Dr Alan Howard

Slightly unfortunate development as I appear to be starting with chicken pox, which is not a great illness to acquire as an adult. I became infected from my one year old daughter about 17 days ago along with my 2 year old son, who started with his illness a couple of days ago. I am [...]

I have just finished transcribing an interview with Don McLean that I recorded last week and which is mainly based on questions his fans submitted to his official website. The interview is available here and contains something of interest for most fans and casual readers including insights into Don’s favourite food and a surprising interpretation [...]

I was interviewed live on BBC Radio Berkshire this morning following an unexpected request to comment on the news that Graham Norton was replacing Terry Wogan as presenter of British television’s coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest. They were still determined to explore the myth that the British were hard done by in this year’s [...]