Two Big Egos in a Small Car

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Grahamspeak to Sheffield's Jamie Taylor whose first book is Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from The Human League to Pulp. Published by Manchester University Press as part of their British Pop Archive series, Jamie talks about the gestation of the book and his future ambitions. Graham adds  - post the chat with Jamie - how he bumped into Slow Hors...

Send us Fan Mail Graham looks at the re-issued Pink Floyd live in Pompeii film: When rock was classical music. Graham reports on meeting assistant manager of Notts County at final Harrogate Town Home match of season. Charles reflects on his experience seeing Gary Oldman in Krapp’s Last Tape at York Theatre Royal - does Gary get it taped? The Murder Capital live in Leeds and a new age of punk and p...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham are delighted to invite Harrogate based poet and author, Rob Cowen back onto the show to talk about his highly acclaimed new book, T he North Road. About Rob Cowen Rob Cowen is an award-winning writer and author, hailed as one of the UK’s most original voices on nature, place and people. His first book, Skimming Stones, won the Roger Deakin Award from the Societ...

Send us Fan Mail The old is the new: Graham on experiencing modern US jazz star Kamasi Washington   at Project House in Leeds. Good news for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture as art deco venue is to reopen in August with new Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra launch. Record Store Day boost for Bradford and the lingering influence of Leeds indie scene of 25 years ago. Charles reports on seeing both Al Mur...

Send us Fan Mail Graham and Charles take a look at the struggle facing small venues in the UK,  the continuing rise in ticket prices and the beauty of My Bloody Valentine. Graham examines why The  Beatles road manager and the hidden aspects of the story are unlikely to come out in Sam Mendes forthcoming films on the band. Graham explores the work of the underrated Val Kilmer after his recent death...

Send us Fan Mail Interview special: Toby Manning Toby Manning is a London-based music journalist, author, and academic with a career spanning popular culture, music, and political history. He’s best known for his work examining the intersections of music and ideology, often through a Marxist lens, as well as his deep dives into specific artists and cultural moments. Manning’s most prominent book i...

Send us Fan Mail Graham and Charles report that York is about to have Britain's biggest independent book store with Topping Books https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/ Is it going to be an opportunity or threat? Charles asks  what do two Robert De Niro for the price of one add up to in The Alto Knights?  Plus Edwin Collins announcing autumn final tour after releasing National Shall Speak Unto Natio...

Send us Fan Mail Graham explores why Steven Soderberg's new spy/com film, Black Bag starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender isn't as good as his best and most under-rated film, The Limey from 1999 which starred Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda. Charles and Graham chew over the headliners for this year's Glastonbury Festival. Graham takes a look at Grant McPhee's exceptional...

Send us Fan Mail Graham rejects on this year’s Academy Awards: Is Anora really the Best Picture of this or any other year? The  Beta Band are reforming and are coming to Leeds. Richard Hawley is to play Museum Gardens in York this summer. Hurrah! It's the twentieth anniversary of the releases of his classic album Coles Corner . Charles reports on sci-fi/comedy Mickey 17 , the new film by Bong...

Send us Fan Mail CHarles and Graham interview Yorkshire-based Scottish musician, Gary Stewart. Gary Stewart is a Scottish singer/songwriter who has carved out a strong fan-base in his adopted home of Yorkshire with songs about paranoia, love & resilience. When not playing his own music, the left-hander plays drums for fellow Bandcampers Hope & Social , bass for Leeds-based Fleetwood Mac tr...

Send us Fan Mail Graham explores the mystery of rock n roll and Jim Jarmusch 's 1989 film Mystery Train and talks about his meeting with Marxist rock writer Toby Manning at a Harrogate International Festivals event last week. Charles shares his recent experience at the National Museum of Science and Media in Bradford, UK Capital of Culture 2025 . Charles and Graham revisit the films that won...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Grham interview 10cc's Graham Gouldman ahead of his latest tour with his band, Heart Full of Songs . The band line-up comprises Graham, 10cc live band members Iain Hornal and Keith Hayman, and Dave Cobby. In 2014 Graham was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame – an arm of America’s National Academy of Music. Fellow inductees include Noel Coward, Burt Bachar...

Send us Fan Mail Graham reports on BBC 6 Music's State of Independent Venues Week which for once makes Leeds and York look great. Graham and Chales share further thoughts on Bradford City of Culture's programme. Charles reports on David Hockney’s exhibition at Saltaire in Bradford. Succession actor Brian Cox is about to return to the stage for Edinburgh International Festival in a year o...

Send us Fan Mail In a packed podcast episode: Graham asks if Netflix is really beating the BBC at the numbers of viewers game in the UK?  Graham and Charles have been listening to Mogwai 's new album The Bad Fire and wonder why the band never quite hits the peaks. Is new film The Brutalist just too brutally long? Graham reports on the sold out Vinyl Sessions showdown with music author Rob Cha...

Send us Fan Mail Graham and Charles honour titan of US cinema David Lynch whose recent death at the age of 78 brings to an end the career of one of cinema and television’s true greats. Graham asks if the new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown  is a complete success. Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail January and February are often the best months for new films but how good are critics’ favourites Nosferatu and A Real Pain ? Graham looks at the recent launch of Bradford as this year's City of Culture and the way the City of Culture idea has evolved since it was first launched in 2013 by the Tory government from an idea in 2009 by the then Labour government's Culture S...

Send us Fan Mail Graham and Charles interview Grant McPhee , a Scottish film director, cinematographer and writer. Books:   Two oral histories of Scottish indie music history - Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984) , published by White Rabbit Books in 2022, and Postcards From Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995 published by Omnibus Books in 2024. The...

Send us Fan Mail Graham discusses how two dystopian British films in 2006 ( V for Vendetta and Children of Men ) predicted the politics of now. Charles takes a look at the new Robbie Williams biopic Better Man . Graham enjoys a brilliant compilation by crime author, Ian Rankin called Behind the Counter and then previews his forthcoming Vinyl Sessions Q&A event in Harrogate on Syd Barrett and N...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham revisit their best live music gigs of the year for 2024 with a competitive countdown of their Top 5. Charles celebrates the extraordinary production of Bluebeard by Wise Children as his theatre event of the year, which he saw when it played at York Theatre Royal. Graham reports on seeing comedian Maisie Adams at a small hometown gig at Roosters Taproom in Harrog...

Send us Fan Mail Graham shares his recent experience on BBC 6 Music plugging his many years in the Harrogate music scene on the Craig Charles show. Graham wonders how two new very different films manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (Blitz and Conclave). Finally, Graham reveals two new books coming up in 2025 - including his own, hopefully - with a brief extract of him reading from his...

Send us Fan Mail Rob Chapman, music writer talks about his current book, Unsung: Unsaid. Syd and Nick in absentia - about Syd Barrett and Nick Drake. About Rob Chapman: Rob Chapman was the singer with the Bristol-based band the Glaxo Babies and with the British alternative rock band The Transmitters , a music journalist for Mojo and other magazines and newspapers, he made some broadcasting with th...

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham give a rundown of their Top 10 films from this year.; 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 their favourite albums of 2024, looking back at a blockbuster year for female artists. Keep in touch with Two Big Egos in a Small Car: X @2big_egos Facebook @twobigegos

Send us Fan Mail Charles and Graham are joined by novelist and short story writer, York based Ross Raisin to talk about his recent triumph in the BBC National Short Story Award with Ghost Kitchen and life as a writer. Ross Raisin was born and brought up on Silsden Moor in West Yorkshire. He is the author of four novels: A Hunger (2022), A Natural (2017), Waterline (2011) and God’s Own Country (200...

Send us Fan Mail Graham examines how and why successful film franchises end up losing the plot in a comparison of disappointing new film, Paddington 3 with The Godfather 3. Graham discusses his recent talk on Nirvana ,  why the band were punk, not grunge, and how their story weirdly mirrors The Sex Pistols . Charles reports on Dear Evan Hansen at Leeds Grand Theatre. What makes a musical stand out...