapshowpod or @paulgannonshow & @elisnoid www.thecheapshow.co.uk Now on Threads: @cheapshowpod Like, Review, Share, Comment... LOVE US! MERCH Official CheapShow Merch Shop: www.redbubble.com/people/cheapshow/shop www.cheapmag.shop Thanks also to @vorratony for the wonderful, exclusive art: www.tinyurl.com/rbcheapshow Send Us Stuff: CheapShow PO BOX 1309 Harrow HA1 9QJ

Londra, fine anni ‘70. Dennis Nilsen, un impiegato tranquillo e riservato - con una decorata carriera da militare e poliziotto, nasconde un segreto oscuro. Nessuno sospetta che dietro il suo aspetto innocente si possa celare un serial killer metodico e calcolatore. Capace di sfruttare la solitudine e la vulnerabilità delle sue vittime, offrendo loro un rifugio, per poi condurle alla morte. I suoi crimini resteranno nascosti per anni, fino a quando un piccolo dettaglio non svelerà l'orrore che si nasconde nel suo appartamento di Muswell Hill. Iscriviti al Patreon per ascoltare UN EPISODIO IN PIÙ a settimana: patreon.com/NAQP Seguici su Instagram per video esclusivi e molto altro: @nonapritequellapodcast Compra il nostro merch: merch.nonapritequellapodcast.com Per sponsor, collaborazioni o semplici mail: nonapritequellapodcast@gmail.com Segui Matteo su Instagram: @matteo.lenardon Segui Pedar su Instagram: @iosonopedar Segui J-Ax su Instagram: @j.axofficial Grazie ai nostri flex producer: Alessandro Bellucci, Antonio Cassese, Armando, Baiocchi In Brodo, Dr. Amido Di Patata, Giovanni Mazzoleni, La Ele, Manuel Mastromatteo, Matteo Galiazzo, Michele Battistella, Mimmo, Nick Franco, Paolo Olivieri, Ric, Salvo Greg, Shedly The Mad Hatter, Svizzerotto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Londra, fine anni ‘70. Dennis Nilsen, un impiegato tranquillo e riservato - con una decorata carriera da militare e poliziotto, nasconde un segreto oscuro. Nessuno sospetta che dietro il suo aspetto innocente si possa celare un serial killer metodico e calcolatore. Capace di sfruttare la solitudine e la vulnerabilità delle sue vittime, offrendo loro un rifugio, per poi condurle alla morte. I suoi crimini resteranno nascosti per anni, fino a quando un piccolo dettaglio non svelerà l'orrore che si nasconde nel suo appartamento di Muswell Hill. Iscriviti al Patreon per ascoltare UN EPISODIO IN PIÙ a settimana: patreon.com/NAQP Seguici su Instagram per video esclusivi e molto altro: @nonapritequellapodcast Compra il nostro merch: merch.nonapritequellapodcast.com Per sponsor, collaborazioni o semplici mail: nonapritequellapodcast@gmail.com Segui Matteo su Instagram: @matteo.lenardon Segui Pedar su Instagram: @iosonopedar Segui J-Ax su Instagram: @j.axofficial Grazie ai nostri flex producer: Antonio Cassese, Armando, Baiocchi In Brodo, Dr. Amido Di Patata, Giovanni Mazzoleni, La Ele, Manuel Mastromatteo, Mariano Incoronato, Matteo Galiazzo, Mauro Redaelli, Michele Battistella, Mimmo, Nick Franco, Paolo Olivieri, Ric, Salvo Greg, Shedly The Mad Hatter, Svizzerotto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A married man returns, Green is back from his wedding and honeymoon with tales of a beautiful pre nuptials tournament at the simply magical Manor House Golf Course. Price has unlocked what it means to go VERY low as he almost breaks par at Muswell Hill. Rory manages to mess up a 3 footer, proving golf is TRULY very VERY difficult. It is a classic Golf Is Ruining My Life episode... and would you believe your eyes, we are back to double drop weeks. Aren't you lucky! We are going to do another email special so please do get your emails over to thetoms@golfisruiningmylife.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dennis Nilsen fue llamado (algo eufemísticamente) “el asesino amable”, y entre 1978-1983 se cobró 15 víctimas en Cricklewood y Muswell Hill, dos barrios del norte de Londres. Nilsen es uno de los serial killers “favoritos” de Pop y Muerte, tanto por su personalidad y perfil homicida (necrofilia anómala, chocante eliminación de cadáveres, pasión insensata por el Tubular bells, etc.), como por época y lugar y conexiones pop. Su historia es una de soledad, turbulencia y algo que si no era insania se le parecía mucho. En este episodio monográfico, Kiko Amat, quien como comprobarán siente una patente debilidad por aquel pobre esquizo, les contará todo lo que tienen que saber sobre el hombre, sus crímenes y su tiempo.

Salve Killers! Oggi ci immergeremo in una storia che ha scosso profondamente l'immaginario collettivo nel Regno Unito: Dennis Nilsen. Dennis era un uomo apparentemente comune, ma che nascondeva un lato oscuro e inquietante. La sua vita è un mistero avvolto nell'orrore, una storia che solleva domande sul confine tra normalità e depravazione umana. Cercheremo quindi di svelare i dettagli intricati di ciò che è accaduto e di comprendere le ragioni che hanno portato quest'uomo ad abbracciare una vita di crimine e violenza. Buon ascolto! ATTENZIONE: L'immagine di copertina appartiene ai legittimi proprietari! Intro music: Spooky Scary Skeletons (LVCRFT Modified Version) Music 1: “Silent Despair” - Dark Burden Music 2: “Bats” - Vivek Abhishek Music 3: “Inside” - Vivek Abhishek Music 4: “The Offering” - Vivek Abhishek Music 5: “Deer Fairy” - Vivek Abhishek Mandami una mail: oscuropalcoscenico@gmail.com

In addition to being a serial killer who very likely killed at least 15 young men and boys around London between 1978 and 1983... Dennis Nilsen was also SO WEIRD. Have you ever pretended to pass out in front of a friend or coworker, hoping they'll try to molest you? Dennis did that. Ever strip down naked while working security and rubbed your genitals on a stuffed gorilla? Dennis also did that. Dennis did SO many weird things, fueled by his intensely specific and peculiar sexual fantasies. We get especially weird with this week's Timesuck! Wet Hot Bad Magic Summer Camp tickets are ON SALE!  BadMagicMerch.com Get tour tickets at dancummins.tv Watch the Suck on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wihmUYkAuWUMerch: https://www.badmagicmerch.comDiscord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard?  Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcastSign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits

It has been a busy week in Golf... Price won a scratch golf competition, Green quits Muswell Hill and England Golf send an EMAIL!! OH YEAH, also the Saudi's via their Public Investment Fund BOUGHT Men's Professional Golf, so we should probably talk about that as well? DOUBLE OH YEAH - it's a major week. There is TO MUCH going on Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Hoy se cumplen un año y 71 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Hoy es viernes 5 de mayo de 2023. Buenos días Ucrania. Día Mundial del Patrimonio Africano El Día Mundial del Patrimonio Africano se celebra el 5 de mayo de cada año, gracias a un decreto de los Estados Miembros de la UNESCO. Su principal objetivo es dar a conocer a todas las personas del planeta, pero en especial, al pueblo africano, el valioso patrimonio cultural y natural de este gran continente. Hoy más que nunca existe la necesidad de proteger y preservar todo el patrimonio natural y cultural que se encuentra en el continente africano. Debido a la gran cantidad de amenazas que enfrenta el hombre moderno como por ejemplo el cambio climático, el terrorismo, la explotación de los recursos naturales, la caza indiscriminada de animales o el mismo desarrollo y que inciden de manera negativa sobre el patrimonio de todo un pueblo y que representa la herencia de las futuras generaciones. Debido a esto, el compromiso de la UNESCO es buscar alianzas y aunar esfuerzos para lograr las transformaciones necesarias que permitan preservar la riqueza invaluable de la cultura africana. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se requiere el trabajo mancomunado de todos los organismos y entes involucrados y hacer de ello, una realidad para alcanzar un mundo mucho más sostenible. 553 Comienza el Segundo Concilio de Constantinopla. 1821 En la isla de Santa Helena (en el océano Atlántico) muere Napoleón Bonaparte. 1890 En España se promulga la Ley de Sufragio universal. 1925 en Japón se promulga la Ley de Sufragio universal. 1944 En India, Gandhi es liberado tras 21 meses de arresto. 1955 La República Federal de Alemania recupera la plena soberanía. 1961 Estados Unidos lanza al espacio su primera nave espacial tripulada; el piloto fue Alan B. Shepard. 1965 En el aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte se estrella un avión y mueren 32 personas 2000 Ocurre una conjunción planetaria de todos los planetas conocidos en la Antigüedad (Mercurio, Venus, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, la Luna y el Sol). Patrocinio del santo de cada día por gentileza de la Casa de las Imágenes, en la calle Obispo Perez Cáceres, 17 en Candelaria. Santa Ángela de Sicilia, San Hilario de Arles, San Eulogio Obispo. Rusia lanza numerosos ataques con drones contra varias regiones de Ucrania, Kiev incluida. Zelenski visita La Haya y pide justicia: "Putin merece ser sentenciado por acciones criminales". El BCE modera el ritmo de subidas de tipos con un aumento de 0,25 puntos, hasta el 3,75%. España marca un nuevo récord con 20,6 millones de cotizantes en el mejor abril para el empleo de la historia. La Seguridad Social sumó 238.436 cotizantes medios, mientras que 73.890 parados salieron de las listas de desempleo. El total de desempleados se sitúa en 2,78 millones, por debajo de los 2,8 millones por primera vez en este mes desde 2008. El Gobierno niega que Bruselas desautorice su reforma de la malversación y el PP les acusa de "mentir" y exige derogarla. Un total de 1.822.767 electores podrán votar en las elecciones del 28 de mayo en Canarias. Del total de electores, 1.778.282 podrán votar en las elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias, de los que 1.616.173 son electores canarios residentes en Canarias y 162.109 son canarios residentes en el extranjero. Al contrario que en convocatorias anteriores, en esta ocasión los electores canarios residentes en el extranjero podrán votar en las elecciones autonómicas sin solicitud previa. Por otra parte, el censo electoral para los siete cabildos de Canarias asciende a 1.616.173 electores, ya que para este tipo de comicios solo tienen derecho a voto los electores canarios residentes en Canarias. Finalmente, 1.660.658 electores podrán votar en las elecciones municipales, entre los que se encuentran los 1.616.173 canarios residentes en Canarias y 44.485 pertenecientes a países de la Unión Europea (UE) y a países con los que España ha firmado un acuerdo de reciprocidad para estas elecciones y que han manifestado su intención de votar en estas elecciones. De los electores procedentes de la Unión Europea, la nacionalidad más numerosa es la italiana, con 17.096 electores, seguidos de la alemana, con 9.214. De los países no pertenecientes a la UE, el Reino Unido es el país con mayor número de electores registrados en Canarias en este censo, con 2.629 ciudadanos británicos. A pesar de ya no formar parte de la Unión Europea, el Reino Unido cuenta con un acuerdo de reciprocidad que garantiza su derecho al voto en elecciones municipales. Ángel Víctor Torres: “Canarias tiene 80.000 personas más trabajando que cuando llegamos al Gobierno. 2.153.389 millones (2019 Habitantes). 2.261.654 habitantes (2013 habitantes). 108.265 más legalizados. El paro en Canarias cae en 3.699 personas en abril. Respecto al mismo mes de 2022 las islas cuentan con 19.289 desempleados menos. De los 179.692 desempleados registrados en el archipiélago a finales del pasado mes, 93.118 pertenecen a la provincia de Las Palmas, donde este indicador bajó un 1,60 %, al contabilizarse 1.515 parados menos, y un 9,35 % en términos interanuales (con 9.609 desempleados menos). -9.682 -10,06. El juez deja en libertad al general Espinosa, imputado en el 'caso Mediador'. El magistrado le ha impuesto entre otras medidas cautelares la obligación de comparecer cada quince días Fue detenido el 14 de febrero acusado de cohecho, tráfico de influencias y pertenencia a grupo criminal. Canarias recibió en el primer trimestre de 2023 más turistas que antes de la pandemia y batió el récord de gasto. En los tres primeros meses de este año llegaron a las Islas 3,73 millones de viajeros, 52.862 más que en 2019, es decir, un 1,43% más, los cuales se gastaron en sus vacaciones 5.417,32 millones de euros. Las pernoctaciones en apartamentos turísticos aumentaron en Canarias un 10,2% en marzo. Cuatro nuevas playas canarias logran Banderas Azules y un total de 60 la lucirán este verano en las Islas. Las cuatro nuevas Banderas Azules en playas canarias son las de Maspalomas, Meloneras y San Agustín, en el sur de Gran Canaria, y Los Cristianos, en Tenerife. Las Canteras pierde la bandera azul. La bajada de calidad del agua de La Puntilla, de excelente a buena, motiva esta pérdida, aunque el baño no representa ningún riesgo sanitario. Por Islas, Gran Canaria cuenta con 13 banderas azules que se corresponden con Las Nieves, en Agaete; Arinaga, en Agüimes; El Puertillo y Los Charcones, Arucas; Sardina, en Gáldar; El Burrero, en Ingenio; Playa del Inglés, Maspalomas, Meloneras y San Agustín, en San Bartolomé de Tirajana; y Hoya del Pozo, Melenara y Salinetas, en Telde. En Tenerife, con 14 distintivos, se estrena la playa de Jover, en La Laguna, y mantienen la bandera El Duque y Torviscas (Adeje); El Camisón, Las Vistas, Los Cristianos (Arona); El Muelle y el Caletón (Garachico); Playa de la Jaquita (Guía de Isora); San Marcos (Icod de los Vinos); El Socorro (Los Realejos); Bajamar y el Arenisco (La Laguna); y, por último, La Arena (Tacoronte). En La Palma (6) se reconoce a Bajamar, en Breña Alta; Los Cancajos, en Breña Baja; Charco Verde y Puerto Naos en Los Llanos de Aridane; la playa de Santa Cruz, en la capital palmera; y el Puerto de Tazacorte, en ese municipio. Respecto a La Gomera (4), la bandera azul ondea en Playa Santiago, Alajeró; y la La Cueva y la playa de San Sebastián de la Gomera, en la capital. En El Hierro (4), luce el distintivo La Restinga, en El Pinar, y Timijiraque, en Valverde. Fuerteventura (11). Lanzarote (7). The Kinks (en español, "perversiones, manías, torceduras") fue una banda inglesa de rock formada en 1963 en Muswell Hill, al norte de Londres, por los hermanos Ray y Dave Davies, considerada una de las bandas de rock más influyentes de la década de 1960. Esta tema del grupo Kinks se sacó a la luz como single el 5 de mayo de 1967

Programa de actualidad con información, formación y entretenimiento conectando directamente con los oyentes, presentado y dirigido por Miguel Ángel González Suárez. www.ladiez.es - Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Hoy se cumplen un año y 71 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Hoy es viernes 5 de mayo de 2023. Buenos días Ucrania. Día Mundial del Patrimonio Africano El Día Mundial del Patrimonio Africano se celebra el 5 de mayo de cada año, gracias a un decreto de los Estados Miembros de la UNESCO. Su principal objetivo es dar a conocer a todas las personas del planeta, pero en especial, al pueblo africano, el valioso patrimonio cultural y natural de este gran continente. Hoy más que nunca existe la necesidad de proteger y preservar todo el patrimonio natural y cultural que se encuentra en el continente africano. Debido a la gran cantidad de amenazas que enfrenta el hombre moderno como por ejemplo el cambio climático, el terrorismo, la explotación de los recursos naturales, la caza indiscriminada de animales o el mismo desarrollo y que inciden de manera negativa sobre el patrimonio de todo un pueblo y que representa la herencia de las futuras generaciones. Debido a esto, el compromiso de la UNESCO es buscar alianzas y aunar esfuerzos para lograr las transformaciones necesarias que permitan preservar la riqueza invaluable de la cultura africana. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se requiere el trabajo mancomunado de todos los organismos y entes involucrados y hacer de ello, una realidad para alcanzar un mundo mucho más sostenible. 553 Comienza el Segundo Concilio de Constantinopla. 1821 En la isla de Santa Helena (en el océano Atlántico) muere Napoleón Bonaparte. 1890 En España se promulga la Ley de Sufragio universal. 1925 en Japón se promulga la Ley de Sufragio universal. 1944 En India, Gandhi es liberado tras 21 meses de arresto. 1955 La República Federal de Alemania recupera la plena soberanía. 1961 Estados Unidos lanza al espacio su primera nave espacial tripulada; el piloto fue Alan B. Shepard. 1965 En el aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte se estrella un avión y mueren 32 personas 2000 Ocurre una conjunción planetaria de todos los planetas conocidos en la Antigüedad (Mercurio, Venus, Marte, Júpiter, Saturno, la Luna y el Sol). Patrocinio del santo de cada día por gentileza de la Casa de las Imágenes, en la calle Obispo Perez Cáceres, 17 en Candelaria. Santa Ángela de Sicilia, San Hilario de Arles, San Eulogio Obispo. Rusia lanza numerosos ataques con drones contra varias regiones de Ucrania, Kiev incluida. Zelenski visita La Haya y pide justicia: "Putin merece ser sentenciado por acciones criminales". El BCE modera el ritmo de subidas de tipos con un aumento de 0,25 puntos, hasta el 3,75%. España marca un nuevo récord con 20,6 millones de cotizantes en el mejor abril para el empleo de la historia. La Seguridad Social sumó 238.436 cotizantes medios, mientras que 73.890 parados salieron de las listas de desempleo. El total de desempleados se sitúa en 2,78 millones, por debajo de los 2,8 millones por primera vez en este mes desde 2008. El Gobierno niega que Bruselas desautorice su reforma de la malversación y el PP les acusa de "mentir" y exige derogarla. Un total de 1.822.767 electores podrán votar en las elecciones del 28 de mayo en Canarias. Del total de electores, 1.778.282 podrán votar en las elecciones al Parlamento de Canarias, de los que 1.616.173 son electores canarios residentes en Canarias y 162.109 son canarios residentes en el extranjero. Al contrario que en convocatorias anteriores, en esta ocasión los electores canarios residentes en el extranjero podrán votar en las elecciones autonómicas sin solicitud previa. Por otra parte, el censo electoral para los siete cabildos de Canarias asciende a 1.616.173 electores, ya que para este tipo de comicios solo tienen derecho a voto los electores canarios residentes en Canarias. Finalmente, 1.660.658 electores podrán votar en las elecciones municipales, entre los que se encuentran los 1.616.173 canarios residentes en Canarias y 44.485 pertenecientes a países de la Unión Europea (UE) y a países con los que España ha firmado un acuerdo de reciprocidad para estas elecciones y que han manifestado su intención de votar en estas elecciones. De los electores procedentes de la Unión Europea, la nacionalidad más numerosa es la italiana, con 17.096 electores, seguidos de la alemana, con 9.214. De los países no pertenecientes a la UE, el Reino Unido es el país con mayor número de electores registrados en Canarias en este censo, con 2.629 ciudadanos británicos. A pesar de ya no formar parte de la Unión Europea, el Reino Unido cuenta con un acuerdo de reciprocidad que garantiza su derecho al voto en elecciones municipales. Ángel Víctor Torres: “Canarias tiene 80.000 personas más trabajando que cuando llegamos al Gobierno. 2.153.389 millones (2019 Habitantes). 2.261.654 habitantes (2013 habitantes). 108.265 más legalizados. El paro en Canarias cae en 3.699 personas en abril. Respecto al mismo mes de 2022 las islas cuentan con 19.289 desempleados menos. De los 179.692 desempleados registrados en el archipiélago a finales del pasado mes, 93.118 pertenecen a la provincia de Las Palmas, donde este indicador bajó un 1,60 %, al contabilizarse 1.515 parados menos, y un 9,35 % en términos interanuales (con 9.609 desempleados menos). -9.682 -10,06. El juez deja en libertad al general Espinosa, imputado en el 'caso Mediador'. El magistrado le ha impuesto entre otras medidas cautelares la obligación de comparecer cada quince días Fue detenido el 14 de febrero acusado de cohecho, tráfico de influencias y pertenencia a grupo criminal. Canarias recibió en el primer trimestre de 2023 más turistas que antes de la pandemia y batió el récord de gasto. En los tres primeros meses de este año llegaron a las Islas 3,73 millones de viajeros, 52.862 más que en 2019, es decir, un 1,43% más, los cuales se gastaron en sus vacaciones 5.417,32 millones de euros. Las pernoctaciones en apartamentos turísticos aumentaron en Canarias un 10,2% en marzo. Cuatro nuevas playas canarias logran Banderas Azules y un total de 60 la lucirán este verano en las Islas. Las cuatro nuevas Banderas Azules en playas canarias son las de Maspalomas, Meloneras y San Agustín, en el sur de Gran Canaria, y Los Cristianos, en Tenerife. Las Canteras pierde la bandera azul. La bajada de calidad del agua de La Puntilla, de excelente a buena, motiva esta pérdida, aunque el baño no representa ningún riesgo sanitario. Por Islas, Gran Canaria cuenta con 13 banderas azules que se corresponden con Las Nieves, en Agaete; Arinaga, en Agüimes; El Puertillo y Los Charcones, Arucas; Sardina, en Gáldar; El Burrero, en Ingenio; Playa del Inglés, Maspalomas, Meloneras y San Agustín, en San Bartolomé de Tirajana; y Hoya del Pozo, Melenara y Salinetas, en Telde. En Tenerife, con 14 distintivos, se estrena la playa de Jover, en La Laguna, y mantienen la bandera El Duque y Torviscas (Adeje); El Camisón, Las Vistas, Los Cristianos (Arona); El Muelle y el Caletón (Garachico); Playa de la Jaquita (Guía de Isora); San Marcos (Icod de los Vinos); El Socorro (Los Realejos); Bajamar y el Arenisco (La Laguna); y, por último, La Arena (Tacoronte). En La Palma (6) se reconoce a Bajamar, en Breña Alta; Los Cancajos, en Breña Baja; Charco Verde y Puerto Naos en Los Llanos de Aridane; la playa de Santa Cruz, en la capital palmera; y el Puerto de Tazacorte, en ese municipio. Respecto a La Gomera (4), la bandera azul ondea en Playa Santiago, Alajeró; y la La Cueva y la playa de San Sebastián de la Gomera, en la capital. En El Hierro (4), luce el distintivo La Restinga, en El Pinar, y Timijiraque, en Valverde. Fuerteventura (11). Lanzarote (7). The Kinks (en español, "perversiones, manías, torceduras") fue una banda inglesa de rock formada en 1963 en Muswell Hill, al norte de Londres, por los hermanos Ray y Dave Davies, considerada una de las bandas de rock más influyentes de la década de 1960. Esta tema del grupo Kinks se sacó a la luz como single el 5 de mayo de 1967. - Sección de actualidad informativa con Humor inteligente en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio con el periodista socarrón y palmero, José Juan Pérez Capote, El Nº 1. - Entrevista en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio al candidato a la alcaldía de Garachico, Ramón Miranda. - Charlamos en El Remate con el Director de Capital Radio en Gran Canaria, Pepe Rodriguez. Las canteras pierde la bandera Azul. El paro baja en Gran Canaria en 1515 personas. El Granca de baloncesto campeón de Europa. Rally Islas Canarias. El Guaguas Las palmas a solo un partido de ganar la Liga. La UD Las Palmas puede perder las posibilidades de ascenso directo a primera división y Politica pura y dura. - Entrevista al periodista y director del periódico El Día, Joaquín Catalán.

EPISODE 16 OF DENISE WELCH'S JUICY CRACK!This is Denise unedited, candid and unfiltered, speaking about her life, family, friends, career and mental health. The 'real Denise Welch', having guested on countless other podcasts, now has her own show - a podcast that's about... well... it's not really 'about' anything! Denise shares her opinions, life events and mental health journey in a no-holds-barred debut season.Discussed this week...Feeling low with vertigo... a horribly distressing condition. Denise continues her episodic 'audio-biography', starting with going off to drama school at the age of 18. Finding a room share to rent in Muswell Hill, and making first friends in London. Playing an early part in a Greek tragedy, and being told "You're wasted with your desire to be a kitchen sink actress"! Experiencing the wonders of Los Angeles with Denise's godfather, Ian La Frenais. Being offered two Equity cards within 5 minutes after waiting months to get one. The ups and downs of Denise's early theatre years, receiving some early positive reviews, and touring the country. Denise tells the story of auditioning for the musical Yakety Yak! (1982), and we even get an updated rendition of her audition song! Having 'tea' at an all-nighter in North Finchley, followed by visits to Stringfellows in London's West End.----If you've got any questions for Denise, or would like to know more about anything you've heard Denise discussing in this episode or in the past, please email us at:denisewelchpod@gmail.comWe'd love to hear from you!Instagram: @denise_welchTwitter: RealDeniseWelchTikTok: @denisewelch58YouTube: @denisewelchpodcastSales & Sponsorship enquiries: denisewelchpod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bernard Oliver was a handsome young man, living in the bustling Muswell Hill area of London. He was employed and worked hard. He was one of six children.When a regular night out with friends ends with no one hearing from Bernard, his father is worried and rightly so. Because less than 10 days later the body of a young man is found, and what evolves causes decades of heartbreak for the Oliver family.The following music was used for this media project:Music: Heartfelt Tears by MusicLFilesFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8903-heartfelt-tearsLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/crimepedia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Warning: This episode contains some graphic information and all season we will be talking about some less than savory topics. Episode 108 of our book read/podcast covering major topics in various fields of psychology moves us into a continuation of the Year of Clickbait with FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY OF SERIAL KILLERS! This Fall we are going to discuss forensic psychology, serial killers, and the worst of human behavior. We are joined all season by Dr. Sarah Tracy, a counseling psychologist who teaches and engages with the study of serial killers. In this episode we discuss PSYCHOPATHY in relation to a serial killer, THE MUSWELL HILL MURDERER. While Daniel deals with some stuff, Thomas and Sarah lead the conversation about this psychopathic…narcissistic…something of a murderer who harmed so many others and was caught by a plumber. PSD Website: https://psychosocialdistancingpodcast.com/ Thomas' Webpage: https://sexography.org/ Thomas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBrooks_SexPsy Daniel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceInChaos Intro and Outro Theme and Bias Jingle by Jordan Jones Return of the Bias of the Week: None, 2 next week!

Episode one hundred and fifty-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Waterloo Sunset” by the Kinks, and the self-inflicted damage the group did to their career between 1965 and 1967. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a nineteen-minute bonus episode available, on "Excerpt From a Teenage Opera" by Keith West. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt's irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ Resources No Mixcloud this week, as there are too many Kinks songs. I've used several resources for this and future episodes on the Kinks, most notably Ray Davies: A Complicated Life by Johnny Rogan and You Really Got Me by Nick Hasted. X-Ray by Ray Davies is a remarkable autobiography with a framing story set in a dystopian science-fiction future, while Kink by Dave Davies is more revealing but less well-written. The Anthology 1964-1971 is a great box set that covers the Kinks' Pye years, which overlap almost exactly with their period of greatest creativity. For those who don't want a full box set, this two-CD set covers all the big hits. And this is the interview with Rasa I discuss in the episode. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript Before I start, this episode has some mentions of racism and homophobia, several discussions of physical violence, one mention of domestic violence, and some discussion of mental illness. I've tried to discuss these things with a reasonable amount of sensitivity, but there's a tabloid element to some of my sources which inevitably percolates through, so be warned if you find those things upsetting. One of the promises I made right at the start of this project was that I would not be doing the thing that almost all podcasts do of making huge chunks of the episodes be about myself -- if I've had to update people about something in my life that affects the podcast, I've done it in separate admin episodes, so the episodes themselves will not be taken up with stuff about me. The podcast is not about me. I am making a very slight exception in this episode, for reasons that will become clear -- there's no way for me to tell this particular story the way I need to without bringing myself into it at least a little. So I wanted to state upfront that this is a one-off thing. The podcast is not suddenly going to change. But one question that I get asked a lot -- far more than I'd expect -- is "do the people you talk about in the podcast ever get in touch with you about what you've said?" Now that has actually happened twice, both times involving people leaving comments on relatively early episodes. The first time is probably the single thing I'm proudest of achieving with this series, and it was a comment left on the episode on "Goodnight My Love" a couple of years back: [Excerpt: Jesse Belvin, "Goodnight My Love"] That comment was from Debra Frazier and read “Jesse Belvin is my Beloved Uncle, my mother's brother. I've been waiting all my life for him to be recognized in this manner. I must say the content in this podcast is 100% correct!Joann and Jesse practically raised me. Can't express how grateful I am. Just so glad someone got it right. I still miss them dearly to this day. My world was forever changed Feb. 6th 1960. I can remember him writing most of those songs right there in my grandmother's living room. I think I'm his last living closest relative, that knows everything in this podcast is true." That comment by itself would have justified me doing this whole podcast. The other such comment actually came a couple of weeks ago, and was on the episode on "Only You": [Excerpt: The Platters, "Only You"] That was a longer comment, from Gayle Schrieber, an associate of Buck Ram, and started "Well, you got some of it right. Your smart-assed sarcasm and know-it-all attitude is irritating since I Do know it all from the business side but what the heck. You did better than most people – with the exception of Marv Goldberg." Given that Marv Goldberg is the single biggest expert on 1950s vocal groups in the world, I'll take that as at least a backhanded compliment. So those are the only two people who I've talked about in the podcast who've commented, but before the podcast I had a blog, and at various times people whose work I wrote about would comment -- John Cowsill of the Cowsills still remembers a blog post where I said nice things about him fourteen years ago, for example. And there was one comment on a blog post I made four or five years ago which confirmed something I'd suspected for a while… When we left the Kinks, at the end of 1964, they had just recorded their first album. That album was not very good, but did go to number three in the UK album charts, which is a much better result than it sounds. Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon got to number one in 1960, but otherwise the only rock acts to make number one on the album charts from the start of the sixties through the end of 1967 were Elvis, Cliff Richard, the Shadows, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and the Monkees. In the first few years of the sixties they were interspersed with the 101 Strings, trad jazz, the soundtrack to West Side Story, and a blackface minstrel group, The George Mitchell Singers. From mid-1963 through to the end of 1967, though, literally the only things to get to number one on the album charts were the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Monkees, and the soundtrack to The Sound of Music. That tiny cabal was eventually broken at the end of 1967 by Val Doonican Rocks… But Gently, and from 1968 on the top of the album charts becomes something like what we would expect today, with a whole variety of different acts, I make this point to point out two things The first is that number three on the album charts is an extremely good position for the Kinks to be in -- when they reached that point the Rolling Stones' second album had just entered at number one, and Beatles For Sale had dropped to number two after eight weeks at the top -- and the second is that for most rock artists and record labels, the album market was simply not big enough or competitive enough until 1968 for it to really matter. What did matter was the singles chart. And "You Really Got Me" had been a genuinely revolutionary hit record. According to Ray Davies it had caused particular consternation to both the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds, both of whom had thought they would be the first to get to number one with a dirty, distorted, R&B-influenced guitar-riff song. And so three weeks after the release of the album came the group's second single. Originally, the plan had been to release a track Ray had been working on called "Tired of Waiting", but that was a slower track, and it was decided that the best thing to do would be to try to replicate the sound of their first hit. So instead, they released "All Day And All Of The Night": [Excerpt: The Kinks, "All Day And All Of The Night"] That track was recorded by the same team as had recorded "You Really Got Me", except with Perry Ford replacing Arthur Greenslade on piano. Once again, Bobby Graham was on drums rather than Mick Avory, and when Ray Davies suggested that he might want to play a different drum pattern, Graham just asked him witheringly "Who do you think you are?" "All Day and All of the Night" went to number two -- a very impressive result for a soundalike follow-up -- and was kept off the number one spot first by "Baby Love" by the Supremes and then by "Little Red Rooster" by the Rolling Stones. The group quickly followed it up with an EP, Kinksize Session, consisting of three mediocre originals plus the group's version of "Louie Louie". By February 1965 that had hit number one on the EP charts, knocking the Rolling Stones off. Things were going as well as possible for the group. Ray and his girlfriend Rasa got married towards the end of 1964 -- they had to, as Rasa was pregnant and from a very religious Catholic family. By contrast, Dave was leading the kind of life that can only really be led by a seventeen-year-old pop star -- he moved out of the family home and in with Mick Avory after his mother caught him in bed with five women, and once out of her watchful gaze he also started having affairs with men, which was still illegal in 1964. (And which indeed would still be illegal for seventeen-year-olds until 2001). In January, they released their third hit single, "Tired of Waiting for You". The track was a ballad rather than a rocker, but still essentially another variant on the theme of "You Really Got Me" -- a song based around a few repeated phrases of lyric, and with a chorus with two major chords a tone apart. "You Really Got Me"'s chorus has the change going up: [Plays "You Really Got Me" chorus chords] While "Tired Of Waiting For You"'s chorus has the change going down: [Plays "Tired of Waiting For You" chorus chords] But it's trivially easy to switch between the two if you play them in the same key: [Demonstrates] Ray has talked about how "Tired of Waiting for You" was partly inspired by how he felt tired of waiting for the fame that the Kinks deserved, and the music was written even before "You Really Got Me". But when they went into the studio to record it, the only lyrics he had were the chorus. Once they'd recorded the backing track, he worked on the lyrics at home, before coming back into the studio to record his vocals, with Rasa adding backing vocals on the softer middle eight: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Tired of Waiting For You"] After that track was recorded, the group went on a tour of Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. The flight out to Australia was thirty-four hours, and also required a number of stops. One stop to refuel in Moscow saw the group forced back onto the plane at gunpoint after Pete Quaife unwisely made a joke about the recently-deposed Russian Premier Nikita Khruschev. They also had a stop of a couple of days in Mumbai, where Ray was woken up by the sounds of fishermen chanting at the riverside, and enchanted by both the sound and the image. In Adelaide, Ray and Dave met up for the first time in years with their sister Rose and her husband Arthur. Ray was impressed by their comparative wealth, but disliked the slick modernity of their new suburban home. Dave became so emotional about seeing his big sister again that he talked about not leaving her house, not going to the show that night, and just staying in Australia so they could all be a family again. Rose sadly told him that he knew he couldn't do that, and he eventually agreed. But the tour wasn't all touching family reunions. They also got into a friendly rivalry with Manfred Mann, who were also on the tour and were competing with the Kinks to be the third-biggest group in the UK behind the Beatles and the Stones, and at one point both bands ended up on the same floor of the same hotel as the Stones, who were on their own Australian tour. The hotel manager came up in the night after a complaint about the noise, saw the damage that the combined partying of the three groups had caused, and barricaded them into that floor, locking the doors and the lift shafts, so that the damage could be contained to one floor. "Tired of Waiting" hit number one in the UK while the group were on tour, and it also became their biggest hit in the US, reaching number six, so on the way home they stopped off in the US for a quick promotional appearance on Hullabaloo. According to Ray's accounts, they were asked to do a dance like Freddie and the Dreamers, he and Mick decided to waltz together instead, and the cameras cut away horrified at the implied homosexuality. In fact, examining the footage shows the cameras staying on the group as Mick approaches Ray, arms extended, apparently offering to waltz, while Ray backs off nervous and confused, unsure what's going on. Meanwhile Dave and Pete on the other side of the stage are being gloriously camp with their arms around each other's shoulders. When they finally got back to the UK, they were shocked to hear this on the radio: [Excerpt: The Who, "I Can't Explain"] Ray was horrified that someone had apparently stolen the group's sound, especially when he found out it was the Who, who as the High Numbers had had a bit of a rivalry with the group. He said later "Dave thought it was us! It was produced by Shel Talmy, like we were. They used the same session singers as us, and Perry Ford played piano, like he did on ‘All Day And All Of The Night'. I felt a bit appalled by that. I think that was worse than stealing a song – they were actually stealing our whole style!” Pete Townshend later admitted as much, saying that he had deliberately demoed "I Can't Explain" to sound as much like the Kinks as possible so that Talmy would see its potential. But the Kinks were still, for the moment, doing far better than the Who. In March, shortly after returning from their foreign tour, they released their second album, Kinda Kinks. Like their first album, it was a very patchy effort, but it made number two on the charts, behind the Rolling Stones. But Ray Davies was starting to get unhappy. He was dissatisfied with everything about his life. He would talk later about looking at his wife lying in bed sleeping and thinking "What's she doing here?", and he was increasingly wondering if the celebrity pop star life was right for him, simultaneously resenting and craving the limelight, and doing things like phoning the music papers to deny rumours that he was leaving the Kinks -- rumours which didn't exist until he made those phone calls. As he thought the Who had stolen the Kinks' style, Ray decided to go in a different direction for the next Kinks single, and recorded "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy", which was apparently intended to sound like Motown, though to my ears it bears no resemblance: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy"] That only went to number nineteen -- still a hit, but a worry for a band who had had three massive hits in a row. Several of the band started to worry seriously that they were going to end up with no career at all. It didn't help that on the tour after recording that, Ray came down with pneumonia. Then Dave came down with bronchitis. Then Pete Quaife hit his head and had to be hospitalised with severe bleeding and concussion. According to Quaife, he fainted in a public toilet and hit his head on the bowl on the way down, but other band members have suggested that Quaife -- who had a reputation for telling tall stories, even in a band whose members are all known for rewriting history -- was ashamed after getting into a fight. In April they played the NME Poll-Winners' Party, on the same bill as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Moody Blues, the Searchers, Freddie And The Dreamers, Herman's Hermits, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, the Rockin' Berries, the Seekers, the Ivy League, Them, the Bachelors, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Twinkle, Tom Jones, Donovan, and Sounds Incorporated. Because they got there late they ended up headlining, going on after the Beatles, even though they hadn't won an award, only come second in best new group, coming far behind the Stones but just ahead of Manfred Mann and the Animals. The next single, "Set Me Free", was a conscious attempt to correct course after "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" had been less successful: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Set Me Free"] The song is once again repetitive, and once again based on a riff, structured similarly to "Tired of Waiting" but faster and more upbeat, and with a Beatles-style falsetto in the chorus. It worked -- it returned the group to the top ten -- but Ray wasn't happy at writing to order. He said in August of that year “I'm ashamed of that song. I can stand to hear and even sing most of the songs I've written, but not that one. It's built around pure idiot harmonies that have been used in a thousand songs.” More recently he's talked about how the lyric was an expression of him wanting to be set free from the constraint of having to write a hit song in the style he felt he was outgrowing. By the time the single was released, though, it looked like the group might not even be together any longer. There had always been tensions in the band. Ray and Dave had a relationship that made the Everly Brothers look like the model of family amity, and while Pete Quaife stayed out of the arguments for the most part, Mick Avory couldn't. The core of the group had always been the Davies brothers, and Quaife had known them for years, but Avory was a relative newcomer and hadn't grown up with them, and they also regarded him as a bit less intelligent than the rest of the group. He became the butt of jokes on a fairly constant basis. That would have been OK, except that Avory was also an essentially passive person, who didn't want to take sides in conflicts, while Dave Davies thought that as he and Avory were flatmates they should be on the same side, and resented when Avory didn't take his side in arguments with Ray. As Dave remembered it, the trigger came when he wanted to change the setlist and Mick didn't support him against Ray. In others' recollection, it came when the rest of the band tried to get Dave away from a party and he got violent with them. Both may be true. Either way, Dave got drunk and threw a suitcase at the back of a departing Mick, who was normally a fairly placid person but had had enough, and so he turned round, furious, grabbed Dave, got him in a headlock and just started punching, blackening both his eyes. According to some reports, Avory was so infuriated with Dave that he knocked him out, and Dave was so drunk and angry that when he came to he went for Avory again, and got knocked out again. The next day, the group were driven to their show in separate cars -- the Davies brothers in one, the rhythm section in the other -- they had separate dressing rooms, and made their entrance from separate directions. They got through the first song OK, and then Dave Davies insulted Avory's drumming, spat at him, and kicked his drums so they scattered all over the stage. At this point, a lot of the audience were still thinking this was part of the act, but Avory saw red again and picked up his hi-hat cymbal and smashed it down edge-first onto Dave's head. Everyone involved says that if his aim had been very slightly different he would have actually killed Dave. As it is, Dave collapsed, unconscious, bleeding everywhere. Ray screamed "My brother! He's killed my little brother!" and Mick, convinced he was a murderer, ran out of the theatre, still wearing his stage outfit of a hunting jacket and frilly shirt. He was running away for his life -- and that was literal, as Britain still technically had the death penalty at this point; while the last executions in Britain took place in 1964, capital punishment for murder wasn't abolished until late 1965 -- but at the same time a gang of screaming girls outside who didn't know what was going on were chasing him because he was a pop star. He managed to get back to London, where he found that the police had been looking for him but that Dave was alive and didn't want to press charges. However, he obviously couldn't go back to their shared home, and they had to cancel gigs because Dave had been hospitalised. It looked like the group were finished for good. Four days after that, Ray and Rasa's daughter Louisa was born, and shortly after that Ray was in the studio again, recording demos: [Excerpt: Ray Davies, "I Go to Sleep (demo)"] That song was part of a project that Larry Page, the group's co-manager, and Eddie Kassner, their publisher, had of making Ray's songwriting a bigger income source, and getting his songs recorded by other artists. Ray had been asked to write it for Peggy Lee, who soon recorded her own version: [Excerpt: Peggy Lee, "I Go to Sleep"] Several of the other tracks on that demo session featured Mitch Mitchell on drums. At the time, Mitchell was playing with another band that Page managed, and there seems to have been some thought of him possibly replacing Avory in the group. But instead, Larry Page cut the Gordian knot. He invited each band member to a meeting, just the two of them -- and didn't tell them that he'd scheduled all these meetings at the same time. When they got there, they found that they'd been tricked into having a full band meeting, at which point Page just talked to them about arrangements for their forthcoming American tour, and didn't let them get a word in until he'd finished. At the end he asked if they had any questions, and Mick Avory said he'd need some new cymbals because he'd broken his old ones on Dave's head. Before going on tour, the group recorded a song that Ray had written inspired by that droning chanting he'd heard in Mumbai. The song was variously titled "See My Friend" and "See My Friends" -- it has been released under both titles, and Ray seems to sing both words at different times -- and Ray told Maureen Cleave "The song is about homosexuality… It's like a football team and the way they're always kissing each other.” (We will be talking about Ray Davies' attitudes towards sexuality and gender in a future episode, but suffice to say that like much of Davies' worldview, he has a weird mixture of very progressive and very reactionary views, and he is also prone to observe behaviours in other people's private lives and make them part of his own public persona). The guitar part was recorded on a bad twelve-string guitar that fed back in the studio, creating a drone sound, which Shel Talmy picked up on and heavily compressed, creating a sound that bore more than a little resemblance to a sitar: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "See My Friend"] If that had been released at the time, it would have made the Kinks into trend-setters. Instead it was left in the can for nearly three months, and in the meantime the Yardbirds released the similar-sounding "Heart Full of Soul", making the Kinks look like bandwagon-jumpers when their own record came out, and reinforcing a paranoid belief that Ray had started to develop that his competitors were stealing his ideas. The track taking so long to come out was down to repercussions from the group's American tour, which changed the course of their whole career in ways they could not possibly have predicted. This was still the era when the musicians' unions of the US and UK had a restrictive one-in, one-out policy for musicians, and you couldn't get a visa to play in the US without the musicians' union's agreement -- and the AFM were not very keen on the British invasion, which they saw as taking jobs away from their members. There are countless stories from this period of bands like the Moody Blues getting to the US only to find that the arrangements have fallen through and they can't perform. Around this time, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders were told they weren't notable enough to get permission to play more than one gig, even though they were at number one on the charts in the US at the time. So it took a great deal of effort to get the Kinks' first US tour arranged, and they had to make a good impression. Unfortunately, while the Beatles and Stones knew how to play the game and give irreverent, cheeky answers that still left the interviewers amused and satisfied, the Kinks were just flat-out confusing and rude: [Excerpt: The Kinks Interview with Clay Cole] The whole tour went badly. They were booked into unsuitable venues, and there were a series of events like the group being booked on the same bill as the Dave Clark Five, and both groups having in their contract that they would be the headliner. Promoters started to complain about them to their management and the unions, and Ray was behaving worse and worse. By the time the tour hit LA, Ray was being truly obnoxious. According to Larry Page he refused to play one TV show because there was a Black drummer on the same show. Page said that it was not about personal prejudice -- though it's hard to see how it could not be, at least in part -- but just picking something arbitrary to complain about to show he had the power to mess things up. While shooting a spot for the show Where The Action Is, Ray got into a physical fight with one of the other cast members over nothing. What Ray didn't realise was that the person in question was a representative for AFTRA, the screen performers' union, and was already unhappy because Dave had earlier refused to join the union. Their behaviour got reported up the chain. The day after the fight was supposed to be the highlight of the tour, but Ray was missing his wife. In the mid-sixties, the Beach Boys would put on a big Summer Spectacular at the Hollywood Bowl every year, and the Kinks were due to play it, on a bill which as well as the Beach Boys also featured the Byrds, the Righteous Brothers, Dino, Desi & Billy, and Sonny and Cher. But Ray said he wasn't going on unless Rasa was there. And he didn't tell Larry Page, who was there, that. Instead, he told a journalist at the Daily Mirror in London, and the first Page heard about it was when the journalist phoned him to confirm that Ray wouldn't be playing. Now, they had already been working to try to get Rasa there for the show, because Ray had been complaining for a while. But Rasa didn't have a passport. Not only that, but she was an immigrant and her family were from Lithuania, and the US State Department weren't exactly keen on people from the Eastern Bloc flying to the US. And it was a long flight. I don't know exactly how long a flight from London to LA took then, but it takes eleven and a half hours now, and it will have been around that length. Somehow, working a miracle, Larry Page co-ordinated with his co-managers Robert Wace and Grenville Collins back in London -- difficult in itself as Wace and Collins and Page and his business partner Eddie Kassner were by now in two different factions, because Ray had been manipulating them and playing them off against each other for months. But the three of them worked together and somehow got Rasa to LA in time for Ray to go on stage. Page waited around long enough to see that Ray had got on stage at the Hollywood Bowl, then flew back to London. He had had enough of Ray's nonsense, and didn't really see any need to be there anyway, because they had a road manager, their publisher, their agent, and plenty of support staff. He felt that he was only there to be someone for Ray Davies to annoy and take his frustrations out on. And indeed, once Page flew back to the UK, Ray calmed down, though how much of that was the presence of Rasa it's hard to say. Their road manager at the time though said "If Larry wasn't there, Ray couldn't make problems because there was nobody there to make them to. He couldn't make problems for me because I just ignored them. For example, in Hawaii, the shirts got stolen. Ray said, ‘No way am I going onstage without my shirt.' So I turned around and said to him, ‘Great, don't go on!' Of course, they went on.” They did miss the gig the next night in San Francisco, with more or less the same lineup as the Hollywood Bowl show -- they'd had problems with the promoter of that show at an earlier gig in Reno, and so Ray said they weren't going to play unless they got paid in cash upfront. When the promoter refused, the group just walked on stage, waved, and walked off. But other than that, the rest of the tour went OK. What they didn't realise until later was that they had made so many enemies on that tour that it would be impossible for them to return to the US for another four years. They weren't blacklisted, as such, they just didn't get the special treatment that was necessary to make it possible for them to visit there. From that point on they would still have a few hits in the US, but nothing like the sustained massive success they had in the UK in the same period. Ray felt abandoned by Page, and started to side more and more with Wace and Collins. Page though was still trying to promote Ray's songwriting. Some of this, like the album "Kinky Music" by the Larry Page Orchestra, released during the tour, was possibly not the kind of promotion that anyone wanted, though some of it has a certain kitsch charm: [Excerpt: The Larry Page Orchestra, "All Day And All Of The Night"] Incidentally, the guitarist on that album was Jimmy Page, who had previously played rhythm guitar on a few Kinks album tracks. But other stuff that Larry Page was doing would be genuinely helpful. For example, on the tour he had become friendly with Stone and Greene, the managers who we heard about in the Buffalo Springfield episode. At this point they were managing Sonny and Cher, and when they came over to the UK, Page took the opportunity to get Cher into the studio to cut a version of Ray's "I Go to Sleep": [Excerpt: Cher, "I Go to Sleep"] Most songwriters, when told that the biggest new star of the year was cutting a cover version of one of their tracks for her next album, would be delighted. Ray Davies, on the other hand, went to the session and confronted Page, screaming about how Page was stealing his ideas. And it was Page being marginalised that caused "See My Friend" to be delayed, because while they were in the US, Page had produced the group in Gold Star Studios, recording a version of Ray's song "Ring the Bells", and Page wanted that as the next single, but the group had a contract with Shel Talmy which said he would be their producer. They couldn't release anything Talmy hadn't produced, but Page, who had control over the group's publishing with his business partner Kassner, wouldn't let them release "See My Friend". Eventually, Talmy won out, and "See My Friend" became the group's next single. It made the top ten on the Record Retailer chart, the one that's now the official UK chart cited in most sources, but only number fifteen on the NME chart which more people paid attention to at the time, and only spent a few weeks on the charts. Ray spent the summer complaining in the music papers about how the track -- "the only one I've really liked", as he said at the time -- wasn't selling as much as it deserved, and also insulting Larry Page and boasting about his own abilities, saying he was a better singer than Andy Williams and Tony Bennett. The group sacked Larry Page as their co-manager, and legal battles between Page and Kassner on one side and Collins and Wace on the other would continue for years, tying up much of the group's money. Page went on to produce a new band he was managing, making records that sounded very like the Kinks' early hits: [Excerpt: The Troggs, "Wild Thing"] The Kinks, meanwhile, decided to go in a different direction for their new EP, Kwyet Kinks, an EP of mostly softer, folk- and country-inspired songs. The most interesting thing on Kwyet Kinks was "Well-Respected Man", which saw Ray's songwriting go in a completely different direction as he started to write gentle social satires with more complex lyrics, rather than the repetitive riff-based songs he'd been doing before. That track was released as a single in the US, which didn't have much of an EP market, and made the top twenty there, despite its use of a word that in England at the time had a double meaning -- either a cigarette or a younger boy at a public school who has to be the servant of an older boy -- but in America was only used as a slur for gay people: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Well Respected Man"] The group's next album, The Kink Kontroversy, was mostly written in a single week, and is another quickie knockoff album. It had the hit single "Til the End of the Day", another attempt at getting back to their old style of riffy rockers, and one which made the top ten. It also had a rerecorded version of "Ring the Bells", the song Larry Page had wanted to release as a single: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Ring the Bells"] I'm sure that when Ray Davies heard "Ruby Tuesday" a little over a year later he didn't feel any better about the possibility that people were stealing his ideas. The Kink Kontroversy was a transitional album for the group in many ways. It was the first album to prominently feature Nicky Hopkins, who would be an integral part of the band's sound for the next three years, and the last one to feature a session drummer (Clem Cattini, rather than Avory, played on most of the tracks). From this point on there would essentially be a six-person group of studio Kinks who would make the records -- the four Kinks themselves, Rasa Davies on backing vocals, and Nicky Hopkins on piano. At the end of 1965 the group were flailing, mired in lawsuits, and had gone from being the third biggest group in the country at the start of the year to maybe the tenth or twentieth by the end of it. Something had to change. And it did with the group's next single, which in both its sound and its satirical subject matter was very much a return to the style of "Well Respected Man". "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" was inspired by anger. Ray was never a particularly sociable person, and he was not the kind to do the rounds of all the fashionable clubs like the other pop stars, including his brother, would. But he did feel a need to make some kind of effort and would occasionally host parties at his home for members of the fashionable set. But Davies didn't keep up with fashion the way they did, and some of them would mock him for the way he dressed. At one such party he got into a fistfight with someone who was making fun of his slightly flared trousers, kicked all the guests out, and then went to a typewriter and banged out a lyric mocking the guest and everyone like him: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Dedicated Follower of Fashion"] The song wasn't popular with Ray's bandmates -- Dave thought it was too soft and wimpy, while Quaife got annoyed at the time Ray spent in the studio trying to make the opening guitar part sound a bit like a ukulele. But they couldn't argue with the results -- it went to number five on the charts, their biggest success since "Tired of Waiting for You" more than a year earlier, and more importantly in some ways it became part of the culture in a way their more recent singles hadn't. "Til The End of the Day" had made the top ten, but it wasn't a record that stuck in people's minds. But "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" was so popular that Ray soon got sick of people coming up to him in the street and singing "Oh yes he is!" at him. But then, Ray was getting sick of everything. In early 1966 he had a full-scale breakdown, brought on by the flu but really just down to pure exhaustion. Friends from this time say that Ray was an introverted control freak, always neurotic and trying to get control and success, but sabotaging it as soon as he attained it so that he didn't have to deal with the public. Just before a tour of Belgium, Rasa gave him an ultimatum -- either he sought medical help or she would leave him. He picked up their phone and slammed it into her face, blacking her eye -- the only time he was ever physically violent to her, she would later emphasise -- at which point it became imperative to get medical help for his mental condition. Ray stayed at home while the rest of the band went to Belgium -- they got in a substitute rhythm player, and Dave took the lead vocals -- though the tour didn't make them any new friends. Their co-manager Grenville Collins went along and with the tact and diplomacy for which the British upper classes are renowned the world over, would say things like “I understand every bloody word you're saying but I won't speak your filthy language. De Gaulle won't speak English, why should I speak French?” At home, Ray was doing worse and worse. When some pre-recorded footage of the Kinks singing "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" came on the TV, he unplugged it and stuck it in the oven. He said later "I was completely out of my mind. I went to sleep and I woke up a week later with a beard. I don't know what happened to me. I'd run into the West End with my money stuffed in my socks, I'd tried to punch my press agent, I was chased down Denmark Street by the police, hustled into a taxi by a psychiatrist and driven off somewhere. And I didn't know. I woke up and I said, ‘What's happening? When do we leave for Belgium?' And they said, ‘Ray it's all right. You had a collapse. Don't worry. You'll get better.'” He did get better, though for a long time he found himself unable to listen to any contemporary rock music other than Bob Dylan -- electric guitars made him think of the pop world that had made him ill -- and so he spent his time listening to classical and jazz records. He didn't want to be a pop star any more, and convinced himself he could quit the band if he went out on top by writing a number one single. And so he did: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Sunny Afternoon"] Or at least, I say it's a single he wrote, but it's here that I finally get to a point I've been dancing round since the beginning of the episode. The chorus line, "In the summertime", was Rasa's suggestion, and in one of the only two interviews I've ever come across with her, for Johnny Rogan's biography of Ray, she calls the song "the only one where I wrote some words". But there's evidence, including another interview with her I'll talk about in a bit, that suggests that's not quite the case. For years, I thought it was an interesting coincidence that Ray Davies' songwriting ability follows a curve that almost precisely matches that of his relationship with Rasa. At the start, he's clearly talented -- "You Really Got Me" is a great track -- but he's an unformed writer and most of his work is pretty poor stuff. Then he marries Rasa, and his writing starts to become more interesting. Rasa starts to regularly contribute in the studio, and he becomes one of the great songwriters of his generation. For a five-year period in the mid-to-late-sixties, the period when their marriage is at its strongest, Ray writes a string of classic songs that are the equal of any catalogue in popular music. Then around 1970 Rasa stops coming to the studio, and their marriage is under strain. The records become patchier -- still plenty of classic tracks, but a lot more misses. And then in 1973, she left him, and his songwriting fell off a cliff. If you look at a typical Ray Davies concert setlist from 2017, the last time he toured, he did twenty songs, of which two were from his new album, one was the Kinks' one-off hit "Come Dancing" from 1983, and every other song was from the period when he and Rasa were married. Now, for a long time I just thought that was interesting, but likely a coincidence. After all, most rock songwriters do their most important work in their twenties, divorces have a way of messing people's mental health up, musical fashions change… there are a myriad reasons why these things could be like that. But… the circumstantial evidence just kept piling up. Ray's paranoia about people stealing his ideas meant that he became a lot more paranoid and secretive in his songwriting process, and would often not tell his bandmates the titles of the songs, the lyrics, or the vocal melody, until after they'd recorded the backing tracks -- they would record the tracks knowing the chord changes and tempo, but not what the actual song was. Increasingly he would be dictating parts to Quaife and Nicky Hopkins in the studio from the piano, telling them exactly what to play. But while Pete Quaife thought that Ray was being dictatorial in the studio and resented it, he resented something else more. As late as 1999 he was complaining about, in his words, "the silly little bint from Bradford virtually running the damn studio", telling him what to do, and feeling unable to argue back even though he regarded her as "a jumped-up groupie". Dave, on the other hand, valued Rasa's musical intuition and felt that Ray was the same. And she was apparently actually more up-to-date with the music in the charts than any of the band -- while they were out on the road, she would stay at home and listen to the radio and make note of what was charting and why. All this started to seem like a lot of circumstantial evidence that Rasa was possibly far more involved in the creation of the music than she gets credit for -- and given that she was never credited for her vocal parts on any Kinks records, was it too unbelievable that she might have contributed to the songwriting without credit? But then I found the other interview with Rasa I'm aware of, a short sidebar piece I'll link in the liner notes, and I'm going to quote that here: "Rasa, however, would sometimes take a very active role during the writing of the songs, many of which were written in the family home, even on occasion adding to the lyrics. She suggested the words “In the summertime” to ‘Sunny Afternoon', it is claimed. She now says, “I would make suggestions for a backing melody, sing along while Ray was playing the song(s) on the piano; at times I would add a lyric line or word(s). It was rewarding for me and was a major part of our life.” That was enough for me to become convinced that Rasa was a proper collaborator with Ray. I laid all this out in a blog post, being very careful how I phrased what I thought -- that while Ray Davies was probably the principal author of the songs credited to him (and to be clear, that is definitely what I think -- there's a stylistic continuity throughout his work that makes it very clear that the same man did the bulk of the work on all of it), the songs were the work of a writing partnership. As I said in that post "But even if Rasa only contributed ten percent, that seems likely to me to have been the ten percent that pulled those songs up to greatness. Even if all she did was pull Ray back from his more excessive instincts, perhaps cause him to show a little more compassion in his more satirical works (and the thing that's most notable about his post-Rasa songwriting is how much less compassionate it is), suggest a melodic line should go up instead of down at the end of a verse, that kind of thing… the cumulative effect of those sorts of suggestions can be enormous." I was just laying out my opinion, not stating anything as a certainty, though I was morally sure that Rasa deserved at least that much credit. And then Rasa commented on the post, saying "Dear Andrew. Your article was so informative and certainly not mischaracterised. Thank you for the 'history' of my input working with Ray. As I said previously, that time was magical and joyous." I think that's as close a statement as we're likely to get that the Kinks' biggest hits were actually the result of the songwriting team of Davies and Davies, and not of Ray alone, since nobody seems interested at all in a woman who sang on -- and likely co-wrote -- some of the biggest hit records of the sixties. Rasa gets mentioned in two sentences in the band's Wikipedia page, and as far as I can tell has only been interviewed twice -- an extensive interview by Johnny Rogan for his biography of Ray, in which he sadly doesn't seem to have pressed her on her songwriting contributions, and the sidebar above. I will probably continue to refer to Ray writing songs in this and the next episode on the Kinks, because I don't know for sure who wrote what, and he is the one who is legally credited as the sole writer. But… just bear that in mind. And bear it in mind whenever I or anyone else talk about the wives and girlfriends of other rock stars, because I'm sure she's not the only one. "Sunny Afternoon" knocked "Paperback Writer" off the number one spot, but by the time it did, Pete Quaife was out of the band. He'd fallen out with the Davies brothers so badly that he'd insisted on travelling separately from them, and he'd been in a car crash that had hospitalised him for six weeks. They'd quickly hired a temporary replacement, John Dalton, who had previously played with The Mark Four, the group that had evolved into The Creation. They needed him to mime for a TV appearance pretty much straight away, so they asked him "can you play a descending D minor scale?" and when he said yes he was hired -- because the opening of "Sunny Afternoon" used a trick Ray was very fond of, of holding a chord in the guitars while the bass descends in a scale, only changing chord when the notes would clash too badly, and then changing to the closest possible chord: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Sunny Afternoon"] Around this time, the group also successfully renegotiated their contract with Pye Records, with the help of a new lawyer they had been advised to get in touch with -- Allen Klein. As well as helping renegotiate their contracts, Klein also passed on a demo of one of Ray's new songs to Herman's Hermits. “Dandy” was going to be on the Kinks' next album, but the Hermits released it as a single in the US and took it into the top ten: [Excerpt: Herman's Hermits, “Dandy”] In September, Pete Quaife formally quit the band -- he hadn't played with them in months after his accident -- and the next month the album Face To Face, recorded while Quaife was still in the group, was released. Face to Face was the group's first really solid album, and much of the album was in the same vein as "Sunny Afternoon" -- satirical songs that turned on the songwriter as much as on the people they were ostensibly about. It didn't do as well as the previous albums, but did still make the top twenty on the album chart. The group continued work, recording a new single, "Dead End Street", a song which is musically very similar to "Sunny Afternoon", but is lyrically astonishingly bleak, dealing with poverty and depression rather than more normal topics for a pop song. The group produced a promotional film for it, but the film was banned by the BBC as being in bad taste, as it showed the group as undertakers. But the single happened to be released two days after the broadcast of "Cathy Come Home", the seminal drama about homelessness, which suddenly brought homelessness onto the political agenda. While "Dead End Street" wasn't technically about homelessness, it was close enough that when the TV programme Panorama did a piece on the subject, they used "Dead End Street" to soundtrack it. The song made the top five, an astonishing achievement for something so dark: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Dead End Street"] But the track also showed the next possible breach in the Kinks' hitmaking team -- when it was originally recorded, Shel Talmy had produced it, and had a French horn playing, but after he left the session, the band brought in a trombone player to replace the French horn, and rerecorded it without him. They would continue working with him for a little while, recording some of the tracks for their next album, but by the time the next single came out, Talmy would be out of the picture for good. But Pete Quaife, on the other hand, was nowhere near as out of the group as he had seemed. While he'd quit the band in September, Ray persuaded him to rejoin the band four days before "Dead End Street" came out, and John Dalton was back to working in his day job as a builder, though we'll be hearing more from him. The group put out a single in Europe, "Mr. Pleasant", a return to the style of "Well Respected Man" and "Dedicated Follower of Fashion": [Excerpt: The Kinks, “Mr. Pleasant”] That was a big hit in the Netherlands, but it wasn't released in the UK. They were working on something rather different. Ray had had the idea of writing a song called "Liverpool Sunset", about Liverpool, and about the decline of the Merseybeat bands who had been at the top of the profession when the Kinks had been starting out. But then the Beatles had released "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane", and Ray hadn't wanted to release anything about Liverpool's geography and look like he had stolen from them, given his attitudes to plagiarism. He said later "I sensed that the Beatles weren't going to be around long. When they moved to London, and ended up in Knightsbridge or wherever, I was still in Muswell Hill. I was loyal to my origins. Maybe I felt when they left it was all over for Merseybeat.” So instead, he -- or he and Rasa -- came up with a song about London, and about loneliness, and about a couple, Terry and Julie -- Terry was named after his nephew Terry who lived in Australia, while Julie's name came from Julie Christie, as she was then starring in a film with a Terry, Terrence Stamp: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Waterloo Sunset"] It's interesting to look at the musical inspirations for the song. Many people at the time pointed out the song's similarity to "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band, which had come out six months earlier with a similar melody and was also named after a place: [Excerpt: The New Vaudeville Band, "Winchester Cathedral"] And indeed Spike Milligan had parodied that song and replaced the lyrics with something more London-centric: [Excerpt: Spike Milligan, "Tower Bridge"] But it seems likely that Ray had taken inspiration from an older piece of music. We've talked before about Ferd Grofe in several episodes -- he was the one who orchestrated the original version of "Rhapsody in Blue", who wrote the piece of music that inspired Don Everly to write "Cathy's Clown", and who wrote the first music for the Novachord, the prototype synthesiser from the 1930s. As we saw earlier, Ray was listening to a lot of classical and jazz music rather than rock at this point, and one has to wonder if, at some point during his illness the previous year, he had come across Metropolis: A Blue Fantasy, which Grofe had written for Paul Whiteman's band in 1928, very much in the style of "Rhapsody in Blue", and this section, eight and a half minutes in, in particular: [Excerpt: Paul Whiteman, "Metropolis: A Blue Fantasy" ] "Waterloo Sunset" took three weeks to record. They started out, as usual, with a backing track recorded without the rest of the group knowing anything about the song they were recording -- though the group members did contribute some ideas to the arrangement, which was unusual by this point. Pete Quaife contributed to the bass part, while Dave Davies suggested the slapback echo on the guitar: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Waterloo Sunset, Instrumental Take 2"] Only weeks later did they add the vocals. Ray had an ear infection, so rather than use headphones he sang to a playback through a speaker, which meant he had to sing more gently, giving the vocal a different tone from his normal singing style: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Waterloo Sunset"] And in one of the few contributions Rasa made that has been generally acknowledged, she came up with the "Sha la la" vocals in the middle eight: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Waterloo Sunset"] And the idea of having the track fade out on cascading, round-like vocals: [Excerpt: The Kinks, "Waterloo Sunset"] Once again the Kinks were at a turning point. A few weeks after "Waterloo Sunset" came out, the Monterey Pop Festival finally broke the Who in America -- a festival the Kinks were invited to play, but had to turn down because of their visa problems. It felt like the group were being passed by -- Ray has talked about how "Waterloo Sunset" would have been another good point for him to quit the group as he kept threatening to, or at least to stay home and just make the records, like Brian Wilson, while letting the band tour with Dave on lead vocals. He decided against it, though, as he would for decades to come. That attitude, of simultaneously wanting to be part of something and be a distanced, dispassionate observer of it, is what made "Waterloo Sunset" so special. As Ray has said, in words that seem almost to invoke the story of Moses: "it's a culmination of all my desires and hopes – it's a song about people going to a better world, but somehow I stayed where I was and became the observer in the song rather than the person who is proactive . . . I did not cross the river. They did and had a good life apparently." Ray stayed with the group, and we'll be picking up on what he and they did next in about a year's time. "Waterloo Sunset" went to number two on the charts, and has since become the most beloved song in the Kinks' whole catalogue. It's been called "the most beautiful song in the English language", and "the most beautiful song of the rock 'n' roll era", though Ray Davies, ever self-critical when he's not being self-aggrandising, thinks it could be improved upon. But most of the rest of us disagree. As the song itself says, "Waterloo Sunset's fine".

What is the multi-award-winning Folk on Foot all about? The Telegraph calls it “a restorative breathing space in sound”.  In this sampler, host Matthew Bannister shares beautiful extracts from episodes featuring Karine Polwart on Fala Moor, Eliza Carthy and family at Robin Hood's Bay, Jenny Sturgeon in Shetland, Richard Thompson in Muswell Hill, Duncan Chisholm at Sandwood Bay, The Unthanks on the Northumberland Coast, Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn at Wandlebury, Peggy Seeger in Iffley and The Young'uns in Hartlepool. Dip your toe in the water here before diving into all our glorious episodes.  --- Delve deeper into the Folk on Foot world and keep us on the road by becoming a Patron—sign up at patreon.com/folkonfoot. You can choose your level and get great rewards, ranging from a stylish Folk on Foot badge to access to our amazing and ever expanding Folk on Foot on Film video archive of more than 150 unique performances filmed on our travels. Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot  

Helen Anderson and Danni Howard look into the seriously gruesome crimes of Dennis Nilsen. After a difficult upbringing in Fraserbrugh, Scotland, Dennis joined the Army as a chef, and not soon after leaving for the bright lights of London he puts those skills to use in a horrific way. Expect messed up beginnings, a tale of toilets from Danni and some of the most stomach churning details of all time. Devils in The Dark contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.   00:00 - Introduction 09:21 - Dennis' story begins 14:24 - Dennis' troubled relationship with his mother, Elizabeth Duthie Whyte 16:06 - Dennis faces loss for the first time 17:43 - 15 year old Dennis joins the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 19:48 - Dennis heads to London to become a Civil Servant 20:38 - Dennis meets David Gallichan 21:47 - The murder of Stephen Holmes 26:36 - The murder of Canadian tourist, Kenneth Ockendon 28:53 - Dennis moves to Cranley Gardens, in Muswell Hill, North London and lures Carl Stotter into the flat 32:50 - The horrible rituals of Cranley Gardens 37:41 - A plumber is called to Cranley Gardens to investigate a strange smell 41:16 - Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay is on the case 43:55 - Author Brian Masters visits Dennis' flat 46:20 - The interrogation of Dennis Nilsen 52:12 - The murder of Graham Allen 57:04 - The sentencing of Dennis Nilsen 59:24 - Outro This episode is sponsored by… Calm: Go to www.calm.com/devils for 40% off a Calm Premium subscription. Skin+Me: Head to www.skinandme.com and use the code DEVILS3 to start your skincare journey for just £3.50. Beer52: Visit www.beer52.com/DARK to claim your free case of beer. For updates on Devils in The Dark and all things true crime, head to @devilsinthedark on Instagram! You can also follow Helen Anderson at @helenanderz and Danni Howard at @thatdannihoward.  Special thanks to Woodcut Media.  Produced by Alexandra Jueno at Audioboom Studios.  If you have been affected by any of the themes in this week's episode please consider contacting the following resources: The Samaritans helpline: 116 123 Confidential Emotional Support Line: 01708 765200 Rape Crisis Helpline: 0808 802 9999 (help is also available at live chat at https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/live-chat-helpline/ *times apply) Sexual Assault Support Line: 01708 765200 Refuge domestic abuse helpline: 0808 2000 247 (live chat is also available at https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/Contact-us *times apply) Safeline domestic abuse helpline: 01926 402 498  Safeline national male survivor helpline: 0808 800 5005 See audioboom.com/about/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 

Ali vs Frazier; Barca vs Real; the Red Sox vs the Yankees. When heavyweights in sport come up against each other, something magical happens. And on this week's episode of Here Comes Sports Pod is one of the sports rights industry's big hitters, David Kogan. Currently a board member of C4, David has had a stellar career as a journalist, TV and radio producer and author, but he specialises in negotiating TV sports rights and acted as the primary media advisor to the English Premier League for 17 years, often stepping into the ring with Sky and my recent guest Mike Darcey. So whilst the setting may have been more back garden than Madison Square Garden, David and I  were still able to cover some fascinating areas, including his early days in media, building a competitive market for the EPL's TV rights, the role of regulation in sport and the potential for the WSL. Think of this episode as the Chill in Muswell Hill - enjoy! 

Episode 229: In our last episode we learned about the life and first two murders of British serial murderer Dennis Andrew Nilsen. He was arrested after police discovered human remains he'd flushed down the toilet at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill, a Suburb of North London. In this episode we'll learn about Nilsen's next twelve murders, what happened after his arrest and the aftermath of his crimes. A number of Nilsen's victims remain unidentified to this day. As Dennis Nilsen was a necrophile, some of the information we are about to share are intense and may be very disturbing to some. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Sources: How Serial Killers “Cool Off” Between Murders | Psychology Today Canada Dennis Nilsen's house where he dismembered and cooked victims sold with gruesome warning - Mirror Online Strangled, chopped up and burnt: The Sheffield man slayed by evil serial killer Dennis Nilsen | Doncaster Free Press Sheffield man's brutal murder to feature in new TV drama about serial killer Dennis Nilsen | The Star The Real ‘Des': The Dennis Nilsen Story: what happened to Carl Stotter? | HELLO! - Memoires of a Heroinhead - Dennis Nilsen - Wikipedia Dyno-Rod Local Drains & Plumbing Experts | Fixed-Price | 24/7 Killing For Company: Masters, Brian: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store Dinner, Drinks & Death ; The True Story of Dennis Nilsen by Alan R. Warren - Ebook | Scribd A Plague of Murder by Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson - Ebook | Scribd Watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes | Netflix Official Site The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story Reddit — Dennis Nilsen Spotify Playlist - Nilsen's Favourite Tunes

Episode 229: In our last episode we learned about the life and first two murders of British serial murderer Dennis Andrew Nilsen. He was arrested after police discovered human remains he'd flushed down the toilet at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill, a Suburb of North London. In this episode we'll learn about Nilsen's next twelve murders, what happened after his arrest and the aftermath of his crimes. A number of Nilsen's victims remain unidentified to this day. As Dennis Nilsen was a necrophile, some of the information we are about to share are intense and may be very disturbing to some. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Sources: How Serial Killers “Cool Off” Between Murders | Psychology Today Canada Dennis Nilsen's house where he dismembered and cooked victims sold with gruesome warning - Mirror Online Strangled, chopped up and burnt: The Sheffield man slayed by evil serial killer Dennis Nilsen | Doncaster Free Press Sheffield man's brutal murder to feature in new TV drama about serial killer Dennis Nilsen | The Star The Real ‘Des': The Dennis Nilsen Story: what happened to Carl Stotter? | HELLO! - Memoires of a Heroinhead - Dennis Nilsen - Wikipedia Dyno-Rod Local Drains & Plumbing Experts | Fixed-Price | 24/7 Killing For Company: Masters, Brian: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store Dinner, Drinks & Death ; The True Story of Dennis Nilsen by Alan R. Warren - Ebook | Scribd A Plague of Murder by Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson - Ebook | Scribd Watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes | Netflix Official Site The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story Reddit — Dennis Nilsen Spotify Playlist - Nilsen's Favourite Tunes Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 228: In our last episode we learned about the final killing and capture of British serial murderer Dennis Andrew Nilsen after police discovered human remains he'd flushed down the toilet at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill, a Suburb of North London, England. After his capture, the enigmatic Muswell Hill Murderer, or Kindly Killer, as he would come to be called, was more than happy to discuss his crimes. In this episode we'll learn more about the killer's life, his other crimes and what possibly led to the murders of 15 young men and boys, one of them a young Canadian student, Kenneth Ockendon Jr. Sources: Dennis Nilsen - Wikipedia Dyno-Rod Local Drains & Plumbing Experts | Fixed-Price | 24/7 Killing For Company: Masters, Brian: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store Dinner, Drinks & Death ; The True Story of Dennis Nilsen by Alan R. Warren - Ebook | Scribd A Plague of Murder by Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson - Ebook | Scribd Watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes | Netflix Official Site The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story Reddit — Dennis Nilsen Dennis Nilsen – Nick Davies Tommy - Album by The Who | Spotify Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen And His Career In The Army I Struck Up a Friendship with the Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen. Then I Edited His Memoirs. The Argus — Serial killer Dennis Nilsen's impact on Brighton survivor A murderer among us: I was Dennis Nilsen's boss | The Spectator Dennis Nilsen and Bleep: What Really happened to Des' dog? The Big Read: Dennis Nilsen - The Scottish nobody who became the archetypal serial killer | HeraldScotland An honest lack of answers | The Psychologist Psychopathic Serial Killers – Dennis Nilsen – Psychopaths In Life Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 227: On the 8th of February, 1983, complaints about the plumbing at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill, a suburb in London, England led to the discovery of human remains. The remains were traced to the flat of a tenant in the home named Dennis Andrew Nilsen, 37, a civil servant, former police officer and veteran of the British military. In Nilsen's home police found grisly evidence of many more murders. The enigmatic Muswell Hill Murderer, or Kindly Killer, as he would come to be called, is believed to have killed 15 young men and boys, one of them a Canadian named Kenneth Ockenden.  Listener discretion is strongly suggested Sources: Dennis Nilsen - Wikipedia Dyno-Rod Local Drains & Plumbing Experts | Fixed-Price | 24/7 Killing For Company: Masters, Brian: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store Dinner, Drinks & Death ; The True Story of Dennis Nilsen by Alan R. Warren - Ebook | Scribd A Plague of Murder by Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson - Ebook | Scribd Watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes | Netflix Official Site The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story Reddit — Dennis Nilsen Dennis Nilsen – Nick Davies Tommy - Album by The Who | Spotify Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen And His Career In The Army I Struck Up a Friendship with the Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen. Then I Edited His Memoirs. The Argus — Serial killer Dennis Nilsen's impact on Brighton survivor A murderer among us: I was Dennis Nilsen's boss | The Spectator The Big Read: Dennis Nilsen - The Scottish nobody who became the archetypal serial killer | HeraldScotland An honest lack of answers | The Psychologist Psychopathic Serial Killers – Dennis Nilsen – Psychopaths In Life Mike Browne's - Dennis Nilsen Spotify playlist Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis Nilsen is a popular name in UK True crime. Whilst residing in Cricklewood and then in Muswell Hill he carried out some of the most heinous murders the UK has ever had. Join me in this highly requested episode where I take a deep dive into the life of this serial kiler

Something unique happened in the 90s with “Classic Rock” radio where they completely omitted any new contributions musically from the bands. In the 90's, the “Legacy Act” tag hadn't hit yet and bands were still trying to be true to themselves, but still be relevant. This week we play the Lost and Forgotten songs released during the Alternative Rock era from bands that we all know and love. The More You Know...What's this InObscuria thing? We're a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. Many of the classic 60s-70s bands were still writing and delivering new musical content into the 90s. Go and check out these songs and the albums that they come from! Songs this week include:Cheap Trick – “Yeah Yeah” from Cheap Trick (1997)Procol Harum – “Man With A Mission” from The Prodigal Stranger (1991)Heart – “Oldest Story In The World” from Jupiter's Darling (2004)The Kinks  – “It's Alright (Don't Think About It)” from Phobia (1993)RTZ – “Another Time” from Return To Zero (1991)Rainbow – “Wolf To The Moon” from Stranger In Us All (1995)Kansas – “Black Fathom 4” from Freaks Of Nature (1995)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Mary-Jayne Rust BIO: I am an art therapist and Jungian analyst in private practice in North London. Alongside this, I lecture and facilitate workshops on Ecopsychology in a wide range of settings. My therapy training began in art therapy in 1979. During the 1980s I worked in a men's prison, as well as with women with eating problems at the Women's Therapy Centre, London during the early years of feminist psychotherapy. These two workplaces offered diametrically opposed experiences: working in a male hierarchy with perpetrators of abuse versus working with victims of abuse in a women's collective.  This taught me a great deal about perpetrator and victim. Feminist psychotherapy helped broaden my understanding of how culture shapes our internal worlds. In the early 1990's I made several trips to Ladakh (on the Tibetan plateau) where I spent time with Helena Norberg-Hodge of ISEC.  This experience impressed on me the seriousness of our environmental crisis. I then discovered Ecopsychology, an emerging field weaving together the ecological, psychological, political and spiritual. I joined a group of like-minded therapists, and together we explored ecopsychological thinking, facilitation, and supervision. John Seed and Joanna Macy were two of our mentors in this journey. My interest in eating problems expanded into an inquiry into our collective consuming of the earth, and the relationship between mind and body, soul and the land. I became fascinated by the differences between indigenous and western worldviews and how we might enable ancient and modern to live together today. I love colour and I am a visual artist. I live in Nth London beside Queenswood, part of the forest which originally covered Britain. Highgate Hill and Muswell Hill are on the terminal moraine left by a glacier of the last ice age.  I have an ongoing love affair with swimming in wild waters. Forest and pond, kingfisher, owl, cormorant and humans; it is all these places and relationships to whom I owe my thanks for the ideas that you find here.

A huge fire ravaged Alexandra Palace in Muswell Hill, London on 9th June, 1873 - just 16 days after it had opened, on Queen Victoria's birthday, as ‘the People's Palace'. A single burning ember is thought to have caused the blaze. 125 firefighters, in horse-drawn and steam-powered fire engines, had to climb 7 miles uphill, and by the time they got there, the building was engulfed in flames. But, almost immediately, a decision was taken to rebuild it. That's Victorian stoicism for you. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly peruse the surprisingly gaudy programme of planned events for the exhibition space's opening season; explain how a ‘people's' palace came to be named after Royalty anyway; and reveal the remarkable resilience of Henry Willis' giant organ…  Further Reading: • ‘9 June 1873: Alexandra Palace burns down' (MoneyWeek, 2015): https://moneyweek.com/395048/9-june-1873-alexandra-palace-burns-down • ‘A Look Back in Time' (Alexandra Palace official website): https://www.alexandrapalace.com/our-history/timeline/ • ‘Alexandra Palace London [4K] - DJI MAVIC PRO' (FlyBy, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cool4TxpaQ #Victorian #UK #London For bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/Retrospectors We'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill. Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King. Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sotiris Charalambous, un pintor de 34 años, compró un viejo espejo en Muswell Hill, llevado por sus gustos por todo lo extraño y lo bizarro, pero al llevar ese espejo a su casa, su compañero Joseph Birch, empezó a notar que ocurrían cosas muy extrañas.

In this episode of the Ham&High Podcast, marking International Women's Day, André Langlois chats with engineer Dame Jo Da Silva.  With vast experience working in disaster zones, Muswell Hill's Dame Jo is currently global director of sustainable development at the company Arup.  She received her damehood, and previously a CBE, for work in international development and for her contribution to humanitarian relief.  We recorded this podcast on February 3, 2022, before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

John Ryder faces the hard-hitting former IBF/WBA middleweight champion Daniel ‘Miracle Man' Jacobs this Saturday night LIVE on DAZN at the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill. Jacobs and Ryder will be headlining on Saturday, February 12th. Sean & Johnston the recent career of both fighters and provide their breakdown and predictions for the upcoming super middleweight clash, plus coverage of the rest of this weekend's action from the UK & USA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now a 900 strong pub chain, with an annual turnover of £1.6 billion, J.D. Wetherspoon is a big name on the British high street. But when entrepreneur Tim Martin flung open the doors of the first branch in London's Muswell Hill on 9th December, 1979, it was known as ‘Tim's Free House' - and closed down on its opening night.He built up the business by taking over leases at old buildings such as churches and cinemas, and converting them into pubs - meaning they weren't tied to any particular brewery, guaranteeing lower prices for customers. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly interrogate Martin's ‘man of the people' image, reveal why Wetherspoon's famous carpets are so expensive; and ask if the ‘paltry chip count' meme explains why they came off social media…Further Reading:• How Wetherspoon's Conquered Britain (Esquire, 2018): https://www.esquire.com/uk/food-drink/a19129642/how-wetherspoons-conquered-britain/• ‘Did Wetherspoons See The Pandemic Coming?' (Channel 5, 2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDQl21ZoMEw• ‘Wetherspoons Paltry Chip Count: How the counting chips page went sour' (JOE.co.uk, 2021): https://www.joe.co.uk/uncategorized/inside-the-wetherspoons-paltry-chip-count-how-the-last-wholesome-corner-of-facebook-turned-sour-303164For bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/RetrospectorsOur supporters on Patreon* and Apple Podcasts get extra material from the show every single week. In today's bonus content, the team discover how Tim Martin has claimed the inspiration for Wetherspoon's came from George Orwell's 1946 essay The Moon Under Water - but that the full text reveals some particularly un-'Spoons'y details...* top two tiers onlyWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/RetrospectorsThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The incredible dark tale of Dennis Nilsen, the Kindly Killer, the Muswell Hill Killer, England's Dahmer. Discover the fate of this serial killer as well as the two apartments where he murdered, dismembered and disposed of his victims.  Subscribe, follow and review us! It really helps us keep bringing you stories like this!Follow Us: @therealcrimepodcastQuestions? Email Us at Therealcrimepodcast@gmail.comJoin our Patreon! The Real Crime Podcast is creating Stories to detail how wild the Real Estate Industry can be! | PatreonSubscribe, follow and rate us on itunes, spotify, goodpods and where ever you listen!Episode written by Christina Van De WaterEpisode Editing by Christina Van De WaterCo-Hosted by Christina Van De Water & Kristen VarneyDennis Nilsen | Criminal Minds Wiki | Fandom Dennis Nilsen's Victims: How Did Dennis Nilsen Die? The Nilsen Tapes Update (thecinemaholic.com) Where Was Dennis Nilsen's House? The Muswell Hill and Melrose Avenue Properties Now (newsweek.com) ‎The Serial Killer Podcast on Apple Podcasts ‎Serial Killing : A Podcast on Apple Podcasts Support the show

La resurrección de JFK: Los seguidores de la conspiración Qanon se reunieron en Dallas para esperar el regreso desde la tumba de John Kennedy Jr. Te lo cuenta Carlos Pérez Simancas en su Expediente Simancas. El estrangulador de Muswell Hill: Dennis Nielsen mató a 15 personas. Sus víctimas las encontraba en bares de ambiente y durmiendo en la calle. Nos lo cuenta Virginia González en su sección Crímenes de Película Hubo un tiempo...Las revistas de la tele. Con Luis Suárez. Email de contacto: ellaberintoradio@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ellaberintoradio Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellaberintoradio

La resurrección de JFK: Los seguidores de la conspiración Qanon se reunieron en Dallas para esperar el regreso desde la tumba de John Kennedy Jr. Te lo cuenta Carlos Pérez Simancas en su Expediente Simancas. El estrangulador de Muswell Hill: Dennis Nielsen mató a 15 personas. Sus víctimas las encontraba en bares de ambiente y durmiendo en la calle. Nos lo cuenta Virginia González en su sección Crímenes de Película Hubo un tiempo...Las revistas de la tele. Con Luis Suárez. Email de contacto: ellaberintoradio@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ellaberintoradio Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellaberintoradio

On this episode of Kill Smarter…. We look at Scottish serial killer and necrophile, Dennis Nilsen. Between 1978 to 1983 he terrorized young men in the Muswell Hill area of London. Bad plumbing, tire fires, and some light cuddling Nilsen made some interesting mistakes. There's a lot to dissect in how we would Kill Smarter. Make sure to follow us on Social Media: Twitter: @killsmarterpod Instagram: @killsmarterpod Youtube: @KillSmarterPod Facebook: @KillSmarterPod Remember if you are a victim of a crime or would like to donate to those victims in need please visit: www.victimsofcrime.org. The National Center of Victims of Crime will help you find local resources through the tip line and advocacy programs.

Dennis Nilsen was a British serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983

En este episodio vamos a visitar un palacio reconvertido en venue, lleno de historia relacionada con el rock inglés e internacional, como por ejemplo Pink Floyd, Blur, The Grateful Dead, Madness, Travis y Queen: el Alexandra Palace.El edificio fue construido en 1873 como centro de entretenimiento y educación y su historia es muy importante, más allá del rock. Por ejemplo, ahí funcionó el primer estudio de televisión de alta definición del mundo, en 1936. Aún hoy permanece instalada la antena de la BBC.Para llegar al palacio tenés un viaje de casi una hora desde el centro de Londres. Podés llegar con el subte Piccadilly y luego combinar con el bus W3. En la web de este venue podés revisar la programación, quizás tengas suerte y coincida con un buen show para ir a ver. Y si no, igual es un gran programa: desde las terrazas vas a tener una gran vista de la ciudad.Alexandra Palace fue sede de importantes conciertos de rock. Por ejemplo, dos shows de los Grateful Dead fueron registrados aquí, en septiembre de 1974 y editados en 1997 como parte de la serie Dick's Picks. También acá hizo su primer gran show londinense The Stone Roses, que había llegado desde Manchester un par de años antes y consiguió vender todas las entradas, pese a que aún no había recibido la atención de la prensa mainstream.Dos eventos se relacionan con la historia de Pink Floyd. Uno de ellos fue el festival benéfico "The 14 hour Technicolour Dream", clave en la era psicodélica, del cual participaron los principales exponentes del underground londinense, con los Floyd a la cabeza. Está editado en DVD y también quedó documentado en el video "Tonite let's all make love in London". Otra referencia a Floyd en el Alexandra Palace: ahí se filmaron varias escenas de la película "The Wall", específicamente para la canción "Waiting for the worms", en Muswell Hill, entrada Palm Court, en el costado oeste del palacio.A comienzos de los '90s este escenario sirvió para la entrega de los premios Brit Awards, y también para los MTV Europe Music Awards de 1996. Los escoceses Travis grabaron un show en 2003 que fue editado en DVD con el título "Travis At The Palace". Hugh Cornwell tocó acá su último concierto con The Stranglers en 1990. Ese mismo año, Squeeze (sin Jools Holland) y The Kinks tocaron en el Palacio en un show transmitido por la BBC. Y 10 años antes, en 1980, Queen grabó acá el videoclip de "Save me". En octubre de 1994, Blur lanzó el videoclip de "End of a Century", un track del disco "Parklife", grabado en vivo en el Palacio.Para la despedida, otra gran historia relacionada con The Palace: en 2013, los Madness invitaron a un grupo de fans para agradecerles todo el apoyo que recibían... y grabaron en la puerta del Palacio junto a ellos esta versión de su gran éxito: "Our house".Tracklist"Our house", Madness"Hard To Explain", The Strokes Live at Alexandra Palace 2003"Here Comes Sunshine", The Grateful Dead"So Young", Stone Roses"Waiting for the worms", Pink Floyd"Happy To Hang Around", Travis en vivo"Save me", Queen"End of a Century", Blur"Our House, The People Palace Version", Madness See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Well what an episode I have for you today!! Ever heard of Peggy Angus? I certainly hadn't until the brilliant Clare Dales got in touch to tell me all about this incredible woman. Peggy Angus was a British designer, artist and educator born in 1904. Although born in Chile, her family relocated back to the UK when she was 5 and she grew up in Muswell Hill, London. At 17, she won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art and studied alongside now world renowned artists such as Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden; just to name drop a few. Peggy is best known for her love of pattern and design and spent a large part of her career making incredible patterned tile designs/murals for architectural projects around the UK as well as hand made wall paper. Let me repeat that. HAND-MADE wall paper. Within the cannon of art history, she has very much slipped into the shadows but thanks to an exhibition at the Tower Gallery in Eastbourne in the UK in 2014, more is known about this great artists. Clare takes us on a brilliant whistle stop tour of Peggy's life and work and set the scene beautifully for allowing us to understand the challenges Peggy faced as an artist working after World War 1 and World War 2. You are going to love this - so sit back and relax as we discuss the INCREDIBLE Peggy Angus! Additional links and info: For a quick over view: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Angus And: https://moda.mdx.ac.uk/creativity-co-creation/peggy-angus/ Obituary: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-peggy-angus-1501622.html Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/06/peggy-angus-warrior-painter-designer-tiles-wallpaper Images: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/jul/06/peggy-angus-designs-forgotten-warrior-in-pictures?page=with:img-1 The tile company: https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2016/08/carters-tile-manufactory/ The New Craftsmen: https://www.thenewcraftsmen.com/news-and-events/post/finding-peggy-angus The festival of Britain & Peggy's Tiles: https://heritagecalling.com/2017/05/10/7-remarkable-survivals-from-the-festival-of-britain/ All images referred to on the podcast will be Host: Clare Dales www.claredales.com Twitter: @clare_dales Instagram: @claredalesart Facebook: Clare Dales Art Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ClareDalesCreative

On episode 8 of Past Prime, Matty & Steve head to Muswell Hill and share a pint as they gush over The Kinks' oft-maligned, 1984 album, "Word of Mouth." This album, a staple of used record bins and thrift stores, marked the end of a relative hot streak the Davies brothers had experienced at the end of the 70s and beginning of the 80s. Its cover was ghastly, desperately insisting this original British Invasion band was as modern as Duran Duran. It had Rauchenberg-esque pink lips on it and yellow swooshes — a pop art eyesore. “Word of Mouth” was described as chasing trends and as containing production that sounded "pinched" and "compressed," even by the 1980's worst standards. Its songs were been called “forgettable.” Well, we dissent! The album did not have any musical problem, it had a marketing problem. Matty & Steve spend nearly an hour wistfully discussing sibling rivalry, Dave Davies greatest song ("Living on a Thin Line"), and The Kinks unique position as the greatest supporting actors in Rock history. They draw a through line from this album to the music of Husker Du and The Replacements before concluding that, while "Word of Mouth" may not be an elite Kinks' album, it is, in fact, a stellar collection of songs. It also, sadly, marked the beginning of the end for the band's final, unexpected third (fourth?) peak. To read more about The Kinks "Word of Mouth," check out the full essay at Past Prime.

In this episode, Gemma and James discuss the 2012 murder of Irish childcare worker Elaine O'Hara, and the unsolved 1967 murder of 17 year old Bernard Oliver, of Muswell Hill, North London

The legendary guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson (who celebrated his 70th birthday in 2019) takes Matthew Bannister for a walk around the areas of London where he grew up, began playing the guitar, formed Fairport Convention (inventing English folk rock)  and joined the vibrant music scene of the 1960s.  On the steps of his old school in Highgate Richard sings  “Man With Money” by the Everly Brothers which he used to perform with the band he formed at the school. In Highgate Woods he sings his classic lament for lost love and the travelling life: “Beeswing” as well as a new song written during lockdown:  “If I Could Live My Life Again”. Outside the house called “Fairport” that gave the band its name, Richard gives us an emotional version of “Meet On The Ledge”. Then it’s on to Wardour Street in Soho, site of the famous Marquee Club,  for “Walking The Long Miles Home” as he recalls walking ten miles back to his parents’ home in the early hours of the morning after gigs. Finally we are in the Lamb and Flag pub in Covent Garden where Richard describes an encounter with a drunken Irish tenor that inspired his song “Josef Locke”. Along the way Richard reflects on song writing technique, remembers playing with Jimi Hendrix, tells how his Mum and Dad never really understood his success as a musician and relates how the seminal album “Liege and Lief” was the band’s way of dealing with “PTSD” after a car crash that killed his girlfriend Jeannie Franklyn and the drummer Martin Lamble. It’s a fascinating insight into the early influences of one of our most creative musical talents.   To hear about future episodes of Folk on Foot, sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com  or follow @folkonfoot on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We rely entirely on listeners’ contributions to keep going, so please consider becoming a patron, making a small monthly contribution in return for great rewards: www.patreon.com/folkonfoot.

In the winter of 1983 when a resident of a block of flats in North London couldn’t flush their toilet properly they called a drain clearing company. The operatives would find suspicious and unusual material blocking the drains. This, it would turn out, would be human remains. The address the drain blockage company was called to was Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill, the address of Dennis Nilsen the British serial killer. In Cranley Gardens and Nilsen’s previous address in Melrose Avenue Nilsen would kill 12 men between 1978 and 1983. He would cruise the gay bars of London’s West end to locate his victims. He would also pick up vagrants and male prostitutes off the streets. In this Series 1 final episode of Why Killers Kill Dr. Jane psychologically analyses what motivated Nilsen to undertake his murderous spree, in other words what made this killer kill.Listener caution is strongly advised. Subscribe now so you don’t miss season 2 of Why Killers Kill which will be back in a little while.

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. In this episode André Langlois meets George and Harry from the band FEET, who are holed up in Muswell Hill working towards a follow-up to their debut album What's Inside Is More Than Just Ham...

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. In this episode Bridget Galton talks to Muswell Hill journalist Liz Thompson about Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and the cultural wellspring that is Greenwich Village.

It's the beat special! Beat music from Liverpool, Birmingham, Sweden, Germany, Edinburgh and Muswell Hill and Barnet! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I meet Rachel Elnaugh, businesswoman, author and one of the original Dragons. We talk about her time running Red Letter Days and what it means to be an evolutionary entrepreneur. Be sure to visit SmallBusiness.co.uk for more articles on wellbeing.  Remember to like us on Facebook @SmallBusinessExperts and follow us on Twitter @smallbusinessuk, all lower case. Would you prefer to read Rachel's interview instead? Hello and welcome to Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk. I’m your host, Anna Jordan. Today we have Rachel Elnaugh, author, speaker, mentor, former Dragon and the creator of Red Letter Days. She launched the experience day voucher company in 1989 when she was 24 years old. And after a precarious start, a print brochure campaign launched it to success. This led to multiple awards and a place as one of the original Dragons on Dragon’s Den. The company went into administration in 2005 due to over-expansion and the remaining assets were bought by fellow Dragons, Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis. They eventually sold the firm to Buyagift and it’s now owned by French firm, The Smartbox Group.   Taking the lessons of Red Letter Days with her, Elnaugh now mentors business owners and speaks at events in the hope that fellow entrepreneurs can learn from her experiences. Anna: Hi Rachel. Rachel: Hi Anna. Thank you for that intro. Anna: Not at all. How are you doing? Rachel: Yeah good, thank you. Great. The first thing I’d like to ask you about is that you describe yourself as an ‘evolutionary entrepreneur’ – what do you mean by that, exactly? Rachel: Well, I’ve been on my own journey of transformation and particularly being a business mentor, have got really interested in what makes one person successful and one another not. That’s kind of my holy grail – to really understand what makes the difference which has kind of taken me on this journey of discovery through mindset, through energy work and metaphysics and so I do think there’s a new era of consciousness opening. I think I’m moving out of that old capitalist business paradigm into this new era, along with many other people, which is a very different way of doing business. It’s much more intuitive and much more about manifestation and effortless flow. If your focus isn’t capitalism, what is it? Rachel: Well, capitalism is fundamentally about scarcity and really about putting money ahead of all other considerations. As we move into this new era, we’re seeing that businesses that aren’t just about profit but are also very much about people and about the planet are really coming to the fore – those brands that embrace a much wider idea of success than just money. We’re seeing a massive change and we’re also starting to unravel some of the programmes of capitalism like scarcity. For example, with renewable energy, the sun never stops shining, the waves and the wind never stop. There’s so much natural resource to tap into that I think this deep programme of scarcity is being unravelled and uninstalled. Anna: Yeah, you can see in businesses now that a corporate social responsibility is non-negotiable. If the business doesn’t have an ethical basis then at least it’ll be embedded in their business plan. Rachel: Yeah, and I think it goes way beyond the veneer of corporate social responsibility of wrapping a company with that. I think the companies that are really powerfully coming through are ones that have actually got ethics at the heart of them. So, I think there’s a new breed of entrepreneur coming through which goes way beyond social enterprise, it’s people working from the heart, really passionate about their businesses and their brands. And wanting to do business but in a way that is very nourishing.                   Definitely, I agree. I’d like to talk a bit about Red Letter Days as well. You made a loss of £4.7m at the time that you realised something was amiss. According to previous reports, there were various issues: management consultants taking on too many projects, a dud CEO, suppliers going unpaid, your financial director keeping information from you. Rachel: I think that when a business goes wrong, a lot of waves hit the ship at the same time. Up until that point, we’d had a very successful company that was growing every year, that was profitable. In 2002, I started winning awards and getting on television. I think you can get the Midas touch and start to push too far and fast. Suddenly it’s driven by profit motives and ego rather than just wanting to create great products and experiences and services. We brought in some management consultants who recommended that it was time for the business to grow up and to parachute in a new chief executive to take it to the next level – we really thought we could groom the business to float it. It was really that process of over-expansion, as you said in the intro, that was our undoing. It was a very big lesson. I think if I had to share that lesson with other entrepreneurs I would say just grow organically and in a very steady way rather than trying to step change a business and leap to the next level. That was the mistake we made. Anna: So, there’s a surge in confidence – then a real dip in confidence – on your part. Rachel: Well, as I said, a lot of waves hit the ship at the same time, so we parachuted in a chief executive who was brilliant at spending money. He’d actually come in from Thomas Cook and he is the one who created the JMC brand which, literally the day before he joined, was closed down by Thomas Cook. That should have been a warning. I also didn’t have a strong enough finance director and I think that’s really crucial in a business, I realise now. To have a very trusted, rock-solid finance director is key. So we over-expanded, overspent and then crucially, our credit card takings were bonded by our bank. When we were forced into administration, we had £3.3m cash at bank. That was another big lesson in that whoever controls the money has all the power. We had a huge amount of cash at bank but we just couldn’t touch it. And the bank forced us into administration. When that bond was unbound over the next year, all of the vouchers had been redeemed, the actual cost of fulfilling them was only just over £1m. While the bond was appropriate, the level of it was way in excess of what was necessary. And it was that cash flow that strangled the business and forced us into administration. There were a lot of factors involved and it was a very very dark, difficult learning process for me. From your learnings, what kind of advice would you give entrepreneurs about finding the right bank, the right account, the right adviser for them?      Rachel: It was interesting because I remember having a discussion on the set of Dragon’s Den with Duncan Bannatyne, my fellow Dragon. I was telling him the problems at that time I was struggling with trying to get this bond lifted. And he just turned to me and said: ‘Rachel, the first rule of business: do not bank with Barclay’s’. And the thing is, you don’t really understand how much power a bank has over you until you run into problems. And I think some banks are more ruthless than others. It was a big learning curve. But I don’t want to sound like I’m blaming and in victim mode because in truth, we were undercapitalised. And it’s very difficult to re-finance yourself out of a cash flow issue like that. If I could’ve re-run the clock it would’ve been much better for us to have got some proper venture capital funding before embarking on the expansion plan rather than trying to fund it out of cash flow. Tell me about the months after the company went into administration – what was it like for you? Rachel: It was a bit of a double-edged thing because on one side of things, it was quite tragic for me because I’d spent 16 years building this company literally from nothing, it was literally like my baby. I’d poured my whole life into it. All of my passion and all of my money, I’d lost that. On the other side of things, it was so stressful towards the end that when I finally signed the papers and put it into administration – and I really had no choice – it was a massive relief and a release. I’d just had my fourth son the week before so that was a great gift from God, you know. It was August, the sun was shining, I had a newborn baby and also, I’d just been on Dragon’s Den. So, I had this new world opening up to me of being this TV celebrity entrepreneur. And even though I got annihilated by the press, I was given a book deal. I wrote a book called Business Nightmares about the fine line between success and failure. That came out in May 2008 and in September 2008, world economies crashed, and we had the banking crash. And this repositioning of myself as a business survivor was actually perfect timing because it opened up a whole new world of speaking at business events, becoming a mentor and creating lots of products and ways of helping other people on their entrepreneurial journey. It was synchronistic and beautiful even though at the time it felt like the worst possible thing that could ever happen to me. Anna: I read that you found a note that you had written some time before about what you wanted for the future. It said something along the lines of ‘I will sell off Red Letter Days’. Rachel: This was long before I understood the power of words and the law of attraction. A friend of mine was training to be a life coach and she needed guinea pig clients. I said, ‘I don’t need a life coach but I’ll be your guinea pig client’. She got me to write this life plan and I found it after the company had crashed. I had written this several years before, but I found the piece of paper. On it I’d written: ‘By 2006, get rid of Red Letter Days so I can spend more time at home with my children, be creative and write.’ And so the universe had delivered that little cosmic order exactly to plan. You notice I didn’t write on there: ‘Sell Red Letter Days for £20m, be creative and write’, it said ‘get rid of’. And ‘get rid of’ is a very angry energy and so the universe got rid of it for me. We have to be very careful about our spelling, spelling is very powerful. You have to be careful what you ask for because it’s delivered often exactly to the word. What about planning what would happen within your business, including the staff. What was the process there? Rachel: We didn’t want to go into administration and we were working on all sorts of ways to re-finance. I had a re-financing offer from HBOS and I was looking for match equity funding. What happened was one of our suppliers – and sometimes in these situations, suppliers can be their own worst enemy – took a winding up order against the company. Could you briefly describe what a winding up order is for our listeners who don’t know? Rachel: Basically, if a company owes you money and they don’t pay, you can enter into court a winding up order which is if they don’t pay, you’re going to wind up the company and get paid that way. It’s a bit like dropping a nuclear bomb on someone to get what you want. Usually, in normal circumstances, if you get a winding up order from a creditor then you just pay them. But in our situation – it was a long time ago – but there was a legal reason why we couldn’t just pay them because we couldn’t create preferential creditors. When a winding up order has been put in, it basically opens you up to every other creditor. What happened was the creditors started arriving at the company offices to try and take the assets. So the only way we could protect the staff was firstly to lock the doors. We were in London and we had staff in our head office in Muswell Hill on the phone saying, ‘There are people at the doors, what do we do?’ We had to say, ‘You just have to lock the doors.’ We were advised by the lawyers that the only way to protect the company and its assets from these creditors in their vans was to put the company into administration. Through that winding up order we were forced into administration and as a result, no one got paid because I couldn’t complete the re-financing and it was game over. It was a very fine line between success and failure. Had we not had that winding up order, I could potentially have maybe, and it’s always an if, completed on the HBOS deal, the bond would’ve been released because we would have re-financed. Then we could have traded through and floated the company which was the plan because it had growth and it had profitability and it had a great brand. But alas, alack, it was not to be. How long would the re-financing process take? Rachel: All of my time was spent in meetings with bank and financiers, so I had the deal agreed. It was just a case of finding match equity funding. I actually did go to Peter [Jones] and Theo [Paphitis] and said, ‘I’ve got this deal. Could you match-fund it?’ There was potential they could’ve done that, but they felt there was a bigger opportunity to push it through administration, although that proved not to be the case. It is a bit like going nuclear, pushing your company through administration. And certainly with that industry, they couldn’t wipe the deck by putting it through administration because no one would supply the business without getting paid. It was quite messy.                                          The experiences industry is huge now. If you could have started Red Letter Days at any time within the past 30 years, when would you have started it? Rachel: We were the pioneers of the industry. And really, the 1980s were about how much you owned and the 1990s were about what you could experience, so the timing of creating the company was perfect because it captured the zeitgeist of the era. We weren’t the first company that did experiences, but we were the first company to truly embrace the concept of experiential giving. Anna: I suppose – I’m not sure about our listeners – but for me it seems like a pretty recent shift towards less buying of stuff to more buying of experiences, but it’s interesting to find out that back then that it was emerging – it’s always great to get in on that emerging market. Rachel: Yeah, for sure – we were creating that as we went. And a lot of people picked up on it, so we had lots of copycat companies and competitors. Then Virgin Experiences came in on it followed by all the retailers. And now it’s commonplace to see experiences as your prize or gift as opposed to a TV or a tangible piece of technology or kit.           You’ve said that part of the struggle of Red Letter Days initially was getting experience providers on board with something that was novel at the time – what would you say to entrepreneurs running a business based on a fairly new concept? Rachel: In essence, Red Letter Days was a marketing portal. When we launched in 1989, everyone’s books were full, and business was booming. Then the first recession happened in the early 1990s and people’s revenues started dropping. Even though a recession was opening, that was a great opportunity for us because people could see that their sales were dropping, and they wanted more promotion – especially free promotion – which is what we were offering. So I think in every era there’s always opportunity in adversity and I think you just have to tune into the market and be resourceful and just go with the flow and find out where people’s point of pain is and provide a solution to it.      Anna: Well, that’s it from me – is there anything you would like to add? Rachel: No, that’s fine. Hopefully that’s been useful. Anna: Yeah, it has been. Thank you so much. You can find out more about Rachel at rachelelnaugh.com. You can also visit smallbusiness.co.uk for more guidance on mental wellbeing and expanding your company. Remember to like us on Facebook @SmallBusinessExperts and follow us on Twitter @smallbusinessuk, all lower case. Until next time, thank you for listening.   

[Part 1 of 3] On the morning of Saturday, February 5 1983, plumber Mike Welch arrived at Cranley Gardens, a long, wide residential street in the north London suburb of Muswell Hill... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by Holly Boyd Episode written by Elsha McGill  Creative Director: Milly Raso This episode's sponsors: BetterHelp (https://www.betterhelp.com/casefile) – Get 10% off your first month of professional counselling with a licensed therapist Noom (http://noom.com/casefile) – The last weight loss program you’ll need. Start your trial today ShipStation (http://shipstation.com/) – Try ShipStation FREE for 60 days with promo code ‘CASEFILE’ Nutrafol (https://nutrafol.com/) – Use promo code ‘CASEFILE’ for 20% off your order For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-144-the-muswell-hill-murderer-part-1 (https://casefilepodcast.com/case-144-the-muswell-hill-murderer-part-1/)

With Antonia Quirke. Chemical engineer Robert Paul was an unlikely film pioneer. But after a chance encounter in his chemist's shop, he went on to invent revolutionary movie cameras and projectors, as well as direct Britain's first fiction film, and a war movie filmed on Muswell Hill golf course. And now he has an exhibition in his honour. Antonia visits the National Museum Of Science And Media in Bradford and has a whirlwind tour in the company of curators Toni Booth and Ian Christie. Uncut Gems is a thriller set in the secretive world of New York's Diamond District. Directors Josh and Benny Safdie reveal how they used family connections to get unparalleled access to this closed community. In part one of her interview with legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins, Antonia finds out how he managed to make World War I drama 1917 seem as if it had been filmed in one continuous two hour shot.

In the first episode of Crime Cast, the podcast all about murder, mysteries and conspiracies, hosts Emily and Jasmine discuss the Muswell Hill Murders that took place in between 1978-1983 in London. The girls discuss the who, what, where and why of these crimes and comment on what they think of this case. BE WARNED: This podcast contains explicit themes and discussions about some dark issues.

In the middle-class neighborhood of Muswell Hill, underneath a spectacular residence located at 23 Cranley Gardens, a gruesome discovery was about to be unearthed. While working on drainage pipes of the house at that location, a plumber discovered several bones and a flesh-like substance covering the inside of the pipes. The pipes led to the top floor apartment of the residence. It was rented to Dennis Nilsen, a 37-year old, quiet, soft-spoken civil servant. Nilsen was also a retired policeman with military service. Shockingly, the police were about to discover Dennis Nilsen was also one of Britain’s worst serial killers. DRINKS, DINNER & DEATH: The True Story of Dennis Nilsen-Alan R. Warren

En este episodio vamos a visitar un palacio reconvertido en venue, lleno de historia relacionada con el rock inglés e internacional, como por ejemplo Pink Floyd, Blur, The Grateful Dead, Madness, Travis y Queen: el Alexandra Palace.El edificio fue construido en 1873 como centro de entretenimiento y educación y su historia es muy importante, más allá del rock. Por ejemplo, ahí funcionó el primer estudio de televisión de alta definición del mundo, en 1936. Aún hoy permanece instalada la antena de la BBC. Para llegar al palacio tenés un viaje de casi una hora desde el centro de Londres. Podés llegar con el subte Piccadilly y luego combinar con el bus W3. En la web de este venue podés revisar la programación, quizás tengas suerte y coincida con un buen show para ir a ver. Y si no, igual es un gran programa: desde las terrazas vas a tener una gran vista de la ciudad.Alexandra Palace fue sede de importantes conciertos de rock. Por ejemplo, dos shows de los Grateful Dead fueron registrados aquí, en septiembre de 1974 y editados en 1997 como parte de la serie Dick’s Picks. También acá hizo su primer gran show londinense The Stone Roses, que había llegado desde Manchester un par de años antes y consiguió vender todas las entradas, pese a que aún no había recibido la atención de la prensa mainstream.Dos eventos se relacionan con la historia de Pink Floyd. Uno de ellos fue el festival benéfico “The 14 hour Technicolour Dream”, clave en la era psicodélica, del cual participaron los principales exponentes del underground londinense, con los Floyd a la cabeza. Está editado en DVD y también quedó documentado en el video “Tonite let’s all make love in London”. Otra referencia a Floyd en el Alexandra Palace: ahí se filmaron varias escenas de la película “The Wall”, específicamente para la canción “Waiting for the worms”, en Muswell Hill, entrada Palm Court, en el costado oeste del palacio.A comienzos de los '90s este escenario sirvió para la entrega de los premios Brit Awards, y también para los MTV Europe Music Awards de 1996. Los escoceses Travis grabaron un show en 2003 que fue editado en DVD con el título “Travis At The Palace”. Hugh Cornwell tocó acá su último concierto con The Stranglers en 1990. Ese mismo año, Squeeze (sin Jools Holland) y The Kinks tocaron en el Palacio en un show transmitido por la BBC. Y 10 años antes, en 1980, Queen grabó acá el videoclip de “Save me”. En octubre de 1994, Blur lanzó el videoclip de “End of a Century”, un track del disco “Parklife”, grabado en vivo en el Palacio.Para la despedida, otra gran historia relacionada con The Palace: en 2013, los Madness invitaron a un grupo de fans para agradecerles todo el apoyo que recibían... y grabaron en la puerta del Palacio junto a ellos esta versión de su gran éxito: “Our house”.Tracklist"Our house", Madness"Hard To Explain", The Strokes Live at Alexandra Palace 2003"Here Comes Sunshine", The Grateful Dead"So Young", Stone Roses"Waiting for the worms", Pink Floyd"Happy To Hang Around", Travis en vivo"Save me", Queen“End of a Century”, Blur“Our House, The People Palace Version”, Madness

Kinks guitarist Dave Davies HATES the term "British Invasion," but he loves rock 'n' roll! Dave joins the show to explain the world of rock and roll, from Liverpool to Muswell Hill, London!Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!

This week Janine meets up with cheesemonger Morgan McGlynn in the tiny kitchen at the back of her cheese shop in Muswell Hill. Morgan tells us all about her new book The Modern Cheesemaker and they even make a batch of fresh ricotta while they chat! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kinks guitarist Dave Davies HATES the term "British Invasion," but he loves rock 'n' roll! Dave joins the show to explain the world of rock and roll, from Liverpool to Muswell Hill, London!Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!

With Antonia Quirke. Rosamund Pike reveals the lengths she went to in order to play the legendary war reporter Marie Colvin in A Private War. Oscar winning director Barry Jenkins discusses If Beale Street Could Talk, his follow-up to Moonlight and explains what the two films have in common. Neil Brand recounts the fight over war movie Battle Of Britain, when Sir William Walton's score was replaced at the last minute. And how he only found out when he read it in a newspaper. On the podcast, historian Ian Christie tells us about Robert Paul, the film pioneer who made Muswell Hill the centre of the movie universe for a brief moment.

Relax and focus with a Celtic Instrumental Music Study Aid. http://bestcelticmusic.net/ Out of Alba, Kennedy's Kitchen, Gerry O'Beirne & Rosie Shipley, Scott Boswell, Ciana, Spencer Murray & Pipeslinger, Enda Seery, Talisk, Caledonia Swing, Beer Belly, The Bringers, Gillian Boucher, Coole Park, New Shilling, Sprag Session, Oisin McAuley. I hope you enjoyed this week's show. If you did, please share the show with ONE friend. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is dedicated to growing our community and helping the incredible artists who so generously share their music. If you find music you love, buy their albums, shirts, and songbooks, follow them on Spotify, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Remember also to Subscribe to the Celtic Music Magazine. Every Thursday, I'll send you 4 or 5 cool bits of Celtic music news. It's a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. 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Your vote helps me create next year's Best Celtic music of 2019 episode. http://bestcelticmusic.net/vote/ THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:06 "Mr and Mrs McLean of Snaigow and Asoken" by Out of Alba from Nithi Sessions 5:02 "The Bits Set" by Kennedy's Kitchen from A Pocket Full of Lint 7:59 "Air" by Gerry O'Beirne & Rosie Shipley from Yesterday, I Saw the Earth Beautiful 9:31 "Plantxy Irwin" by Scott Boswell from Jug of Punch 12:10 "Far Away-La Marche Des Élèves-Old Maids of Galway" by Ciana from Rubicon 17:49 CELTIC FEEDBACK 18:55 "Strong Ciders" by Spencer Murray & Pipeslinger from Sound & Fury 23:25 "The Killleigh, Langtons of Kilkenny hornpipes" by Enda Seery from Peace of the Countryside 26:40 "Cabot Trail" by Talisk from Beyond 31:25 "Soldier's Joy" by Caledonia Swing from Something Like That! 33:13 "Donnybrook Fair" by Beer Belly from Paddy's Boots 34:53 CELTIC PODCAST NEWS 36:33 "Corkscrew Set" by The Bringers from Ramblers and Rovers 39:15 "Farewell to Muswell Hill" by Gillian Boucher from Elemental 43:15 "Old Hag, You Have Killed Me" by Coole Park from Water Journeys 47:48 "Funky Set" by New Shilling from New Shilling 52:21 "Good Ship Tommy Fun" by Sprag Session from Sprag Session 59:50 "Lover's Ghost/Maud Miller" by Oisin McAuley from Far From The Hills of Donegal The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn, The Celtfather. To subscribe, go to Apple Podcasts or to our website where you can become a Patron of the Podcast for as little as $1 per episode. Promote Celtic culture through music at http://celticmusicpodcast.com/.   CELTIC PODCAST NEWS * Helping you celebrate Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic musician and podcaster. This show is dedicated to the indie Celtic musicians. I want to ask you to support these artists. Share the show with your friends. And find more episodes at celticmusicpodcast.com. You can also support this podcast on Patreon. Also see: iNSTRUMENTAL cELTIC mUSIC sTUDY aID and our 3-Hours of Instrumental Celtic Music. I have links to both of those episodes on YouTube in the shownotes. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is a proud sponsor of the Savannah Irish Festival. 10% of all the profits made by the podcast goes toward supporting Celtic non-profits. Usually I look for small Celtic festivals where we can do the most good and who also feature some of the artists who are featured in this podcast. I'm happy to see that Seamus Kennedy and Syr are both performing at the Savannah Irish Festival. If you'd like to win some free tickets to the festival. Please subscribe to our Celtic Music Magazine. And make sure you check out the festival website: https://www.savannahirish.org/ If you have know of a smaller Celtic festival who could use our support, please contact me. The 2019 Stickers are now available in our store at MageRecords.com.   TRAVEL WITH CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through it's culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos. 2019 is the Celtic Invasion of Star Wars. 2020 is the Origins of Celtic Invasions. You can find out more about these two exciting trips. Join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/   THANK YOU PATRONS OF THE PODCAST! The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast is listener-supported. Instead of filling your ears with advertisements, I make this show free and let you, the listener, support the podcast through your kind patronage on Patreon. You can make a per episode pledge and cap how much you want to spend each month supporting this podcast. Your generosity funds the creation, production, and promotion of the show. Best of all, you get episodes before regular listeners, discounts on merch, and when we hit a milestone, you get extra special episodes. I want to thank our newest patron of the podcast: Keith B., Kimberly J., Richard B., TolkienFan4Ever, Randall 5th A., William B., and a big thanks to Robert M. 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Join me as I venture to North London to see how one award winning cheese retailer is preparing for the most intense and potentially profitable time of the year...  IIITTT'SSSS CHRIIISSSTTMAAAASSS!!

The future of the high street Eddie McAtominey and I discuss the future of the high street. An old client of mine from when I first started working for myself! I get his last name wrong and we have a good giggle about it at the beginning. Eddie is experienced in retail design, environments, entrepreneurship and as a creative director in his own right, when I first worked into marketing I learnt huge amounts from him and his team. He started off in retail design, with a company called Fitch who is now part of WPP, Eddie designed Ed's easy diner, but he has also designed a lot of bars, running his own businesses, his skillset was environments. As he developed his business he employed lots of different types of designers, architects and his responsibility over the years was to deliver all the creative, from shop design all the way through into designing the promotional material and in fact psychology of shopping and where you place items on the shelves etc. Quite a bit of science has been involved, knowledge around all areas to make sure the projects were delivered. Eddie has done a lot of identities and recently he has done a lot of network rail identities including the Leak street arches, the graffiti arches under Waterloo. Thinking slightly differently was important and thinking through what an identity was all about and how to engage the identity with other businesses to include them and their customers in the identity and add value there.Basing the identity on the strapline "leave your mark" Eddie and I spoke today about the high street and the future of it and the changes in taste, people are not shopping in the same way as they did before. We have seen lots of retailers going under, the most recent one was Evans and sons, we agreed that cycling and the opportunities lie in mobile puncture repair and in fact the way the changes didn't work fast enough.Evans was saved by the sports direct owner and he will retain a large number of the stores, the economy we have and the austerity and the parking and income needed by the government. The businesses have agreed on leases that are over 25 years and that people are not shopping in the same way, so they just go to touch and feel a product before buying them online. Online retail, for example Asos have a fabulous reputation and they are state of the art and you have Topshop competing with them and the huge rent charges and the rates are causing many problems. Expansion of retail has created this problem, hedge funds buying into retail stores and into restaurants and they expand beyond the market capacity and then there is a domino effect as the market drops off and then we have gaps on the high street. Creating communities are what the high street is all about and how social media is partly to blame, things like having a reason to go out and socialise are fundamental to keeping the society going. Where Eddie lives Muswell Hill was voted one of the most healthy high streets in London. The least healthy high streets were clearly not healthy.Generally the fast food outlets go to the poorer areas, but this doesn't matter it is a question of moving things forward to help people to be part of a community. Landlords need to look at things differently and be more flexible with the rent and perhaps have 10 year discounted rent perhaps for an example.Building communities is a crucial part of the success of retail and the future of the high street and in fact helping to combat the loneliness that young people feel. Eddie visits a lot of co-working spaces around London and we discussed these spaces should enable networking that leads to revenue generation, some of these hot desks do assist people to make money no doubt, but in many cases we fail to see the point of them if people just sit there and look at their laptops… We also discussed the ridiculous use of social media and how the future of the high street is not about social media usage but in fact about the human element of our specie...

Our 265th episode, which aired on August 19, 2018. Liz Carroll & John Doyle – Smokies in Arbroath/The Mystery Writer/The Blessings of Gold, In Play Joanie Madden – Uncle Dano’s/The Midnight Hornpipe, Whistle on the Wind Bohola – Callipygian/Hoban’s/Mamo O’Keefe, Bits of Bohola and A Bit Brendan Power & Andrew White – Farewell to Muswell Hill, Powers-White We Banjo 3 – Annabelle’s Cannon, Haven Paul Brock & Enda Scahill – Boys on the Hilltop/Monasteryden, Humdinger John Williams – Bill Harte’s/Rolling Down the Hill/John Brady’s, Steam Solas – Last of the Great Whales, The Hour Before Dawn Joe Burke & Charlie Lennon – Minny Foster/The Banks, Traditional Music of Ireland Damien Mullane – The Melodeon Driver, 13 Tommy Guihen – Killavil/Andy McGann’s/Lark in the Morning, The Torn Jacket Daoiri Farrell – Fergie McCormack, True Born Irishman The Yanks – The Rainy Day/Miss Mary McMahon of Ballinahinch, Haymaker Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill – The Lament for Limerick, The Lonesome Touch

The social order of things in the UK had a number of growing problems – unemployment, disenfranchisement from the political system, rising crime and rising tensions between the Police and communities of Black and other ethnic minorities, due mainly to the wide spread use of the ‘sus laws’. This was legislation allowed Police to conduct stop and searches without needing the suspicion of a crime in progress, and despite the ‘sus laws’ officially being repealed in August 1981, the stop and searches continued. Several times during the nineteen-eighties the tension erupted into riots and civil unrest with Bristol, Liverpool, London, Birmingham and Leeds seeing very violent riots. The areas most affected were those communities where crime, unemployment and poverty were rife. The continued focus on arresting Black and ethnic minorities for sometimes petty offenses sparked angry confrontations between the police and angry young black men who felt they were being victimised and harassed. Originally from Sunderland, far to the North of London, Keith had joined the Police force in 1980, first serving in a response team in Hornsey Police station, before becoming a regular beat officer in Muswell Hill, North London. Keith was married with three sons. That morning, PC Keith Blakelock had gone to work like so many other mornings. PC Keith Blakelock had become the third policeman since the formation of the force in 1829 to die at the hands of rioters on the mainland of the UK.

Seasons Greetings Snowflakes. Christmas came early this year, cause we made you a special edition. Its a 4-way, brawl for it all, Songwriter Showdown to see who has the best christmas song. Could be a couple a wise men from Muswell Hill, an angel from Huntington, NY, A little drummer boy from Liverpool or what sounds like some sheppards from Detroit. Listen in and find out who gets the coveted spot atop our Christmas tree.The show:@SongShowPodChristian:@DimestoreFilms DimestoreFilms.comDan:@AtomixDan Atomixcafe.com#Mariah #SirPaul #Kinks #Wham

För en gångs skull sitter vi face-to-face och poddar, vilket är ovanligt men himla trevligt. Sofia ondgör sig över ord och uttryck hon inte gillar och givetvis visar det sig att Katta använder samtliga. Vi pratar även om rasistiska hatstormar och #jagärhär och att det under 2016 känns som att vi tagit flera kliv tillbaka i utvecklingen. Tur att vi haft en rysligt bra läsvecka ändå!Recensioner Patricia Highsmith – Mr Ripley, En man med onda avsikter Sarah Crossan – Vi är en Elizabeth Hand – Wylding Hall Veckans tips Patti Smiths fina framträdande på Nobel Pete Burns Andra böcker som nämns Michelle Paver, Evig natt Andra tidsfördriv Capote (skådespelaren vi inte kunde minnas namnet på var Philip Seymour Hoffman) The Truman Show Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind Gilmore Girls: A year in the life of Artikel om dokumentären om tvillingparet som Sofia såg för länge sedan Recensionen som Skuggornas bibliotek skrivit om Wylding Hall Rhea the naked birdie, den nakna fågeln Katta skickade till Sofia på Instagram Fairport convention heter bandet som Sofia nämner i samband med att hon talar om Wylding Hall. Trivia: de bildades i Muswell Hill, där Kattas skrivprojekt till stor den utspelar sig.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"[The BBC's] first adventure into live football came on 16 September 1937 when the London service from Alexandra Palace, transmitting to nearly 100 viewers in the Muswell Hill area, ran the following packed schedule: 3pm Fancy That!; 3.30pm British Movietone News; 3.40pm Football at the Arsenal; 3.55pm Cartoon; 4pm Close. Obviously what everyone really wants to know is exactly what the hell sort of programme Fancy That! was. But we’ll concentrate on the football, a 15-minute live display of training at Arsenal. Hmm." In Episode Forty Seven we look back to ‘The Man Who Ate His Hat' by Scott Murray, first published in Issue Two in September 2011, which charts the first football commentary cock-up in only the second live broadcast of the game in the UK. Lieutenant Commander Tommy Woodroofe was the 1930's answer to Dimbleby and Barry Davies rolled in to one, at ease commentating on state occasions and all manner of sports. But one day's drinking ahead of a naval regatta, and an ill-advised promise during the 1938 FA Cup final offer a great insight into the character one of the most recongnisable voices in pre-war Britain. If you have any feedback comments or suggestions email podcast@theblizzard.co.uk or find us on Twitter @blzzrd. Issue Two, like all issues of The Blizzard, is available on a pay-what-you-like basis fromwww.theblizzard.co.uk. Digital downloads cost as little as 1p each (RRP £3), while a print versions are available from £6 + postage. You can also find us on the Kindle and Google Play stores.

On Friday July 1st 2016, at the Everyman Cinema in Muswell Hill, London, the film that has proved to be a phenomenon in France, 'Tomorrow' ('Demain') had its UK premiere. Over 250 people saw the film, and as they left and headed for home afterwards, Transition Network's Naresh Giangrande asked people what they thought about the film.

On this week’s show: Muswell Hill’s answer to the Great British Bake Off at The Scullery with guest judge Sian Williams. And in Charlotte’s chair this week is her friend Peter Kyriacou – owner of Snappy Snaps

Cook: As promised we start this week’s show with Edward Perry from Cook, the company that is taking over the old Thresher’s site, and not before time … Fragments: We talk to East Finchely tube worker Michael Haynes and his first solo exhibition at the Artway Gallery on Archway Road. Charlotte's Link: And finally our brand new feature Charlotte’s link - every Thursday Charlotte Murray will be taking time out of her busy salon to come and talk to the shop keepers and shoppers of Muswell Hill. This week she catches up with Morgan from The Cheese Shop.

Boosting local business: We’re back at the Haberdashery in Crouch End to find out how local shops in the area are giving their businesses a boost. We went to talk to Greg from Haberdashery and mother and daughter team Adriana and Susanna Green from boutique Scarecrow about the event Barboot. Charlotte's link: And we welcome a new member to the N10 Show, Charlotte Murray and introduce her new regular slot, Charlotte’s link. Charlotte will be out and about, in and out of shops in Muswell Hill, with her mic every Thursday to find out what’s been going on during the week.

On this week's show Mapping N10: We catch up with artist Anya Beaumont. You might remember we talked to her at the beginning of the year about the intricate paper relief she was about to start on, called mapping N10. Well, a few months on and she is in the finally stages of completing the work, so, we caught up with her yesterday in her studio to find out how it’s all been going and to find out when we might be able to see what she has produced. Door 10: And to an exciting new feature film about to go into production, set in Muswell Hill. The project is the brain child of director Yezid Jimenez - originally from Columbia and now a resident of N10. The film, called Door 10, is scheduled to start filming in October and Yezid will casting for parts in the next couple of weeks. To help fund the project go to indiegogo.com

On this week's show Guy's Trust: In memory of Guy Joseph, tragically killed in a paragliding accident in Spain last autumn, we talk to his father Tony about his life and the trust the family have set up in his name Guy's Trust. Camden Fringe: We talk to Muswell Hill playwright Dan Davies his play 'Is there anything broken?' and producer Mark Lindow about the staging for Camden Fringe.

In this week's show: Indie Films: We talk to Phil Haine and Mark Brown of Braine Hownd Films about their film nights at the Hideaway bar in Tufnell Park and the annual awards ceremony for the best films shown over the past year. We hear two clips from International Wife Shouting and Looking after Edward. Also mentioned was the best music award for Eventide, directed by Brian Harley Wine tasting: We talk to Oli from Majestic Wine in Muswell Hill about their fine wine tasting evening (and taste some wine of course!)

In this week's show: Sean Conway, the Muswell Hill man cycling the world for Solar Aid, reports on his progress from LA; we hear excerpts from a new novel Song in the Wrong Key by local author Simon Lipson; and, with the Crouch End Arts Festival finally here, James Bridgeman tells us what to expect

On the show this week: Running a small business - we talk to Susanna Guidone-Dorkin about her company A room in my House, which she runs with her sister and their very successful vintage market at Highgate's Boogaloo; getting into acting with recent graduate Lee Knight; and, the what's on piece this week is the Muswell Hill market at O'Neils on Saturday

In this week’s podcast: We talk to chair of the Muswell Hill Trader’s Association Emma Whittlestone about the u-turn Haringey council has made on a decision to support a bid to transform the centre of Muswell Hill; we talk to local resident Dom Stevenson about his life in north London; and, we talk to Kit Dickinson about adult ballet classes at her dance school First Steps

BOOK LAUNCH - Thursday 15th Sept / Special Foundation Course 7th - 9th Oct '11 Dr Menis Yousry personally invites you to join him for the launch of his new book published by the world's leading mind, body & spirit publisher HayHouse. Please join us on the evening of Thursday 15th September at Muswell Hill Book Shop (from 7 to 9pm) for this special occassion. Address: 72 Fortis Green Road. London N10 3HN To celebrate the launch of this milestone in the development of Essence, we're also hosting a very special Foundation Course from 7th to 9th October at Raglan Hall, Muswell Hill, London. To celebrate the occasion we are offering this Essence Foundation course at the very special price of £95, as opposed to the usual £375! This won't be repeated and is a way of saying 'thank you' for your support. At £95 this is a fantastic opportunity to revisit (or experience for the first time) the power & benefits of the Essence Foundation course. Please let friends, colleagues & family know about this wonderful opportunity. Please reserve your space by contacting enquiry@essence-foundation.com, tel: +44 (0) 20 8883 2888 You can watch the short video that HayHouse & Menis have created, which explains the concept and ideas behind the book. It can be viewed on the home page of http://www.essence-foundation.com (Please excuse the poor audio recording - this was recorded online from around the world and reception was challenging. Thank you for your support)

Music from Gillian Boucher, The Whiskey Boys, Brendan Monaghan, New Time Ensemble, Na-mara, Stanley & Grimm, Embarr, Jerry McLean, The Aspect Band, ACOUSTRA, Culbeag, Ockham's Razor, Tuatha Dea. www.celticmusicpodcast.com/100 Sponsor: Celtic Music CD Store No other Celtic CD store is as dedicated to independent Celtic music as the Celtic Music CD Store. In addition to CDs from Mage Records artists like Marc Gunn, Brobdingnagian Bards and top-selling Celtic compilation CDs, the store highlights Celtic artists featured on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast and the Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. With CDBaby as its backbone, the Celtic Music CD Store is dedicated to helping indie Celtic musicians be heard. We are changing the way you hear Celtic music. Find out details at www.celticmusic.org . Notes: Cast Your Vote in The Celtic Top Five. Remember. Cast your vote for your favorite song in this show! Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. Providing the best independent Celtic music online since 2000. Become a Member of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast!I want to thank all the new and current Members of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. Your donations and support are always appreciated. If you would like to become a member, for just $30 a year, you will get free access to Song Henge, my exclusive archive of free Celtic music. Visit songhenge.com for details. Call our Voicemail # and leave your comments at Call 678-CELT-POD. That's 678-235-8763 and leave a voicemail comment. Help promote the podcast with these great tips: Post a comment about the show on iTunes. Share the podcast on your favorite Social Network. Rate our Celtic Music Playlist--This Week in Celtic Music. Post your thoughts about the show on our new facebook page at www.facebook.com/celticpodcast. Buy your own Irish & Celtic Music Podcast t-shirt. This Week "Farewell to Muswell Hill" by Gillian Boucherfrom Elemental "Whiskey Hog" by The Whiskey Boysfrom Mary Come to Boston "Fa Do Choinne" by Brendan Monaghanfrom Flicker of Hope "Drowsy Man's Hornpipe" by New Time Ensemblefrom A Year in Ireland "Nellie Torrance and Jeannie Waldie" by Na-marafrom The Bite "Carrickfergus" by Stanley & Grimmfrom Open the Gate "Reels: The Whiskey Set" by Embarrfrom Bushes Briars & Figs: Live at the Riviera "Irish All the Way" by Jerry McLeanfrom recording not yet available "Joe Cooley Meets Mr. Crowley" by The Aspect Bandfrom My Hammer Is My Axe "Techno Trad" by ACOUSTRAfrom The Way It Was "Cuttin' Bracken" by Culbeagfrom Silk Purse "Galway Races" by Ockham's Razorfrom Wolves in the Walls Find out more about the artists in this show at www.celticmusicpodcast.com. While you're there, subscribe to our Celtic MP3s Music Magazine and visit the link for our Celtic CD Store. Remember to support the artists who support this podcast: buy their CDs, download their MP3s, see their shows, and drop them an email to let them know you heard them on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. PROMO - GeekCast "Ailien Duinn" by Tuatha Deafrom Children of the Gods CELTIC TOP 5 In every episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, I ask you to vote for your favorite song in that podcast. The most-popular song is then featured at the end of the next podcast. Here are the most-popular songs from the last show.

7-9pm with Paul James and The Intrepid Birdman show. Dave Birdaman (photo) has passed his motorbike test. Paul assures us that Radio Caroline will be coming back. He also tells us about a new film called Polyester  (produced by John Waters). The exciting thing  about the film is that it was released in in in Odorama so Paul got a scractch’n’sniff card to use at key points in the film. Sounds better than 3D. I wonder why it never caught on?We also hear from Ian the engineer. The news includes an item about 2 members of Thameside Radio staff who appeared at Marylebone court last Tuesday charged with stealing ¼p of electricity. The magistrate was more concerned at the waste of police time than the negligible theft of electricity. Thameside Radio listenerers mantioned include: Cindy of Ealing. Gary in Hillingdon. Martin Gould of Greenford and Janice.  Jamie Witcombe in Colin Gardens NW9.  Alan of Kingsbury for Francine. Nigel Collins from Muswell Hill.