How do I know if I am an alcoholic? Firstly, let’s do away with the term ‘alcoholic’; it’s an old-school term that comes laden with centuries of baggage and which hinders progressive thinking about alcohol use and possible misuse. Instead, let’s use the term alcohol dependency. As the name suggests,…
An excerpt from Chapter 12 of: Thinking About Tomorrow – Excerpts from the life of Keith West * The idea for the song that was to define Keith West’s professional career, in the mind of the general public at least, supposedly came from a dream which Mark Wirtz had in…
An excerpt from Chapter 2 of Dana Gillespie: Weren’t Born a Man * By now, I was a regular at the Marquee Club, and whenever I could go, I would be down there, getting my fix of the Blues. One evening, Friday the 6th of November 1964 to be precise,…
An excerpt from Champions Again. By Ian Carroll. I’ll go on record right now and say that I love, absolutely love Mr Houllier. Everything you’ll read in the next few chapters will have that mark of respect. He started out as a schoolteacher, and while he was studying for that…