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The True Briton 24 - 26 Harbour Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1QN 01304 373189

The British Lion 10 The Bayle, Folkestone, CT20 1SQ 01303 251478

britannia inn 26 horn street, seabrook, near folkestone, kent ct19 4jl 01303 238502

Glastonbury 1994 My first Glastonbury festival, went in my van, hard to fault the lineup on the NME stage... Blur, Pulp, Oasis, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Manics, etc. Britpop-tastic. Glastonbury Worthy Farm, Somerset [Thursday 23 June 1994]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead plus Clinic, The Faint and British Sea Power. NME Brats? Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Thursday 7 February 2002]

Thurman Britpop, I thought they were the greatest at the time but it's not all aged well The Joiners 141 St Mary Street, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 1NS [Thursday 14 September 1995]

Menswear A radio one show, was billed as Longpigs and Fluffy and Menswear were surprise headliners. The glory days of britpop! They got in big trouble for swearing live on the radio. Think I have the day right, let me know if you know better... Camden Underworld 174 Camden High Street, Camden. London NW1 0NE [Wednesday 1 November 1995]

Glastonbury 1995 The year Pulp replaced The Stone Roses as headliners, along with Oasis and The Cure. Great weather. Peak of the britpop years. Glastonbury Worthy Farm, Somerset [Saturday 24 June 1995]

Paula Yates Charing Cross Station [Monday 17 July 2000]

Daphne, and also Celeste Keith Moon Bar, London Astoria [Monday 21 August 2000]

Darius Danesh Chalk Farm Road [Thursday 26 April 2001]

Everyone, ever, in the world Odeon, Leicester Square, London [Tuesday 11 December 2001]

Coldplay / Chris Martin First Avenue / Brit Pub Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA [Saturday 21 September 2002]

Billie Piper The Queens. Primrose Hill [Tuesday 25 February 2003]

Lemmy Camden [Wednesday 26 February 2003]

Owen Hopkin Chalk Farm, Heading East [Wednesday 26 February 2003]

Mark Frith Chalk Farm [Thursday 27 February 2003]

Brett Anderson Socialising [Sunday 2 March 2003]

Ash York Way, Kings X [Monday 10 March 2003]

Egg from this life Stoke Newington [Monday 10 March 2003]

Jono Coleman Regents Park Road [Friday 21 March 2003]

Lisa Ianson Regents Park Road [Friday 21 March 2003]

Nigel from Eastenders Stoke Newington [Sunday 23 March 2003]

Only SONYA herself! In my local health club sauna [Tuesday 25 March 2003]

James Brown The Social [Wednesday 26 March 2003]

Mark Keds 93 Feet East [Wednesday 26 March 2003]

Dids 93 Feet East [Wednesday 26 March 2003]

Matt The Hat 93 Feet East [Wednesday 26 March 2003]

Emmy Kate 93 Feet East [Wednesday 26 March 2003]

The Libertines 93 Feet East [Wednesday 26 March 2003]

The Darkness 93 Feet East [Wednesday 26 March 2003]

Gary Mallet Coopers at Kings Cross [Wednesday 26 March 2003]

Edith Bowman Athlete at ULU [Saturday 29 March 2003]

Steve Lamacq Athlete at ULU [Saturday 29 March 2003]

Rick Witter Great Malborough Street [Monday 31 March 2003]

James Dean Bradfield Westbourne Grove, London [Thursday 3 April 2003]

Damon Albarn Westbourne Grove, London [Thursday 3 April 2003]

Turin Breaks Kensington Gardens, London [Thursday 3 April 2003]

Gwen Steffani Primrose Hill [Saturday 5 April 2003]

Ross Kelly Primrose Hill [Saturday 5 April 2003]

David Walliams Primrose Hill [Saturday 5 April 2003]

Peter Gabriel Stoke Newington [Saturday 5 April 2003]

Busted London - London Studios, Upper Street, SE1 [Sunday 6 April 2003]

Bernard Butler Barfly Camden [Sunday 6 April 2003]

Tony Slattery Phoenix Bar [Monday 7 April 2003]

Paul McCartney Snt Johns Wood High Street [Monday 7 April 2003]

Liz Smith, aka Nanna from The Royle Family King's Cross Station [Tuesday 8 April 2003]

Don Warrington Primrose Hill [Friday 11 April 2003]

Simon Pegg (from Spaced) Arts Cafe [Monday 14 April 2003]

Henry Rollins Tottenham Court Road [Monday 14 April 2003]

Don Warrington Primrose Hill [Tuesday 15 April 2003]

Tracey Emin The Golden Heart, Commercial Road EC1 [Tuesday 15 April 2003]

Ricky Gervais Sutton Row W1, Next to the Astoria [Wednesday 16 April 2003]

Euros Childs Royal Festival Hall [Sunday 20 April 2003]

Philip Jackson Covent Garden [Sunday 20 April 2003]

Paul Bradley Stoke Newington [Monday 21 April 2003]

Roger Moore Outside Harrods [Tuesday 22 April 2003]

Simon Pegg Medicine Bar - Angel. [Tuesday 22 April 2003]

Sinead Quim (Fame Academy) John Lewis Oxford Street [Wednesday 23 April 2003]

Brett Anderson Powis Terrace, Notting Hill. [Friday 25 April 2003]

Liam Gallager & Nicole Appleton National Theatre [Monday 28 April 2003]

Lovely lovely Lauren Laverne Regents Park Road [Wednesday 30 April 2003]

Light Bulb Head London Astoria [Thursday 1 May 2003]

Justine Frischmann Primrose Hill [Thursday 1 May 2003]

Sanjay Tottenham Court Road [Tuesday 6 May 2003]

The Drummer Tottenham Court Road [Tuesday 6 May 2003]

Brooke Kinsella Stoke Newington [Wednesday 7 May 2003]

John Hegley Stoke Newington [Wednesday 7 May 2003]

Dave the drummer Benjys, Tottenham Court Road [Thursday 8 May 2003]

Ewan McGregor's uncle Regents Park [Saturday 10 May 2003]

Andy Miller Barfly [Saturday 10 May 2003]

Frankie Poullain Barfly [Saturday 10 May 2003]

Sarah Cox Camden [Wednesday 14 May 2003]

Ricky from 'stenders The Caledonian Road, Kings X [Wednesday 14 May 2003]

Mauro from The Rocks Shepherds Bush, London [Wednesday 14 May 2003]

Steve Lamacq The Kills @ ULU [Thursday 22 May 2003]

Patsy Palmer (Bianca from 'stenders) on the tube between Woodford and Mile End [Thursday 22 May 2003]

Sarah Cox Camden [Friday 30 May 2003]

Ronnie `The Rocket' O'Sullivan Old Compton Street [Friday 30 May 2003]

Mark and Lard Virgin Megastore [Tuesday 10 June 2003]

Irvine Welsh Stoke Newington [Tuesday 17 June 2003]

Peter Cox Primrose Hill [Thursday 19 June 2003]

violent delight Game On- skate/bmx/rock fest at the dome [Monday 23 June 2003]

Edith Bowman Glastonbury [Monday 30 June 2003]

Sharon Osbourne Electric Ballroom [Monday 30 June 2003]

The Wannadies Camden Electric Ballroom [Monday 30 June 2003]

Zoe Ball Kings Cross [Thursday 10 July 2003]

Har Mar Superstar Lock Tavern [Thursday 17 July 2003]

Miranda Sawyer Chalk Farm Road [Wednesday 30 July 2003]

Avid Merrion Chalk Farm [Wednesday 30 July 2003]

Noel, his bird and Edith Bowman BRMC gig last night [Friday 1 August 2003]

Avid Merrion Chalk Farm again [Friday 1 August 2003]

One of Three Colours Red IN MY OFFICE NOW! [Tuesday 12 August 2003]

Kelly Jones Dogs Die In Hot Cars [Friday 29 August 2003]

zane lowe lock tavern, camden [Monday 8 September 2003]

Sue Perkins Stoke Newington [Thursday 11 September 2003]

Paul Weller Burger King Notting Hill [Friday 19 September 2003]

Martyn Lewis Theatre Royal Haymarket [Monday 27 October 2003]

Bruce Forsyth Theatre Royal [Monday 27 October 2003]

Subterranea Brittanica [Wednesday 12 November 2003]

Richard Branson Princess Studies, bayswater [Sunday 30 November 2003]

Brett Anderson The Barbican [Tuesday 1 June 2004]

British Library Newspaper Library [Tuesday 15 June 2004]

azz [Tuesday 14 September 2004]

ooo? [Tuesday 14 September 2004]

Rule Britannia [Monday 29 November 2004]

Monkey Island for mobile phones? [Tuesday 11 January 2005]

Wired 13.02: The Lock Busters [Wednesday 9 February 2005]

The New York Times [Monday 14 February 2005]

Apple & Celebrities [Tuesday 15 February 2005]

Subterranea Britannica [Tuesday 5 April 2005]

Britannia Inn closed for the summer [Sunday 5 June 2005]

Folkestone Gerald update [Monday 6 March 2006]

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