England is a memory now. The gates are flooded and anybody can have access to England and join in.

As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand, the England outside London shivers beneath cutbacks, tight circumstances and economic disasters.

That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.

The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.