Author: Leigh Banks

Updated insights into Bob on his almost-never ending tour We are reviewing the reviews as Dylan, at 80, gets ‘rough and rowdy’ on the road … and this is the first video we’ve seen that’s survived the robots of internet control. There is a dichotomy of attitude towards copyright and sharing on the internet in… Continue reading EVERY GRAIN OF BAND… IT TAKES A LOT TO WATCH, BUT JUST LISTEN

Updated insights into Bob on his almost never ending tour We are reviewing the reviews as Dylan, at 80, gets ‘rough and rowdy’ on the road .. Chicago and Milwaukee below Bob Dylan stepped back onto the stage after two years of ‘incarceration’ and gave a Cheshire Cat-grinning, ear churning, heartbreakingly beautiful two hour performance… Continue reading BOB AND HIS ‘MOB’ HIT THE WINDY CITY

Lionel Blair, that British icon of dance and light entertainment, has sadly died. He was 92. Lionel had appeared in Give Us a Clue and Celebrity Big Brother in recent years but had entertained the all on TV for more thAN six decades. He died with by his family at his side. His agent said… Continue reading Lionel says farewell at 92… the entertainer who danced and laughed his way into our hearts

Reviewing the reviews as Dylan, at 80, gets ‘rough and rowdy’ on the road Bob Dylan stepped back onto the stage after two years of ‘incarceration’ and gave a Cheshire Cat-grinning, ear churning, heartbreakingly beautiful two hour performance down at the Riverside in Milwaukee… Andrea and I were still on that highway in Spain as… Continue reading BRILLIANT BOB IS BACK – AND NOT ONE OF HIS KEYS WENT WEST

The secrets are almost out … For years, as a father campaigning against parental alienation and as a working journalist, I have had my freedom to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth strangled by laws supposedly designed to protect our children. But family laws in the UK – and to… Continue reading Finally, journalists may be able to share dark truths of family courts

A personal view by Andrew Brel, a father, musician and writer Sadly the status quo with family court represents multiple billions annually, from which many establishment figures, Lords and Ladies, benefit. You are not the only person who knows the extent of corruption in family law in which this example of Ann Longfield covering up… Continue reading Why there is no such thing as parental alienation as far as courts are concerned

UPDATE: The year began with a defeat for an attempt to extradite Julian Assange has remained in Belmarsh prison since an attempt to extradite him failed at the beginning of the year. Now the appeal begins at London’s high court and there are potential game-changers in the long-running saga of the Wikileaks co-founder’s future. One… Continue reading Something Wiki this way went – and now all journalists have to fight for Assange

He struts his dad-dance stuff on a Zimmer-man frame and lusts after an ex at 76 The Penny just hasn’t dropped has it Rod! Strutting like a cross between an ageing peacock and Max Wall, sounding like Leggin’ Flip and doing a bit of dad hand-jiving doesn’t cut it any more… And ‘nicking’ the essence… Continue reading Why hasn’t the Penny dropped you old shocker Rod?

In the dark welsh valley,On the mountain side,Lay the little childrenClose to where they died.Their little lives are endedBefore they reach their goal,Tender little childrenHave paid the price of coal. We will never forget – Aberfan 21-10-66 #aberfan #slagheap #kingcoal #welsh #schoolchildren

Just a few thoughts about writer’s block … I was standing in the  gentle rain next to my ancient glinting American limousine outside my rented cottage in the heart of once-merry Ol’ England. The cottage has stood for 400 years next to a lake where owls screech at 3am. I was having a cigarette. And… Continue reading New skid on the block … when a writer just can’t find the right words