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26. Marc Burrows - Author, critic, comic & musician

26. Marc Burrows - Author, critic, comic & musician

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概要

Jo chews the Christmas fat with author, critic, comic and musician, Marc Burrows. Jo delves deeper into what inspired Marc's latest book The Story of the Christmas No.1 - Mistletoe and Vinyl. Listen up for some festive music facts. Find out why Simon Cowell makes the X Factor winner a Christmas No.1, why The Beatles are to blame for everything and who tried to ban Christmas.

He writes, mostly about music and film, for The Guardian, The Observer, The Quietus, the i Paper, Music OMH, the New Statesmen and Hey U Guys among many others. His biography of the brilliant, Sir Terry Pratchett, The Magic of Terry Pratchett was published in 2020 to considerable acclaim, winning the Locus Award for best non fiction in 2021. Also check out his book The London Boys: Bowie, Bolan and the 60s Teenage Dream. Buy Marc's marvellous books here.

He has a background in stand up comedy and has performed several runs of his one-man shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as well as around the country.

He plays bass in the cult Victoriana punk band The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing.

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