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Man alive. I need to post reviews of Haley Bonar, The Vaselines, Engineers, Avi Buffalo and FKA Twigs. Too many - I may skip the last two as they have already found well-documented favour. In short: AV - very pleasant, but not a killer album. FKA Twigs: interesting, some lovely moments, albeit...

In particular: 1. When he throws open the doors to reveal his redecorated sitting room to the immigrant community of Craggy Island, and 2. When he remonstrates about the black tape on the window

I agree with this. I've seen Coeliacs quite tearful when they discover something akin to a treat that is GF - it's relatively straightforward to buy stuff with no embellishment, but everyone likes something a bit different and indulgent every now and then, be it a meal out or a ready meal, a...

You're right, but you'd be amazed at what has gluten in it and what doesn't when it comes to anything that isn't straightforward - eg same flavour of ice cream, different manufacturers - one is GF, one isn't. Sauces are likely to not be GF, but not necessarily - all depends on the type of flour...

There's lots available, much of it not that nice (in my wife's opinion), so best to try stuff out and see what you like - all the big supermarkets have plenty of stuff on offer. Usually more expensive though. For eating out, most curry dishes are OK, bigger chains such as Wagamama and Las...

I used to work with Curt Custard.

£700 on a surveyor's report on a house where the vendor pulled out a week before we were due to exchange contracts. I'd already pulled my kids out of their school and enrolled them at a new school. As a result of him pulling the sale, I had to rent somewhere at short notice, thereby having to...

Slowdive - Oxford Jerico Tavern 1990 Felt - LSE 1987 Cocteau Twins - Town & Country (?) 1986 Wedding Present - ULU 1987 Cure - Glastonbury 1990 Railway Children - Africa Centre 1987 Flaming Lips - London Forum (?) 2003 Prince - Wembley Arena 1998 Mogwai - London Upstairs at the Garage 1997 I...

And one more vote here.

The Smittens - Love Record Breaker (10" vinyl): quite good twee-ish, Magnetic Fields-y stuff. Multiple vocalists, includes Indigo Girls cover version. If you like your indiepop slightly arch and sometimes baroque, you might want to check this release out. Sea Pinks - Dreaming Tracks: Irish...

Usually 0-2, but occasionally much more - eg last year, I had to take about 10 days off for hospital treatment. Presumably there are stats around whether people are taking 7 or 8 x 1 day's sickness, or whether it's big blocks of time very occasionally when you have something serious.

I left school in 1988. My first paid employment was distributing listings of what was showing at the Duke of York Playhouse around Brighton. I got £1 per hour. My first full-time job was as a trainee accountant - £12k per year - in 1994.

Your Silent Face. Two minutes in, after the first verse, when the guitar gingerly starts to bolster the hypnotic backbeat and meandering bass line. These types of moment of intense musical beauty are what make New Order the best of these three bands: Madness are fun, Depeche Mode released some...

Oh I'll break them down, no mercy shown.

I'd like to give Mark E Smith this song title and see what he came up with.

Although I ended up with sore lips, it just wasn't like the old days any more.

£103k for a 2 bedroom maisonette in Kennington in 1998. Ten years earlier, it had cost £25k.

We were 8 points adrift with 7 matches left (I think?). Thanks to him and the team, we stayed up. I'm pretty sure that, without staying up, we wouldn't have played our first match in the Amex in the Championship - could have been league one or possibly league two. Most of the good times in the...

I also watched last night. I thought it was great - funny in places, very moving in others. Good for Neil - he's a diamond. Unbelievable what can be achieved by having no agenda and asking people if they will do things. BAFTAs to follow, I hope.

Can't we put New Order in Group D instead??