Two Good Soldiers, One Great War by Hugh Jones.
Hugh Jones, a decade-long supporter of and contributor to Stereo Stories, launches his book about two Tasmanian friends and World War I, in Hobart next Wednesday evening 15 May.
THE CLIMB by ALAN CUMMING. Story by Hugh Jones.
Why had nobody told me the descent from the mountain would be so much harder and more painful than the ascent? And when was this ear-worm going to disappear?
SERENADE by MARIO LANZA. Story by Hugh Jones
Some guests on Desert Island Discs are more interesting than others, and some are not what you would expect at all - Robert Plant, for example.
LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN by DREAM ACADEMY. Story by Hugh Jones
For about nine months we worked and played as a double act. Steve helped me cover Oxford United Football Club’s first home match in First Division (and was threatened with a knife by a nervous scalper he stopped in the street outside), while I tagged along to concerts he was covering (remember Squeeze or Level 42?).
CENTRE STAGE Hugh Jones
Hugh Jones has often been part of Stereo Stories' pivotal moments.
HANDLE WITH CARE by THE TRAVELING WILBURYS. Story by Hugh Jones
By mid-afternoon when the final edition went to bed, almost four complete newspapers had been created. Some days only the crossword survived all four.
Stephan Fidock, Rest In Peace.
We didn’t always talk about music as I sensed a history there Stephan was keen to let rest, but it was fun when we did.
WONDERFUL TONIGHT by ERIC CLAPTON Story by Hugh Jones
Eric’s music spilled out over the ridge, south into the valley, across the Jordan, embracing Biblical fields and crusade-era ruins, north along the road to Damascus.
MR BRIGHTSIDE by THE KILLERS (and Jack Riewoldt) Story by Hugh Jones
Is Mr Brightside really “one of the most seminal pieces of music of this century"? Hugh Jones dares to dampen the Richmond premiership celebrations.
POOR BOY BY SPLIT ENZ Story by Hugh Jones
Here in my city I’m fretting after my father, lost in the aftermath of a stroke and the creeping invasion of inoperable cancer.