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A list of songs that almost ruined classic albums.

A list of songs that almost ruined classic albums.

The D.C. virtuoso has joined forces with his heroes as The Messthetics

Our own Joe Rock landed an interview with Andy Summers about what could be one of the top 10 albums from the 1980's, "Synchronicity." So many powerful hits on that album. Andy tells Joe about how it didn't go as smooth as you might think and the turmoil may have created a better work of art.

Anybody under the illusion that Ireland is a sort of paradise for wealthy tax exiles might want to think about Leslie Charteris. The writer of The Saint, the hugely popular Roger Moore TV series, he moved here in the 1970s to avoid paying a fortune to HM Revenue & Customs but had a thoroughly miserable time among the burghers of south Dublin. Why on earth, he asked, would anyone live in Ireland if they didn’t have to.

Let's turn back the clock to the year of War Of The Worlds, Some Girls, Jazz, Outlandos D'Amour and much, much more.

The long term harms of alcohol are being minimised in industry funded education, find Madlen Davies and Hristio Boytchev Universities and schools are being urged to join a growing movement in Ireland and the UK that seeks to drive out the alcohol industry from any influence on public health advice on drinking. A campaign in Ireland has led to educational programmes funded by the alcohol industry being removed from schools.1 But industry backed groups still provide alcohol education in UK school...

Take a trip through some of the great rock albums that were released at the turn of the 1980s, from AC/DC and Motorhead, to Queen and The Clash.

The last days of the 1970s included some fine albums from AC/DC, The Police, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and more... take a look at our picks from '79.

Initially called Oliver Chapman Architects, the Edinburgh practice he founded in 1997 specialised in projects in the creative industries as well as