
OMD – Prague 2026
A weekend in Prague for OMD: eight miles on foot, £1.86 pints, accidental fare-dodging and another superb live show from one of my favourite bands.
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A weekend in Prague for OMD: eight miles on foot, £1.86 pints, accidental fare-dodging and another superb live show from one of my favourite bands.

Bleachers were recommended to me years ago. Naturally, I ignored everyone. Now I own the records, have tickets to see them live and Everyone for Ten Minutes has become my album of 2026.

Vinyl Club returns for a coloured-vinyl session, with four collectors choosing eye-catching records and deciding whether the music matches the visual appeal.

The final chapter of my first-triathlon journey—completing the event and recognising that the most important changes went far beyond race day.

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 bring their unmistakable songs and humour to a summer performance at Royal Hospital Chelsea.

From Paul McCartney and Ray Davies to Paul Heaton, Kate Bush and Jarvis Cocker—a personal ranking of Britain’s ten greatest living songwriters.

Eight books from May, ranging from crime and time travel to Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and deeply questionable workplace culture.

Training fatigue, improving performances and the dawning reality that the triathlon challenge which sounded good in December is now nearly here.

Pixies perform at the Royal Albert Hall on a memorable London night featuring some remarkably expensive refreshments.