I attended Manchester University in 1967, and I was in the Drama Department. I was keen on Theatre but by then I was becoming even more entranced by rock’n’roll. The Student Union hosted regular gigs, and booked acts a long time in advance. This meant that we were able to see some fabulous bands, up-close […]

It may come as something of a surprise that, about half a century ago, your friendly local song-writer was once a member of the sinister ‘mindbending’ cult of Scientology. I have ‘fessed up to this in various interviews, but I thought I would write something about the movement as seen from a slightly different viewpoint, […]