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Album: The Coral - Coral Island | reviews, news & interviews Album: The Coral - Coral Island Album: The Coral - Coral Island Merseyside veterans' faded fairground concept is steeped in pop craft by Nick HastedSaturday, 24 April 2021 Merseyside rock’s taste for glowing lysergic locales defines The Coral’s tenth LP, Coral Island, a double concept album which makes them the house band in a seedy fairground full of sepia memories and sawdust spirits. Merseyside rock’s taste for glowing lysergic locales defines The Coral’s tenth LP, Coral Island, a double concept alb...

In a new installment of The Animation that Changed Me, a series in which leading artists discuss one work of animation that deeply influenced them, we’re taking a trip into the British countryside of yesteryear. Our guest is stop-motion filmmaker Nick Park, whose works of plasticine-puppet animation at Aardman have earned him global renown. Park is the creator of Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts, and Shaun the Sheep; he also co-directed Chicken Run, the highest-grossing stop-motion film of all time, and directed the feature Early Man. His work has earned him countless honors, includi...

Blue plaques in Kent to The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, David Bowie, Carry On stars and James Bond creator Ian Fleming  |  Want to take a walk in the footsteps of famous names from the past? Take a trip with your local blue plaques and pick up some nuggets of knowledge along the way. Find one near you here... The Beatles’ film, Magical Mystery Tour, some of which was filmed in the West Malling area The Beatles When you get your kebab in West Malling, you get a slice of history with it too as the kebab house is home to a blue plaque commemorating the time The Beatles came to town. ...

INTERVIEW: Cerys Matthews on her passion for Burns and why we all need radio more than ever © BBC / Leigh Kelly Cerys Matthews Cerys Matthews is deep in conversation about her new poetry album when she suddenly begins reciting her favourite Robert Burns verse in her distinctive Welsh accent. “My curse upon your venom’d stang, That shoots my tortur’d gums alang, An’ thro’ my lug gies mony a twang, Wi’ gnawing vengeance, Tearing my nerves wi’ bitter pang, Like racking engines!” she says. “Here I am messing up your lovely dialogue. Address To The Toothache is my favourite – ...