Adrian Lobb
@adey70.bsky.social
I write for The Big Issue about arts and culture and stuff. SE London, via Derby, Cov, N London and Glasgow.
Thank you! Was a lot of fun to write and research.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thank you! Was a lot of fun to write and research.
And here is more about the documentary… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Here We Go! The Art of the Football Chant
Les Back charts the history of football chants and asks if they’re modern-day folk songs.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And here is more about the documentary… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Here is the full article featuring my interview with @academicdiary.bsky.social… www.bigissue.com/culture/musi...
How football chants became the folk music of today
Les Back on how football can inspire songs of celebration, defiance, protest or calls to action – which sounds like folk music to us.
www.bigissue.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Here is the full article featuring my interview with @academicdiary.bsky.social… www.bigissue.com/culture/musi...
More from 100-year-old former Wren Dorothea Barron:
"As soon as the war finished, we were told to go back to the kitchen. It was so demoralising. We were ignored and disregarded, treated as non-people. The moment the war in Japan ended, they wanted mothers, typists, cooks."
#VEDay
"As soon as the war finished, we were told to go back to the kitchen. It was so demoralising. We were ignored and disregarded, treated as non-people. The moment the war in Japan ended, they wanted mothers, typists, cooks."
#VEDay
May 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
More from 100-year-old former Wren Dorothea Barron:
"As soon as the war finished, we were told to go back to the kitchen. It was so demoralising. We were ignored and disregarded, treated as non-people. The moment the war in Japan ended, they wanted mothers, typists, cooks."
#VEDay
"As soon as the war finished, we were told to go back to the kitchen. It was so demoralising. We were ignored and disregarded, treated as non-people. The moment the war in Japan ended, they wanted mothers, typists, cooks."
#VEDay
I do! Wow, well done Jim! I've got a few toenails that have jumped ship already – expecting a few more casualties on marathon day...
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I do! Wow, well done Jim! I've got a few toenails that have jumped ship already – expecting a few more casualties on marathon day...
He was also the first person I've ever interviewed who wore goalkeeping gloves the whole time.
March 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
He was also the first person I've ever interviewed who wore goalkeeping gloves the whole time.
Very great. Hopefully we won't leave it so long next time…
March 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Very great. Hopefully we won't leave it so long next time…