The Israeli Palestine conflict is one that flares up sporadically, and inevitably brings up questions when it does. And some of those questions involve the human rights of the people who are caught up...
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Only 15 cases of Covid out of 58,000 in government test events? Sounds good – but where are the reports so we can see the data and make up our own minds?
Unless I’m very much mistaken, it was The Times newspaper which first reported the revelation that out of events attended by a total of 58,000 people, only 15 of them subsequently caught Covid-19. This...
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So will England ditch the remaining Covid restrictions on June 21st and will nightclubs reopen as planned? Here’s your clickbait free answer
It probably wasn’t a surprise, was it? The Indian government appear to have decided to allow the second wave of coronavirus to run largely unchecked, hence the dreadful scenes from the country. And hence...
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Wales hasn’t announced plans for the return of festivals yet. So isn’t it just a little bit risky organising one there?
A few days ago, I wrote about the approaches of the UK’s four different nations to easing up on lockdown. This can occasionally create a very confusing situation if you’re unaware of the differences...
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Disunited kingdom: Confusion as England hopes to reopen nightclubs on June 21st… but the devolved nations don’t even have it in their plans
The dance music press are, if nothing else, lazy. Hence why if you follow them, you might be under the impression that when Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants nightclubs open again by...
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You’ll have to eat soup in the rain for another 2 weeks! Sacha Lord loses his case against the government to reopen hospitality more quickly
Last night, I published this piece about Sacha Lord’s legal case to allow hospitality to open indoors – that’s bars, restaurants and so on – earlier than the May 17th date currently planned for...
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What IS going on? From absent judges to temporising government lawyers, Sacha Lord’s case to reopen indoor hospitality earlier mired in delays and dithering
I haven’t been entirely complimentary about Sacha Lord on this blog. I’ve previously condemned the way he rewarded plague rave DJs and I’m not especially a fan of his conduct on social media either....
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That’s gratitude for you! Resident Advisor – bailed out by British taxpayers last year – now complaining about PM Boris Johnson having no plan for EU touring
Resident Advisor – they who claimed to be a “cultural institution” in order to get a £750k bailout from Arts Council England – are complaining that Boris Johnson has no plan for British artists...
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DJ Union? Rubbish name – but why a trade union for DJs might be the red flag its idealists aren’t hoping for
The idea of DJs joining trade unions is not a new one. I’ve heard it before – but the idea is being revisited by some at the moment. They think that things need to...
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As Boomtown Fair cancels its festival for the second year, why is the Government so reluctant to introduce a Covid insurance scheme?
Much has been written today, both in the dance music press and elsewhere, about Boomtown Fair cancelling the festival for the second year in a row. In a series of tweets, they reveal the...
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Government backed insurance for festivals – which former PM could possibly help?
Government backed Covid insurance. These words don’t sound terribly exciting. Yet they increasingly could be the difference between numerous festivals happening this year, and well, these festivals not happening. Allow me to explain. Prime...
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Dance music, racism and a soundtrack of déjà vu
I was searching online earlier this week on a subject I’ll be writing about next week – when I came across this piece courtesy of Dweller Forever. The premise of the piece? Well… “Black...
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Does the dance music press need a good shake up?
I got an interesting email in the inbox yesterday. It’s from a friend of mine who’s been catching up on the contents of this fine blog. He had one thing to say that particularly...
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June 21st – just another day in the calendar
A lot of people seem increasingly convinced that life will be back to normal this summer. Presumably by that, they mean things like social distancing being a memory, being able to hug your granny...
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New coronavirus test, same old coronavirus problems
It appears that the Night Time Industries Association read my blog. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the numerous difficulties that clubs would encounter if they had to conduct Covid tests on guests...
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Creative arguments vs lawyers. Who wins?
Ever since the internet started its journey in the mid-1990s to becoming the behemoth that it is in our lives today, the music industry hasn’t really known how to deal with it. They’ve been...
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