Thorpe Park has a rather tame ride called “Mr Money’s Banana Ride” which is basically a big gondola sing shaped like a banana. Fred, guitarist of The Fred and Al Experience was rather taken with it despite it’s lameness and he rode it three times in row on Al’s birthday outing. I thought the ride sounded lie a lost psychedelic single so it was born (very quickly) in one evening in my studio with my new work flow of.. just bugger it. So drums, bass and guitars are a noisy mess and it was put down whilst I didn’t lose momentum. For some reason I usually end up sounding like Syd Barrett or is that Syd Sarratt ?

“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she details a fast-moving technological coup and the rise of the “broligarchy”: an unprecedentedly powerful class of tech executives (like Elon Musk) who are complicit in dismantling democracy and enabling authoritarian control across the world. She shares a guide on how to digitally disobey in this age of runaway corporate power, data harvesting and mass surveillance — and reminds you that you have more power than you think. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 8, 2025)

In this historical video excerpt, David Vorhaus talks about two of his analogue inventions - the MANIAC analogue sequencer, and the Kaleidophon from 1979.

Colley’s Dog 5.2% ABV Yeast, hops, water and malt. Lots and lots of malt. Tasting notes This dark ruby premium ale is all about the malt, and we’ve packed a lot into this brew. It’s nutty, it’s malty and full of body. An old school strong English bitter.

Vivian Stanshall was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for acting as Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield’s album Tubular Bells.