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Send us Fan Mail Inaugural York Jazz Festival. Charles reports. Graham on talking to Samira Ahmed about her new book on The Beatles A Hard Day's Night film. Speaking of The Beatles, there is a new remix and re-release of the 1965 album Rubber Soul . Arts Council England, whither? Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail Graham reports back from his trip to FInaland and Sweden, taking in Helsinki and Stockholm. Charles and Graham discuss new albums by The Strokes and Fontaines DC. Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail Graham pays a visit to Topping & Co book store in York. Why renowned Spanish director Pedro Almadovar's new film   is his worst to date - and his best. Harrogate Theatre's new drama season begins, literally, with a bang. Brighton ‘84 Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail Graham and Charles chat to pop legend Gilbert O'Sullivan as he prepares to release his new album, On the 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’S...

Send us Fan Mail 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    ...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Y ou'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. Gra...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail 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 Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos...

Send us Fan Mail 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. TIme Stamp: 02:08 Summer gigs 21:50 The Invite 30:00 Theakston's Old...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Please note: Strong language content warning Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail Interview Special: Grant McPhee , Scottish film director, cinematographer and writer is back in the car to talk about his latest project, Something For The Longing - Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999, 3CD Box Set on Cherry Red Records. About Grant McPhee Books:   Two oral histories of Scottish indie music history - Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1...

Send us Fan Mail Graham and Charles discuss the Lemon Twigs and their enduring appeal. Though are they great pop but just not quite achieving the greatness they promise? Graham is delighted that Bradford’s cultural resurgence continues, especially the gigs at Bradford Live . Graham has been reading The Guardian foreign correspondent, Jason Burke's new book, The Revolutionists - The Story of t...

Send us Fan Mail This week Charles and Graham celebrate the extraordinary life and achievements of Bradford born artist, David Hockney . Graham salutes the quality of the latest album, Inferno - and first in 14 years - by Boards of Canada . Where does Disclosure Day sit in the pantheon of Spielberg films? Graham  expands on why it's good but not amongst the best of Spielberg's long caree...

Send us Fan Mail Graham has been listening to Paul McCartney 's new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane and it shows he is still firing on all cylinders, nearly - at the age of 83. Two new cinema releases, Tuner   (starring Leo Woodhall with a cameo from Dustin Hofmann) and The Christophers come under Charles and Graham’s restless gaze. Graham reports on Lence , the Harrogate rapper  - who doesn&...

Send us Fan Mail Graham reports on the occasion when rock royalty met tearoom royalty: what he learned by chatting to Richard Hawley & Chris Difford at Bettys in Harrogate. Graham has also found a new way of seeing The Beatles in Ian Leslie's book John and Paul and maybe a new way of destroying them. Charles reviews John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers The Play: a good conversion from screen to st...

Send us Fan Mail Interview special with comedian Daliso Chaponda. Plus: After Bone Temple's underwhelming performance at cinemas, do Danny Boyle and Alex Garland deserve the chance to complete the 28 Years Later trilogy? Leeds Literature Festival returns but are there too many of these things? Looking ahead to talking about Boston in the next Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate  - not the city, by th...

Send us Fan Mail Graham reports on the mellowing of controversial French author Michel Houllebecq as testified by his most recent novel, Annihilation . How the Eurovision Song Contest lost its place and gained a huge young audience instead, as shown by a new exhibition at Bradford's National Science and Media Museum. Graham and Charles are looking forward to new album and tour by Leeds band Y...

Send us Fan Mail Graham argues that indie/alt music is now only a hobby according to The Guardian. But is it partly to blame? Graham previews his and Rob Cowen's Vinyl Sessions event in Harrogate. Charles reviews The Devil Wears Prada 2 . Charles wonders about the significance of a new Banksy statue. Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail AI continues to find its way into every corner of our lives and even the bank balance of former PM, Rishi Sunak. Graham is moved to discuss the strange success of comic writer Tim Key , whom he watched up close on stage in Leeds. He follows this up with a new book of history that by being brilliant is missing the point - The Guardian foreign correspondent Jason Burke's new bo...

Send us Fan Mail Graham takes a look at what is potentially the graveyard of filmmakers: is the new cinema adaptation of Albert Camus's The Stranger by François Ozon any good? Queen in space and Harrogate's six degrees of separation link to Artemis II' s recent mission to the Moon. New BBC TV drama Mint uses Graham’s childhood streets in Grangemouth as its main location. Graham reli...

Send us Fan Mail In their latest Interview Special, Charles and Graham interview Sheffield artist, Pete McKee . About Pete McKee: Pete McKee is a Sheffield-born artist whose work greatly reflects and embodies his experiences of growing up on a council estate surrounded by working-class culture and humour. It is this down-to-earth and nostalgic thread that runs through all of his work that has gain...

Send us Fan Mail The cult that won't die: Garth Marenghi has the last laugh on stage at Leeds City Varieties more than 20 years after his solitary TV series. Mark Ronson 's Night People memoir: Graham answers the question, is a DJ interesting enough to sustain a book? Charles reports on a new production  of the Broadway hit musical whodunnit, Murder For Two at the Stephen Jospeh Theatre...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham discuss the Gorillaz show at Leeds Arena last week and how it shows how their past is not only the present but remains the future. Graham is looking forward to the latest Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate and explaining the difference between Queen's Greatest Hits and Queen's Greatest Hits II. Charles reports on the new film, Project Hail Mary and how Ryan G...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham ponder if Morrissey 's return to form is a lie? The persecution of Morrissey and his new album, Make-up is a Lie seems completely over the top. Watching new film Midwinter Break   starring Lesley Manville and Ciaran Hinds, Graham starts to wonder if it means that serious films about middle age and older possible are now possible these days? If the monthly S...