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Huey Morgan joins Virgin Radio after bemoaning ‘limitations’ at BBC

The 57-year-old left the BBC in December after 18 years.

Evening Standard · Jan 4

Huey Morgan to join Virgin Radio after leaving BBC Radio 6 Music

Blur bass player Alex James will also present a show of Britpop classics on Sundays until March.

Evening Standard · Jan 4

Winter Golf Rebuild: Expert Baseline Tests Revealed Shocking Data About My Game (You Need To Try Them)

My winter golf rebuild started with a series of baseline tests, conducted by two experts, and I was blown away by the results! Every amateur should try this...

Golf Monthly · Dec 9, 2025

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Blur legend Alex James quips that he's 'basically a monk' now

Alex James says his life of music, cheese and booze-making is like being a monk.

BANG Premier · Nov 21, 2025

“Somehow all of these songs mean more to people now than they did when they were first released": Britpop becomes the latest genre to get a classical makeover, courtesy of Blur's Alex James

Reef singer Gary Stringer, Saffron from Republica and good old Phil Daniels are also attached to the project

MusicRadar · Oct 29, 2025

Blur bassist Alex James announces classical tour to bring Britpop ‘back to life’

He has teamed up with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and vocalists from the London Concert Orchestra for the Britpop Classical show.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025

Do you remember the first time? Why Britpop nostalgia just won’t go away

Robbie Williams has named his new album after it, there’s a new play about the Oasis and Blur rivalry, an avalanche of books, fashion lines … and even a Britpop lager

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025

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From Materialists to Adam Kay: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Celine Song follows up her acclaimed film Past Lives with another romantic entanglement, while the doctor turned standup tours a new book and comic set

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2025

Scouting For Girls' Roy Stride doesn't hold a grudge against Noel Gallagher for branding them 'Scouting For Idiots'

Roy Stride loves Oasis too much to get into fisticuffs with Noel Gallagher over his "Scouting For Idiots" jibe.

BANG Premier · Jun 9, 2025

Blur's Alex James suggests ABBA-style avatar show as he talks future of Britpop legends

Alex James has two ideas for the future of Britpop legends Blur.

BANG Premier · May 8, 2025

Alex James hails Oasis comeback as a ‘wonderful’ moment for British music

Years after his band warred with the brothers’ group, Blur bassist Alex James has spoken of his delight at Liam and Noel Gallagher’s reunion – hailing their Oasis comeback as a “wonderful” moment for British music.

BANG Premier · Apr 12, 2025

Marianne Faithfull was the ultimate counter-culture icon

Marianne Faithfull’s work proved she was no mere muse, she was a creative force worshipped by cool musicians in every era

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

This top-rated English Sparkling Wine is refreshingly affordable — and also has an enticing low-ABV option in the range

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Marie Claire · Jan 12, 2025

Blur's Alex James upset locals at Xmas bash

Blur's Alex James upset locals at a church Christmas party for using an “antique figurine of the naked baby Jesus” as an ashtray.

BANG Premier · Dec 30, 2024

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BANG Premier · Dec 30, 2024

Blur's Alex James kicked out of church party for using 'antique figurine of naked baby Jesus' as an ashtray

Alex James won't be smoking in a church building anytime soon.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2024

‘We listen to it to remind us of home’: 100 years of the Shipping Forecast

An enigmatic nautical bulletin that has transmitted across dark waters for a whole century, it has beguiled everyone from Carol Ann Duffy to Blur – and offered a very British comfort to people across the globe

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2024

Blur: To the End to The Fall Guy – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

A glorious and intimate look at the run-up to the Britpop band’s big Wembley reunion, plus Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt flex their comedic muscles in a fun stuntman flick

BANG Premier · Dec 21, 2024

Alex James reveals why he thought a Blur reunion would' never happen

Alex James thought a Blur reunion would "never happen" because life had become so different for him since their heyday.

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024

Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year by Alex James review – Blur reunited

The britpop bassist tears himself away from cheese just long enough to play with his old bandmates in this joyfully chaotic memoir

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024

The list: from The Tempest to Row on 5, the best of what to do in London this week

Beguiling shows at Japan House and polished productions of the hit show Oliver!

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

Over the Rainbow by Alex James review – blessed is Blur’s cheesemaker

The Britpop bass player’s engaging memoir of the last Blur reunion reads like a freewheeling adventure without consequences – except when he crosses ‘the boss’

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024

Blur’s Alex James praises Noel and Liam Gallagher’s ‘good manners’ over Oasis reunion tour

Manchester-formed band will play a series of stadium shows around the world in 2025

BANG Premier · Dec 2, 2024

Alex James almost went bankrupt but was saved by Vindaloo

Blur star Alex James has admitted he almost went bankrupt when work dried up during the COVID-19 lockdowns but he was saved by royalty money from his football anthem 'Vindaloo'.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024

Blur bassist Alex James: ‘I’m so happy for Oasis. Liam is an incredible singer, and he can’t help being a rock star’

The musician on struggling to fit into his Britpop pants, his ambition to make giant Frazzle, and the football song that keeps him fed

BANG Premier · Nov 29, 2024

Alex James has already spent Blur reunion money

Blur star Alex James has confessed he's already spent all of the money he earned from the band's recent reunion - revealing he brought in enough cash to convert a barn on his farm into an annexe.

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