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Philippa Gregory: “I always dreamed of living in a Tudor house”
By Danny Scott | Published - 22 Sep 2026 The countryside is where I feel most at home. With my ex-husband, I used to live on a 200-acre farm on the North Yorkshire Moors, a working farm with crops, livestock and horses. I also used to rescue abandoned duck eggs and look after the ducklings. Because I write about the Tudor period, I’d always dreamed about living in a Tudor house and, after my divorce, I found a place in rural Leicestershire. It’s wonderfully isolated with views across open fields.
Hammock Beach Golf Resort & Spa
Hammock Beach Golf Resort & Spa By Danny and Alice Scott The northeast coast of Florida feels like the USA’s own Wild Atlantic Way, with broad beaches and marinas, intracoastal waterways, championship golf, and casual rounds. Midway between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach lies the upscale Palm Coast, with miles of pristine beaches covered in cinnamon sand, where turtles hatch and starfish sparkle between coquina shells.
Griff Rhys Jones on free speech and his alternative bucket list
I'm 72! How did that happen? When my wife Jo told me, I said, "Are those figures correct?" Getting older always seems to surprise us. Some people panic, then we get the bucket list: "I must get invited to an orgy or take up golf." I’ve devised a 'f***-it list'. All those things I’m really not worried about. If they happen, great; if not, so what! I’ve lived a wonderful life. And now? Yes, I enjoy working, but the greatest moments are with my family.
“I hated it. Absolutely hated it. And I still do. Trip-hop had nothing to do with me”: Portishead’s Geoff Barrow on pigeonholing, production and beating imposter syndrome to become a film soundtrack composer
Geoff Barrow. A chat with Geoff Barrow – one third of Portishead and all-round creative dabbler – is never less than entertaining. Ask him a question and he’ll tell you what he thinks. Honestly. He’s on the other end of a Zoom call from his home near Bristol, explaining his latest project, Game – the debut feature film from Barrow’s Invada Films off-shoot – but it’s not long before talk turns to Portishead and their accompanying musical pigeonhole, trip-hop.
Classic Interview: Soft Cell’s Dave Ball – “To my mind, Kraftwerk are as influential as The Beatles”
Dave Ball Soft Cell. Ball founded Soft Cell with vocalist Marc Almond in 1978. Although the band's original run ended with a split in 1984, the duo have reformed on numerous occasions over recent decades, and had been active in the months prior to Ball's death, including recording a soon-to-be-released album, Danceteria. MusicRadar spoke to Ball in 2021 around the re-release of the 2002 album, Cruelty Without Beauty. We're republishing that interview today in tribute to his legacy.
“I have yet to be convinced by any song that AI has come up with. Everything sounds like Taylor frickin’ Swift!”: Todd Rundgren on music, microdosing, accidentally creating hit records and why he ditched Pro Tools
Todd Rundgren. “For a while back there in the ‘70s, drugs seemed to work for me,” laughs Todd Rundgren. “It’s strange really because, up until the age of 21, I had completely avoided drugs and alcohol. Drugs and beer turned musicians into morons, so I figured I’d be the one to stay sober. “Then, a med student friend introduced me to cannabis... and a guy dropped off a shoebox full of peyote tabs.
“I have yet to be convinced by any song that AI has come up with. Everything sounds like Taylor frickin’ Swift!”: Todd Rundgren on music, microdosing, accidentally creating hit records and why he ditched Pro Tools | Flipboard
Raspberries Mania Finally Goes All the Way With ‘Play On,’ a Tribute Album Giving the Power-Pop Greats Their Full Due When the Raspberries came out of the gate as a thirsty band from Cleveland in the early 1970s, they were scrappy underdogs — notwithstanding the …
Todd Rundgren on music, microdosing, accidentally creating hit records and why he ditched Pro Tools
Generate Key Takeaways When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images “For a while back there in the ‘70s, drugs seemed to work for me,” laughs Todd Rundgren. “It’s strange really because, up until the age of 21, I had completely avoided drugs and alcohol. Drugs and beer turned musicians into morons, so I figured I’d be the one to stay sober. “Then, a med student friend introduced me to cannabis...
NEW YORK: Todd Rundgren posed at a studio mixing desk in New York in 1974 (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns). “I gotta be honest with you,” says Todd Rundgren, “I’ve done a lot of talking about Bat over the years.
“Sometimes it’s best not to meet your idols. I took on the project because I was a fan of the band, but I was not naive about what would happen”: Todd Rundgren’s Top 5 favourite album productions that aren't Bat Out Of Hell | Flipboard
'I Feel Uncomfortable Watching Jon Bon Jovi Trying To Do It': Prog Icon On Rock Singers Wanting 'to Be Who They Were When They Were Younger' "It's embarrassing to me that they would present themselves in a way that is not how they used to be. And I don't know why they do it, honestly."
“Along with Journey, REO Speedwagon and Foreigner, we’d been lumped-in with the whole Corporate Rawk thing. We weren’t ‘cool’": Steve Porcaro on the rise, fall and resurgence of Toto, working with Michael Jackson and his new solo album
"There was none of the weirdness back then," says Porcaro. "It was just a bunch of guys making incredible music: Michael, Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton. Oh, yeah, Rod was a character! This English guy, always eating sweet rolls, smoking, making pots of tea. “My brother Jeff [Toto"s drummer] played drums on Thriller, too, and his words really summed up what it was like working with Rod: ‘He knows what he wants.’ There was nothing ever vague with Rod.
Steve Porcaro on the rise, fall and resurgence of Toto, working with Michael Jackson and his new solo album
Generate Key Takeaways When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Heather Porcaro "Every day at 4pm, Michael would schedule a singing lesson," says Steve Porcaro, remembering the time he was working on Michael Jackson"s monumental Thriller album in the early ‘80s. "Even though he’d just completed an amazing vocal performance on what became the best-selling album of all time, Michael was still keen to push himself...
"It’s all over Rosanna, all over Africa”: Toto’s Steve Porcaro names his Top 5 synths
Generate Key Takeaways When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Steve Porcaro was Toto’s resident synth-head - the guy who, as he puts it, spent his time “noodling around with weird noises”. It should come as no surprise, then, that when MusicRadar asked him to name his top 5 synths, he chose some stone-cold classics.
“I remember when I first heard it. Big deal for me – I loved it immediately. It’s all over Rosanna, all over Africa”: Toto’s Steve Porcaro names his Top 5 synths
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 9: Steve Porcaro performing with 'Toto' at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Los Angeles, California on April 9, 1979. (Photo by Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images). Steve Porcaro was Toto’s resident synth-head - the guy who, as he puts it, spent his time “noodling around with weird noises”. It should come as no surprise, then, that when MusicRadar asked him to name his top 5 synths, he chose some stone-cold classics. Steve Porcaro's Top 5 Synths 1.
Alan Davies on speaking out and why he almost quit QI
Comedian Alan Davies is best known as the only permanent panellist on BBC quiz show QI. He also played the magic trick inventor with a knack for solving murders in BBC mystery drama series Jonathan Creek, which ran from 1997-2016. Now Alan is back on tour for the first time in ten years, with dates across the UK until October. He spoke to Saga Magazine about his difficult childhood, growing old and whether there's any chance of Jonathan Creek returning.
New book tells tale of corner shops, mining villages, council estates and coal
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What Can go Wrong in a Group Assignment
Assignment plays a crucial role in your academic journey, as it help you to score good grades. Writing an assignment with your friend might be a good idea as you will have fewer tasks. But that is it, it can be a nightmare for the group. There is a possibility of a significant argument while completing the assignment. Your peer can fight over a silly disagreement or you will spend all the night chit-chanting with each other.
"It wasn’t the sound we wanted to make": Former Verve guitarist Nick McCabe talks Britpop and inspiration
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Joseph Okpako/Redferns via Getty Images “That music comes from a long, long time ago. Long enough for it to feel like it was another person in another place... like it’s not really me.” Nick McCabe, guitarist with The Verve when they were still a going concern, is talking about his former band and the re-release of their 2004 greatest hits collection, This is Music: The Singles.
Michael Palin on his most famous musical moment and the “genius” of Neil lnnes
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “The first time I met Neil Innes was when he and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band appeared on the late-’60s satirical telly show, Do Not Adjust Your Set,” remembers Sir Michael Palin. “Most of the Pythons were on the show at one time or another and we all loved the Bonzos because they were so... unpredictable. There really was no other band like them at the time.
“I’d never considered myself a lyric writer, but me and Terry put it together in about 15 minutes. Then, we went to the pub!”: Michael Palin on his most famous musical moment and the “genius” of Neil lnnes | Flipboard
2 days ago New to BBC Radio 4 Extra. Michael Palin stars in an adaptation of Terry Jones' comic novel, based in Douglas Adams' universe. In one of the more obscure quadrants of the universe, the most technologically advanced starship ever - Starship Titanic – is being prepared for launch. As the galaxy's media …
Castle Stuart Golf Links
Castle Stuart Golf Links is the cornerstone of Cabot Highlands in Inverness, Scotland. The cornerstone reference is because alongside it, excavation is underway to execute Tom Doak’s second design of 18, to be Old Petty. Scrumptious sea vistas, and great links golf, are dished up with highland hospitality. The clubhouse is tiered like a birthday cake with floor to ceiling windows on every layer, built for parties with a grand view of the course and the Moray Firth.
Alan Parsons on engineering the side 2 medley on The Beatles’ Abbey Road
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “I can’t remember exactly how long we were in Abbey Road for Dark Side of the Moon,” admits Alan Parsons, the man who, over 50 years ago, engineered one of the best-selling and influential albums of all time. “Probably a year and a half, something like that. Not constant! A week here, two weeks there, back in for a mammoth recording session, then off working with someone else.
“There was half a bass note that got chopped. That was my fault. Nobody noticed, though. I think I got away with it!”: Alan Parsons on engineering the side 2 medley on The Beatles’ Abbey Road | Flipboard
Five brilliant 1970s songs that blew your mind when you first heard them It’s fair to say some songs, even classic ones, take a few listens before you really appreciate how great they are. They grow over time and you …
"If I'd had more time, I would have looked at that couplet and taken it out”: Jimmy Webb on Wichita Lineman
“I was in the Nancy Sinatra Suite of the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Late-’60s, sometime,” recalls legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb. “Elvis was appearing there and a bunch of us had been invited upstairs to meet The King. Lotta well known faces... Lou Adler, John Phillips. Elvis and I were talking. Y’know, getting along just fine. He told me that he wanted to record my song, MacArthur Park.
“What surprises people about Wichita Lineman is that it was written in a hurry. If I'd had more time, I would have looked at that couplet and taken it out”: Jimmy Webb on Elvis, his lost weekend with Nilsson and Lennon, and that classic lyric | Flipboard
Director of x-rated film with 'real life sex and ejaculation scene' was forced to put on extra screenings at cinemas The director of an x-rated film which contained real life sex scenes said that when it released, people were so interested that they had to put on …
“People assume that live dance music isn’t really ‘live’. They’re convinced that some of it's coming from a drum machine or sequencer. I could do that if I wanted, but I’d miss the humanity”: Róisín Murphy on her remixes album, touring, and Sing It Back
“Giving someone your songs - your pride and joy - to remix isn’t easy,” admits Róisín Murphy. “I get scared. You’ve spent all that time in the studio, trying to create the perfect track, then you give someone the permission to tear it apart and start again.” There’s a short pause before she continues. “But that’s when you get the rush of excitement. What’s it going to sound like? Will it be even better than the original? Sing It Back, for example.
Crime writer Patricia Cornwell on Kay Scarpetta and life's simple pleasures
Patricia Cornwell has sold more than 120 million books worldwide, is friends with Jamie Lee Curtis and hangs out with secret service personnel - but told our Saga Magazine that she too has struggled with her mood over the years. The author of the best-selling novels, featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, plays tennis and lifts weights, but says walking with her partner Staci, especially in wild areas, is her biggest love. “We both enjoy getting away out into the wild country.
Pete Doherty: "I’ve sat in a room with Amy Winehouse and a guitar. She made it look so effortless"
Pete Doherty is in Margate, the once thriving traditional British seaside resort that has become the Libertines’ de facto hometown. Doherty used to live here - bandmate, Carl Barat, still lives here - and it’s where the band recorded their recently released fourth album, All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade. “Carl persuaded the band to invest in a bit of Margate bricks and mortar,” explains Doherty. “The idea was to turn it into a B&B, local community space, bar, venue and recording studio.
"I’ve sat in a room with Amy Winehouse and a guitar. Watching those tiny hands finding all these weird jazz chords. And her strumming patterns... crazy, off-kilter timings. She made it look so effortless": Pete Doherty talks friendships, guitars and music
SM57 vs SM58: which of these classic microphones should you pick? Even if you’ve never heard of an SM57 or an SM58, you’ve almost certainly heard an SM57 or an SM58. As two of the world’s most popular dynamic …
“I couldn’t listen to Genesis or Yes and feel like they were writing songs for me. It wasn’t my music! But with punk, I could understand the songs; the words mattered”: John Cooper Clarke on inspiration, addiction and being endorsed by Arctic Monkeys | Fl
“These are things that most of us have simply never tried to do before”: Great Eastern’s XO Variable Crossover is a frequency splitter and dual FX loop for radical stompbox experiments Great Eastern FX has launched a pedal that’s designed to get more out of your existing guitar effects pedal collection, and when when we say “get more” …
The Netflix series is rumored to be returning four years after its harsh cancellation
You may have heard the cries of devastated fans as rumors surfaced that Jolie and the Phantom would return after a shock cancellation four years ago. From the mind of High School Musical legend Kenny Ortega, Julie and the Phantoms (JATP) aired for one season on Netflix to near-perfect ratings. Starring Madison Reyes and Charlie Gillespie, the first season has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with fans calling it a “masterpiece” on the site.
“I’m old enough to know that the Top 40 is a fickle mistress. I have no desire to get caught on that treadmill”: Bruce Hornsby on The Way It Is, having a hit with Don Henley and being “the Sid Vicious of the accordion world” | Flipboard
Joni Mitchell 10 hours ago Behind the Album: 50 Years of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Court and Spark’ americansongwriter.com - Thom Donovan • 10h Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark turned 50 years old this year. Her most daring work became her most commercially successful. After a yearlong hiatus, … Autos 20 hours ago At $6,000, Is This 1941 Willys MB A Basic Bargain? Jalopnik - Rob Emslie • 20h It’s been said that, next to their rifle, a WWII GI’s best friend was the Jeep.
Rick Stein on the mental impact of retirement: “Let’s not push older people out of the workplace” - Saga Exceptional
Credit: Shutterstock/Richard Young Credit: Shutterstock/Richard Young In my experience Rick Stein on the mental impact of retirement: “Let’s not push older people out of the workplace” The TV chef on how open heart surgery cured his aches and pains, coming to terms with his dad’s suicide, and why retirement isn’t on his radar.
25 memorable Scottish novels for adults from the past 25 years
Looking for all Articles by Danny Scott? 25 years is a long and a short time in the life of the written word. Since Scottish Book Trust was founded in 1998, hundreds of Scottish novels have sought readers. Listed here are some that have stood the test of time and stayed with us in some way. It is one of our greatest privileges as a charity to support the emergence of some incredible writing talent in Scotland through our New Writers Awards and Next Chapter Award.
Alan Titchmarsh talks marriage: "What really keeps you together is liking each other"
You and your wife Alison have been together… Would you believe it’s 48 years! I’m always asked the secret to a long marriage, but there’s no easy answer. Shared values, a sense of humour. Yes, you fall in love, but love can be transitory. What really keeps you together is liking each other... being great friends and companions. You have two daughters, Polly, 43, and Camilla, 41, and is it four grandchildren? Yes, aged 11, 10, 9 and 8. We think that’s the lot.
Alan Titchmarsh talks marriage: "What really keeps you together is liking each other" - Saga Exceptional
Credit: Mark Thomas/Shutterstock Credit: Mark Thomas/Shutterstock In my experience Alan Titchmarsh talks marriage: “What really keeps you together is liking each other” The nation’s favourite gardener, 74, talks about skateboarding, turning down Strictly for the sixth time and his friendship with the King.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield: "I lost one colleague a year for 15 years"
Credit: Shutterstock Credit: Shutterstock In my experience Astronaut Chris Hadfield: “I lost one colleague a year for 15 years” The Canadian astronaut talks about space exploration, confronting death and why going into space meant relearning how to run.
Jeffrey Archer on prison and hating machines
Credit: Geoff Pugh/Shutterstock Credit: Geoff Pugh/Shutterstock In my experience Jeffrey Archer on prison and hating machines The novelist and former politician, 83, reveals his hatred of computers and why he couldn’t manage without his wife.
Jessy Lanza on the Roland Aerophone, recording in a treehouse and losing a Juno at the airport
Jessy Lanza is one of those people who has spent much of her life in or around her hometown and has a particular relationship with it. Hamilton, Ontario is just over the Canadian border from Niagara Falls, on the shore of Lake Ontario, and also hemmed in by Lakes Huron and Erie. Much bigger cities like Toronto and Detroit are nearby – we’re talking North American distances, not European – but so is the Canadian wilderness.
Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick: "We all carry darkness"
Credit: Trevor Leighton/C4 Supervet Credit: Trevor Leighton/C4 Supervet In my experience Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick: “We all carry darkness” Noel “The Supervet” Fitzpatrick reflects on losing his beloved border terrier Keira, the trauma of being abused as a child, and his dreams of becoming a rock star. Author Danny Scott Author: Danny Scott You grew up on a farm in rural Ireland. Is that what made you want to be a vet?
"I'm sick of people banging on about my accent"
What made you want to write about British wildlife? Your latest is a children’s picture book about an otter, to be followed by more about a hare, a barn owl and a fox. Some people write about fairies and spaceships, but I grew up in a village called Stanford in the Vale [in Oxfordshire], surrounded by wildlife. Trees, hedgerows, frogs in the pond, birds in the garden… I felt directly connected to all this beauty. I hope these books can get today’s kids interested in wildlife like I was.
Al Murray: 'Will I stop touring at 60? Ask me in a couple of years'
Does life feel better now than it did at 18? I used to worry that getting older would mean the end of my stand-up career, but there seems to be plenty of room for silverbacks like me. Will I stop touring at 60? Ask me in a couple of years. If you were in charge of the UK, what’s the first thing you would do? Build a load of houses. I just about managed to get on the property ladder when I was a young man, but for this generation it’s impossible. And if The Pub Landlord was in charge?
Mark Gatiss: “I’d love to make a Sherlock film for the big screen”
He’s the co-creator of Sherlock, the BBC’s most successful international hit. So when we meet Mark Gatiss, there’s one question we want to ask before all others: will the eccentric detective ever return to our screens? Happily, it sounds like there’s a distinct possibility he will. “I’d love to make a Sherlock film for the big screen,” says Mark, who co-wrote four series before the drama came to an end in 2017.
CoinCorner partners with Pouch to expand Send Globally service to the Philippines
CoinCorner has added support for the Philippines to its Send Globally service, allowing customers in the UK and Europe to transfer funds to the Philippines, using Bitcoin and the Lightning Network.
CoinCorner partners with Bitnob to facilitate cross-border transactions from UK and Europe to Africa
In a partnership with Bitnob, CoinCorner customers can now “Send Globally” from the UK and Europe to Africa, using Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Send Globally will allow millions of people with British pound (GBP) or Euro (EUR) to transfer funds freely and instantly to Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana via the Bitcoin Lightning Network, starting with GBP or EUR and ending with Nigerian naira (NGN), Kenyan shilling (KES) or Ghanaian cedi (GHS) in a local bank account or mobile money wallet.
In my experience... Steve Coogan
You recently took your comedy creation Alan Partridge out on a massive UK tour. Was that you saying goodbye to Alan? Not at all! I still love comedy and I love doing Alan. We did three sold-out nights at The O2… Hearing all those people laugh at something you’ve written is a fantastic feeling. In this age of wokeness, is it harder to make people laugh? On the recent tour, Alan – not me, the character of Alan Partridge – said some reprehensible things.
TV: Mastermind - I've started...so I'll finish
By the spring of 1974, Shaun Horrocks was so fed up with his wife Liz shouting out the answers to TV quiz shows that he challenged her to apply for her new favourite, Mastermind. ‘I’d watched the first two series religiously, so Shaun made me answer the advert in the Radio Times,’ says Liz, now 76.
Judy Parfitt
What’s your favourite Christmas memory? When I was five, we were living in Scotland because my father had been sent there as an inspector of guns during the war. We were staying in a house by a river and I would wake up and hear the water trickling over the stones. One Christmas I saw a basket at the bottom of my bed. In it was a white puppy with a black patch over his eye and a big satin ribbon around his neck. I called him Scamp. It was just the most wonderful Christmas Day.
Brian Cox
In his 61-year stage and screen career, Brian Cox has played some of history’s most iconic names including Churchill, Trotsky and Marlon Brando. But nothing could have prepared him for the praise heaped on him for his powerful portrayal of his latest creation, Logan Roy, the grizzled, Machiavellian manipulator who sits at the heart of the hugely acclaimed Sky TV drama Succession. Logan is the arrogant, embittered head of a family that runs one of the world’s biggest media corporations.
Ten minutes with Mariella Frostrup
Your Radio 4 show, Bringing Up Britain, is about families and parenting. What does the word family mean to you? On the one hand, there’s the ‘family unit’. My husband and my two kids. But, these days, I don’t think family is just defined by blood or marriage. It also includes the people who we surround ourselves with… the people who have our best interests at heart. I’ve known some of my friends for over 35 years and, to me, they’re family.
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