Vinyl Club returns for a coloured-vinyl session, with four collectors choosing eye-catching records and deciding whether the music matches the visual appeal.
Author: Jamie Versey
Verso’s Triathlon – 6
The final chapter of my first-triathlon journey—completing the event and recognising that the most important changes went far beyond race day.
June 2026 Books
Twelve books and 4,996 pages in June, including crime thrillers, memoirs and biographies—and one novel that completely caught me off guard.
The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers bring their unmistakable songs and humour to a summer performance at Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Britain’s Greatest Living Songwriters
From Paul McCartney and Ray Davies to Paul Heaton, Kate Bush and Jarvis Cocker—a personal ranking of Britain’s ten greatest living songwriters.
May 2026 Books
Eight books from May, ranging from crime and time travel to Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and deeply questionable workplace culture.
Verso’s Triathlon – 5
Training fatigue, improving performances and the dawning reality that the triathlon challenge which sounded good in December is now nearly here.
The Pixies
Pixies perform at the Royal Albert Hall on a memorable London night featuring some remarkably expensive refreshments.
The Kinks & Soul Limbo
Do The Kinks’ Village Green Preservation Society and cricket theme Soul Limbo sound strangely alike? Listen to both clips and decide for yourself.
Everything Must Go
Released in May 1996, Everything Must Go found Manic Street Preachers sounding bigger, sadder and more human than almost everything around it.
