The Inquirer archives

Steve Exeter

In The Bin

After their recent appearance on BBC 6music, The New Town Centres have launched a brand new, pretty decent, website and on it you can find their latest video which I throughly…

The New Town Centres

It’s with massive pride that I can confirm that the The New Town Centres will be on the radio this weekend! Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone  Sunday 8pm on BBC 6music…

SEVERUS: The Black Caesar | Drama

I was encouraged and excited to see that notable historian Patrick Vernon included the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus on his list of 100 Great Black Britons and that he ended…

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

So, I turned 40 in 2011!  I wasn't alone in this, among the luminaries joining me were Ewan McGregor, Mark Wahlberg, Winona Ryder, Mariah Carey and Sacha Baron Cohen, not that it…

Frankenstein’s Baby

Just in time for the haunting season those cheeky chaps from The New Town Centres have rushed us a monster smash single! Keyboardist Mike Lukey recounted to me that their plan…

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music was not one of my parents' favourite things so, consequently, I do not have any fond childhood memories of it as I have for the Wizard of…

Bloody London

I met up with writer and producer Paul de Vos to discuss an interesting new horror portmanteau film that he's working on.  Paul and his writing partner Kornel Brzezinski have…

Svengali Cinema Release

It has been a long time coming but the moment has finally arrived - you can see Svengali in the cinema from today! Don't worry if it's not showing at…

Svengali Interview

The lovely people from Root Films have let me share this exclusive interview with Svengali director John Hardwick. Enjoy!

Quick Q&A with Terry Jones

Phoenix Pictures the company that produced Black Swan is also the home for Terry Jones first feature film as director since his wonderful retelling of The Wind in the Willows…