The Prince effect: Purple Rain

PRINCE is a weird little man. That was my initial thought when I heard his track When Doves Cry. The start of the track gave me the feeling of the kangaroos jumping around in the Australian Outback. Prince just didn’t sound or look right. When Purple Rain was released in 1984, I pretty much ignored […]

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The bread business in 1986

BROWN OR WHITE? Large or small? Thick sliced or thin? Homemade, or from the Hot Bread Shop? Mothers Pride or Sunblest? A Bloomer or a Cottage loaf? Mighty White Softgrain or Champion? Mighty White Softgrain and Champion have disappeared, but bread is most certainly not dead. Watch the BBC video below and get the retro […]

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