Professor of Radio and Popular Music Studies at Birmingham City University, UK.
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As we trawl through the stories of some of the smaller Irish pirate radio stations from the 80's, here's some merories of Galway based pirate Swinging Impulse Radio, all courtesy of the Anoraks Ireland Collection donated to the Irish Pirate Radio Archive at DCU
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This stopped me in my tracks.
An independent study by @QMUL has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children.
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I love it when I get hold of the physical copy of the book I've been involved in creating.
Happy New Book Day!
First up at Graz Jazz and the Popular conference, is Sarah Hill, Professor of Popular Music on Progressive Musics and the Curation of Taste music.ox.ac.uk/people/profes…
I’ve redrafted my 12 minute presentation on Miles Davis' Tutu down to 8 minutes ready for the book launch of Rethinking Miles Davis at Graz in April.
Now going for a walk.
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An article on the launch for Rethinking Miles Davis, the book I have edited with Nic Pillai and Roger Fagge. Digital copies will be available in April and physical copies in May on the centenary of Davis' birth. bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/abou…
There's now a cover for Rethinking Miles Davis, the book I have edited with Nic Pillai and Roger Fagge. Digital copies will be available in April and physical copies in May on the centenary of Davis' birth.
Book launch for Rethinking Miles Davis, published by Oxford University Press that I coedited with Roger Fagge and Nic Pillai.
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Thursday 12 February, 2-4pm, as part of the Eastside Jazz Festival.
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Nothing radicalises you quite like watching your child cycle past 40 cars in traffic 🚘
Anyway. Build more cycle lanes.
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Final presentation by Nick Gebhardt on Knitting Factory and Tony Dudley Evans on Memories of Interactions with the Downtown Scene.
This afternoon I’m at the Down Town Scenes jazz seminar at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. First up, Petter Frost Fadnes from Stravanger University.
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515 days since Glenbrook Property closed what was the UK's oldest working cinema, on the UK's most historic arts street
They've deleted their Twitter
They've stopped answering polite emails asking basic questions
Unfit to own The Electric Cinema - a Birmingham civic treasure.
