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Will All Points East be hit by fresh ‘dustbowl’? Festival takes action amid fears of repeat of last year’s difficult dry conditions

Organisers have taken steps to avoid the ‘well-reported dust issues’ in Victoria Park last year

Evening Standard · Aug 18

“You could never call us pretentious. We were a rock’n’roll band. A rock’n’roll band that liked to experiment”: The wild story of Family, the British hellraisers that John Lennon loved and Middle America hated

Prog? Rock? Blues? Family were a square peg in the round hole of early 70s rock

Louder · Sep 21, 2025

“Mike Oldfield was pushing it a bit and I was getting edgy. He said, ‘I owed you that because I auditioned with Family and you blew me out.’ Good on him!” Roger Chapman’s journey from local band stage invader to unique prog star

Vocalist with a one-off voice talked writing hits, co-founding Streetwalkers, going solo and overseeing the emotional reunion as he marked the launch of his most recent album

Louder · Jan 23, 2025