Two Big Egos in a Small Car

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...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham catch up with former music journalist, now an author of intriguing fiction, Rob Chapman as he talks about his new book, Drum . Set predominantly in the alternative comedy world of the 1980s, Drum documents the rise and fall of Malcolm Drummond, a former jazz musician who takes a less than conventional route into stand up.  Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Sm...

Send us Fan Mail Graham recounts a weekend of accidental celebrity encounters in Harrogate. Charles and Graham discuss the small scale success  - and nature - of British comedy drama film The Ballad of Wallis Island and the view from the second row of the Leeds debut at the weekend of new Harrogate-based Cuore Chamber Orchestra . Charles reports on the new play adapted by Tim Firth, The Ladies Foo...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham chew over the Brits and BAFTAs ceremonies. Graham is fresh from seeing a new surreal psych pop band called Voka Gentle from London who combine Talking Heads with Yard Act .How Field Music doing The Doors live last weekend lit my fire. Charles talks up the big news of Elvis Costello returning to Yorkshire at York Barbican later in the year with his Radio Soul tou...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham give their view on whether the withering reviews of new film Wuthering Heights are justified? Graham shares his second thoughts on Dry Cleaning 's new album Secret Love and examines why Paul McCartney and Wings ' multi-platinum 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound says more about what made the 1970s different than you might have thought. Charles take...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham are joined by singer, Chesney Hawkes , who reflects on his latest album, Living Arrows and his love for performing live, ahead of his UK tour which includes playing Leeds Brudunell Social Club on 12 March. Plus: One U-turn after another: how a second viewing has changed has changed Graham's opinion about Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-nominated One Battl...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham interview Kate and Ellen from Badapple Theatre about their show, Crumbs. Graham reports on Field Music's new Doors tribute live act, which is going down a (riders in the) storm and reveals the Peter Gabriel album picked for the return of Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate next month. Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham take a look at this year's BAFTA nominations. Graham wonders what is behind the explosion of new venues and big gigs in West and North Yorkshire this summer  - Museum Gardens and a lot more! Garnering rave reviews, the unique intelligence of avant indie band Dry Cleaning as new album Secret Love is released. Graham looks forward to Harrogate Film Society&ap...

Send us Fan Mail just back from a refreshing but cold winter visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park , Charles joins Graham to reflect on the artists and events that have caugh teir attention this past week. Charles and Graham run through the main Oscar nominations and discuss the likely winners and those who also missed out on being nominated. Charles reflects on the legacy of comedian, Victoria Wood ,...

Send us Fan Mail After the December episodes in 2025 looked back, Charles and Graham take the opportunity to look ahead at what is coming up in 2026, focusing on film and music. They also discuss the release of Hamnet , the new film by Chloe Zhao that explores grief. Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail Graham looks at why  Timothée Chalamet’s new film Marty Supreme shows he is the greatest actor of Hollywood's young generation  - if nothing else.  Graham also reflects on Mark Ronson's 1990s New York memoir Night People and the shallowness of the long distance DJ. Charles pays tribute to Nigel Burnham who has died recently. Nigel was founder and promoter of The Band Roo...