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I was sat on a bench seat in a deserted Hong Kong International airport at three o'clock on a Sunday morning, coming back from Sydney after England had won the Ashes. I was toying with my i-pod and then realised I'd got this as a podcast. For the next two hours, I'd never in my life felt so prou...

Absolutely love this song. Many, many thanks for this.

An introduction to alcoholism with Brian Cant. Blinding!

This is a true story. I walked out out of my own father's wake, a little over two years ago to be alone with my own memories of him, instead of hearing other people's. What makes me cry every time I hear this song is, ironically, the fact the wake was being held in our local pub - my father's an...

Bass so loud it could take the doors off a Morris Marina. I've seen it happen.

Over ten years on from the the first time I witnessed this, I can still say this is, without doubt, the funniest sketch I have ever seen in my life. It's the only thing that can make me type LOL and draw a smiley face, hence ;D. A phenomenal two minutes.

Arguably the best tune in the world.

I was in Sydney for this. Haddin had just got out and I was about to go back to the hotel, because we'd asked for the extra half-hour, but I didn't think we'd do much with it. Halfway up the steps I realised who was following him in. I made my way back to my seat and I honestly believe that in my...

I saw Elbow play this in front of about 200 people at the Varsity in Wolverhampton about 12 years ago. Two weeks ago, I saw them play in front of nearly 10,000 people at the NIA. And all of that crowd were enraptured. Brilliant music will always win eventually.

I hope to God this never gets taken down. It is beauty. And then something on top of beauty.