This is desperately required. As are responses to all the other recommendations in the excellent Select Committee Report. Especially the fact that these Oasis shows have contributed nothing at all to the grassroots sector economy.

September is here and it’s that back to work feeling! I’m looking for more opportunities for culture news shifts, subbing, profiles and SEO across music, TV and film. My portfolio is in my bio here - if you think we can work together, say hi!

Also music PRs! I have space for bios in October and November now. Can send on examples of many written over the last seven years - as well as sleeve notes, press releases and all that. Get in touch!

Grief hits in different ways. In Cave’s book Faith, Hope And Carnage, he warned of the act of “calcifying around the absence of the person that you love”. Rather than be bitter and frozen, Cave admits that he’s found a route to be more open nme.com/reviews/album/…

Twickets make U-turn and lower fees for Oasis tickets amid ongoing criticism from fans nme.com/news/music/twi…

Because too often it isn't. Just 8% of people in film and TV come from a working-class background compared to 60% from upper-middle-class backgrounds. Journalism has a similar problem. It means the stories of working-class communities are rarely accurately or adequately told.

The class ceiling

I can now say I wrote the bio for the MERCURY PRIZE WINNING English Teacher. What a moment for them, and what a bloody deserving band to win this

I’m off to Paris next week for the first time in forever. Please send me your travel tips! Done all the big touristy bits of Paris so looking for more hidden gems!

Does anyone on here remember seeing The Rain, before they developed into Oasis? Would love to hear from you if so, for an article I’m writing. Please DM :) #journorequest #oasis #manchester

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I’ve been up since five am and am now en route to the station and am too tired but it’s okay because I’M OFF TO PARIS lads. By 2pm I’ll be half woman half creme brûlée.

I certainly did. And thank you The Quietus for giving this essay a home. I know of few publishers that would – and that's the beauty of John Doran and Luke Turner's inimitable enterprise, giving so many of us writers room to breathe.

People who say it cannot be done should get out of the way of the people doing it. Thank you ⁦Coldplay⁩ for believing that a brighter future for grassroots music venues, artists and promoters is possible. nme.com/news/music/col…

I wouldn’t have a journalism career if it were not for the Evening Standard. A very sad day and thinking about all the staff who are moving on.