Broad Oak Magazine

As I said in Part One, the likes of Sinatra will not have a place here, not because they shouldn’t be but simply because they require a p...

Labour got 262 seats out of the 650 in Parliament, on the basis of 40% of votes cast nationally. 40% of 650 seats is 260, so the actual resu...

Some years ago I bought a CD called "La Chanson Bien Douce" which featured the poetry of Paul Verlaine set to music by Billy Cowie...

Al Jolson gives the title to this piece. Jolson and his climb from a child circus entertainer to the world's most popular entertainer...

50 years ago! It really doesn't seem like it but it is indeed 50 years since the release of "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Cl...

Those of you who believe that wine is a product made by artisans who tend the grapes' every need and sit in the vineyards during the...

The one thing that can be said about the Hammond Organ is its fall from grace was as quick as its rise. During the sixties several musi...