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Graham argues that indie/alt music is now only a hobby according to The Guardian. But is it partly to blame?

Graham previews his and Rob Cowen's Vinyl Sessions event in Harrogate.

Charles reviews The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Charles wonders about the significance of a new Banksy statue.

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AI continues to find its way into every corner of our lives and even the bank balance of former PM, Rishi Sunak.

Graham is moved to discuss the strange success of comic writer Tim Key, whom he watched up close on stage in Leeds.

He follows this up with a new book of history that by being brilliant is missing the point - The Guardian foreign correspondent Jason Burke's new book The Revolutionists - The Story of the Extremists who Hijacked the 1970s.

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Graham takes a look at what is potentially the graveyard of filmmakers: is the new cinema adaptation of Albert Camus's The Stranger by François Ozon any good?

Queen in space and Harrogate's six degrees of separation link to Artemis II's recent mission to the Moon.

New BBC TV drama Mint uses Graham’s childhood streets in Grangemouth as its main location. Graham relives his youth.

From the Blues Bar to City Varieties: Graham talks up Harrogate rapper Lence’s biggest event in Leeds to date, Blur the Lines at The Leeds Jazz Festival, Leeds City Varieties.

The Aesthetica Art Prize exhibition is venturing from its usual York base to galleries in Skipton, Harrogate and Scarborough.

Charles has been reading Evan Dando’s memoir, Rumours of My Demise. The Lemonheads frontman keeps it real.

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In their latest Interview Special, Charles and Graham interview Sheffield artist, Pete McKee.

About Pete McKee:

Pete McKee is a Sheffield-born artist whose work greatly reflects and embodies his experiences of growing up on a council estate surrounded by working-class culture and humour. It is this down-to-earth and nostalgic thread that runs through all of his work that has gained him a worldwide following. Pete also runs the Pete McKee Gallery, based at Leah's Yard in Sheffield.

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The cult that won't die: Garth Marenghi has the last laugh on stage at Leeds City Varieties more than 20 years after his solitary TV series.

Mark Ronson's Night Peoplememoir: Graham answers the question, is a DJ interesting enough to sustain a book?

Charles reports on a new production of the Broadway hit musical whodunnit, Murder For Two at the Stephen Jospeh Theatre in Scarborough.

Graham has been listening again to John Lennon's 1974 album Walls & Bridges and reassessed: How the ex-Beatle was actually ahead of Bowie.

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Charles and Graham discuss the Gorillaz show at Leeds Arena last week and how it shows how their past is not only the present but remains the future.

Graham is looking forward to the latest Vinyl Sessions in Harrogate and explaining the difference between Queen's Greatest Hits and Queen's Greatest Hits II.

Charles reports on the new film, Project Hail Mary and how Ryan Gosling exudes star quality.

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Charles and Graham ponder if Morrissey's return to form is a lie? The persecution of Morrissey and his new album, Make-up is a Lie seems completely over the top.

Watching new film Midwinter Break starring Lesley Manville and Ciaran Hinds, Graham starts to wonder if it means that serious films about middle age and older possible are now possible these days?

If the monthly Spotify figures are what matters, Bruno Mars is now the world's greatest musician. Graham and Charles look at which artists are still building audiences.

Graham mulls the richness in Harrogate's classical music calendar with the Harrogate International Festival Sunday Series debut of world renowned one-handed pianist, Nicholas McCarthy.

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Charles and Graham catch up with former music journalist, now an author of intriguing fiction, Rob Chapman as he talks about his new book, Drum. Set predominantly in the alternative comedy world of the 1980s, Drum documents the rise and fall of Malcolm Drummond, a former jazz musician who takes a less than conventional route into stand up.

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