Anthony Page obituary Stage and screen director behind landmark productions of Samuel Beckett, John Osborne and Edward Albee The Guardian - UK · Sep 18
“If James Burton recorded that song one more time, it would not have sounded the same. They caught lightning in a bottle”: An all-star guitar panel choose their Telecaster Mount Rushmore – its greatest players, their greatest tracks Pros pick their favorite Tele riffs and solos and decide who should be carved into that massive “Telecaster Mount Rushmore” that exists only in our deranged minds Guitar World · Aug 23
“I was watching a Brad Paisley video and saw this contraption attached to his strap: ‘What is going on here?’ I heard of this thing called the B-bender…” How John Osborne fell down the B-bender rabbit hole and came out with a signature Fender Tele Don’t do the B-bender thing, they told him... He did it anyway. Brent Mason has a lot to answer for Guitar World · Aug 6
Small plots of land fuel big suspicions among Lubbock residents, who fear it’s for a data center Despite community concerns, the president of the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance said neither piece of land would be conducive for a data center. The Texas Tribune · Jul 29
Billy Liar review – Tom Courtenay is superb in classic study of a young man and his quixotic dreams Courtenay gives a beautiful performance as the undertaker’s clerk who nurses preposterous ambitions. But the film is too quick to surrender them The Guardian - UK · Jul 29
“I opened for Brad Paisley and his tech jokingly said, ‘Don’t do the B-Bender thing. That’s Brad’s thing’”: John Osborne on the time he got warned off the B-Bender – even though he didn’t have one Osborne couldn't afford a B-Bender at first, so instead he got good, really good, at emulating the pedal steel sound without one Guitar World · Jun 16
“I’ve been playing B-benders since 1999, so I was eager to get my mitts on this guitar”: Fender John Osborne Telecaster review The country-rock star’s Tele tears up the template – and could be your fastest ticket to B-bender tone Guitar World · Jun 9
"We let John take this out and beat it up for a while. This is about as robust a unit as we can make – because it needed to be”: Inside Fender’s B-Bender revival – and the making of its very first in-house design Fender’s Chief Engineer Tim Shaw lifts the lid on the making of the John Osborne Telecaster, the challenges around creating a B-Bender for a heavy-handed player, and the freedom that comes with designing hardware in-house Guitar World · Mar 15
“One of the coolest things we saw at Fender’s invite-only NAMM event”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the answer to all your modeler tone woes Fresh new drops from Taylor, Fender, Gibson, Eastwood and more... Guitar World · Mar 14
“There are a lot of amazing guitars in this world, but none are as versatile as the Telecaster”: Country star John Osborne’s signature Tele comes factory modded with a distressed nitro finish, custom pickups – and it’s even got a B-bender too Based of his beloved 1968 Tele, this Road Worn doozie has it all going on, and while the B-bender is a headline spec item, what about that oil-finished fingerboard with the maple cap fretboard? MusicRadar · Mar 10
“There are a lot of amazing guitars, but none are as versatile as the Telecaster”: Fender’s radical John Osborne Telecaster brings the B-Bender back to its ranks for the first time in over 20 years Fender’s first-ever in-house B-Bender mechanism makes its debut on one of the firm’s most eye-popping Telecasters Guitar World · Mar 10
Lynyrd Skynyrd announce live album recorded at Gary Rossington's star-studded final show Watch the video for Tuesday's Gone featuring Jelly Roll, from Lynyrd Skynyrd's Celebrating 50 Years - Live At The Ryman Louder · Apr 4, 2025
Dame Joan Plowright obituary Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025
‘Just call me Joan’: Beloved star of stage and screen Dame Joan Plowright The widow of Lord Olivier was one of the outstanding actresses of her age. Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025
Louder · Jan 8, 2025 "We get the electric guitars going and we hit it hard": Brothers Osborne's TJ Osborne on playing out, coming out, and the fine line between country and rock'n'roll Country rockers Brothers Osborne play UK and Ireland shows in January
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 11, 2024 Player-of-the-Year races are tight entering Golfweek TOC at PGA National The 54-hole event will feature four divisions (Senior, Super Senior, Legends and Super Legends) and will be played Dec. 13-15.
Guitar World · Oct 16, 2024 “I see people my own age in the audience, and their minds are blown. I’m making this stuff sound new to them”: Grace Bowers on her dizzying rise as the world’s next guitar hero, breaking the law to hone her chops, and why she’s “not a natural” The 18-year-old might be the greatest thing to come out of Nashville since Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint but she's keeping her feet on the ground, hands on her SG, as everyone else stands in awe of her prodigious talent
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 Too much theatre memorabilia is being lost to private collectors, says David Hare As hundreds of personal effects belonging to playwright John Osborne go up for sale, Hare laments that the V&A is not bidding
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024 The Guardian view on Look Back in Anger: still shocking Editorial: Toxic masculinity is centre stage in a timely revival of John Osborne’s 1956 classic
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024 The week in theatre: Giant; Roots; Look Back in Anger – review John Lithgow as Roald Dahl towers over Nicholas Hytner’s production of an extraordinary debut play; Morfydd Clark finds her voice in a Wesker revival; and a John Osborne staging is a step backward
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024 John Osborne and Arnold Wesker captured the 50s but remain playwrights for the ages I was 16 when I became obsessed with Look Back in Anger. Now, in a double bill with Roots at the Almeida, both dramas’ eternal truths are clear
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024 Look Back in Anger/Roots review – double bill of 1950s gamechanging kitchen sink dramas Watching John Osborne’s fulminating Jimmy Porter feels curiously cold, while the same cast bring subtleties to Arnold Wesker’s classic
Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024 Roots/Look Back in Anger at the Almeida review: the ferocious roar of angry young men and women resonate down the decades It is a particularly ripe moment to bring back two plays about the anger of younger generations with two plays that couldn’t be more different
Guitar World · Sep 16, 2024 “If you’re a country music fan, who doesn’t put these guys on their Mount Rushmore to record with?”: Vince Gill, John Osborne and Brent Mason tapped for a new single – and it's an all-star tribute to the Telecaster Tele-Man brings together some of country music’s finest guitarists for a tribute to the genre's finest electric guitar
The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024 Actor Robert Lindsay on his role in Sherwood and growing up in a mining town: ‘There were terrible confrontations between fathers and sons’ The star of Citizen Smith, GBH and much more on the ‘genius’ of James Graham’s BBC drama, his unlikely way into acting, and learning to simmer down on social media