Here's something I wrote last year about Cardiff and its architecture.
It was originally written for The National Wales (RIP), and a lot of people have been complaining about Central Square again recently, so I've re-uploaded it.
Leigh Jones
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I used to work in music. Now I write stuff. Investigative Reporter for The Yorkshire Post.
Another day, another story about Ben Houchen.
#benhouchen #teesside
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/peer-makes-official-complaint-about-ben-houchen-4207530
The Albanian airport Ben Houchen claims paid for the business trip he undertook in 2022 has denied paying for the visit.
The airport contacted me and asked The Yorkshire Post to issue a correction "Because it is not true and secondly, because this damages our image as an airport and also our reputation".
Left London a year ago this weekend.
Loved living in #whitleybay each and every single day since.
Since I last sent a toot I've joined The Yorkshire Post as an investigative journalist.
Here's my latest story for them...
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/ben-houchen-refuses-to-declare-albania-trip-on-register-of-interests-4203827
Did you have a copy of the South Park album?
It went platinum, was an enormous cultural moment, and has vanished off the face of the earth.
I write about it in this week's newsletter.
https://leighjones.substack.com/p/chef-aid-the-south-park-album-revisited
For this week's newsletter I wrote about how Led Zeppelin set the blueprint for all bands that followed.
✍️ https://leighjones.substack.com/p/led-zeppelin-iv-the-blueprint/
I talk about the good old days of P2P downloading, finding cassettes in the wild and consider what we we think of when we talk about 'bands' and how that came to be.
There's a dig on Clapton in there, too, for good measure.
It's free to subscribe. New issue every Friday!
I haven't been here for a while.
Here's something I wrote to help kick-start that Christmas feeling.
Slade vs Wizzard: The definitive analysis.
🎄 https://leighjones.substack.com/p/slade-vs-wizzard-the-definitive-analysis
Slade vs Wizzard - The Definitive Analysis
It's Chriiiiiiiiiiiiistmaaaaaaaaas! Slade and Wizzard, both Glam bands? Not really. But together they practically invented the whole notion of the Christmas Number One. Here's a quick look into how it came to be. If you enjoy this, feel free to share it!
This is one of the best things I've read in absolutely ages.
One of the things that you read as a writer and just think "Why do I bother? I'll never be that good".
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qa4v/growing-up-in-Northumberland
