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Graham and Charles chat to pop legend Gilbert O'Sullivan as he prepares to release his new album, Criminal Record and celebrates sixty years in music.

About Gilbert O'Sullivan:

He was the superstar who topped the UK and US single charts in the 70s with songs of endearing tunefulness, unabashed sentiment and existentialist musings. Today, Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan continues to be regarded with tremendous affection and his songs remain well-loved around the world.

Gilbert O’Sullivan was born Raymond Edward O’Sullivan in 1946 in Ireland. He moved to Swindon, England with his family aged 7 and after a formal education became a student at Swindon Art College, specializing in graphic design.
But he had another love – music – and after forming and joining local bands as a drummer/vocalist, he started writing his own songs, heavily influenced by The Beatles as writers and Bob Dylan as a performer. Calling himself Gilbert, with a very distinctive image, two singles released by CBS Records and one with the Major Minor label, got little attention. Undeterred, he sent a demo tape to Gordon Mills, the man behind Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck, who impressed with his song writing, became his manager. The result was his first single on the MAM label, Nothing Rhymed, became a UK Top Ten hit in 1970.

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Graham and Charles review their recent visit to the Edinburgh International Film Festival, discussing various film screenings, art exhibitions, and a high-profile talk by Kenneth Branagh. They also share news regarding producer Antony Pickthall's new appointment as a poet in residence at Ripon Racecourse.

Film Screenings they saw in Edinburgh include:
* Borges and Me
* Northbound
* The Education of Jane Cumming
* Out There
* The Last Resort
* Capsized

Art Exhibitions:
* Eva Rothschild
* Jamie Fitzpatrick:
* Etching Room 1

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As Charles and Graham prepare to go up to Edinburgh...

The shortcomings of a long story: Christopher Nolan's version of Homer's The Odyssey.

A second thought on Yard Act's new album You're Gonna Need A Little Music.

Charles on The Ballad of Johnny and June, a new musical about Johnny and June Cash, which of course touches on Trainspotting - the musical.

Graham finally reveals what Wakefield's new outdoor venue is.

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Charles reports on this year’s York River Art Market and Graham on Wakefield’s bold but, obviously wholly correct, declaration of achieving its UK sculpture capital status by 2029.

Paul McCartney has been nominated for the Mercury Prize at the age of 84 for his latest album The Boys From Dungeon Lane.

How three cult films of the late 1990s show that times were different before the onset of the new puritanism. Pulp Fiction, Trainspotting and Buffalo Soldiers.

Why Simon Reynolds new book Still In A Dream is more of a disguised personal memoir than a sequel to his classic Rip It Up & Start Again.

Graham reports that Harrogate gallery, Red House Originals is involved with The Kinks in a new art project in London.

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How did Sleaford Mods go down with the family audience at Deer Shed Festival in North Yorkshire?

Big names turn up at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate.

The Odyssey has had critics and audiences wowed

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What sci fi writer Isaac Asimov's 1951 novel Foundation says about now and about Star Wars.

Reviving the past at Harrogate's Royal Hall with the brilliant young Cuore Chamber Orchestra.

Reviews:

Yard Act's new album, You're Gonna Need a Little Music

Rolling Stones' new album Foreign Tongues

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A Yorkshire culture podcast covering live music, film and books.

Charles Hutchinson and Graham Chalmers discuss summer gigs by Wet Leg, Super Furry Animals and OMD, review the new Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde film
The Invite, and preview the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate.

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02:08 Summer gigs

21:50 The Invite

30:00 Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival

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Charles and Graham interview the legendary Francis Rossi as he prepares for a UK tour of his show Quo Songbook: Past, Present, Future.

Francis will be playing Harrogate's Royal Hall on 4, October 2026.

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