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| Did Cliff Richard ever do a Johnny Cash at Strangeways? | Did Cliff Richard ever do a Johnny Cash at Strangeways? |
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| Johnny Cash recorded live albums at San Quentin and Folsom prisons in the US. Are there any incidences of singers visiting British prisons – eg Cliff Richard at Strangeways?
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| In 1997, Derby's brilliant Cable played a set at Brixton prison, later released as an EP, which fittingly included two Johnny Cash covers. These may have been included in case the audience wasn't into Fugazi/Sonic Youth inspired alternative rock. | In 1997, Derby's brilliant Cable played a set at Brixton prison, later released as an EP, which fittingly included two Johnny Cash covers. These may have been included in case the audience wasn't into Fugazi/Sonic Youth inspired alternative rock. |
| Olly Thomas, Brighton | Olly Thomas, Brighton |
| Hank Wangford (born Sam Hutt) made a TV series of performances filmed in Strangeways prison in 1985. His often maudlin country style was perfect for performing to inmates, with whom he was able to share emotions from the "Wangford Hall of Pain". | Hank Wangford (born Sam Hutt) made a TV series of performances filmed in Strangeways prison in 1985. His often maudlin country style was perfect for performing to inmates, with whom he was able to share emotions from the "Wangford Hall of Pain". |
| Toby Wood, Peterborough, Cambs | Toby Wood, Peterborough, Cambs |
| Billy Bragg formed the Jail Guitar Doors initiative (which took its name from a B-side by the Clash) in 2007 with the aim of getting musical instruments into prisons to help with rehabilitation. He has played in prisons (such as Wormwood Scrubs) with various musicians, including Mick Jones of the Clash. | Billy Bragg formed the Jail Guitar Doors initiative (which took its name from a B-side by the Clash) in 2007 with the aim of getting musical instruments into prisons to help with rehabilitation. He has played in prisons (such as Wormwood Scrubs) with various musicians, including Mick Jones of the Clash. |
| The band Hard-Fi also played in a prison, on condition that they didn't play covers of The Clash songs Bank Robber or I Fought the Law. | The band Hard-Fi also played in a prison, on condition that they didn't play covers of The Clash songs Bank Robber or I Fought the Law. |
| Aidan Rylatt, Leicester | Aidan Rylatt, Leicester |
| The Angelic Upstarts once played HMP Acklington. I read later that they encored with The Animals' We Gotta Get Out of this Place. Cue a riot. | The Angelic Upstarts once played HMP Acklington. I read later that they encored with The Animals' We Gotta Get Out of this Place. Cue a riot. |
| TonyMcCabe | TonyMcCabe |
| A lot of musicians visit prisons – Leonard Cohen gigged in Dublin's former prison Kilmainham last year. The Libertines used to do it, and Dirty Pretty Things, Mick Jones and Billy Bragg hold regular concerts in prisons. | A lot of musicians visit prisons – Leonard Cohen gigged in Dublin's former prison Kilmainham last year. The Libertines used to do it, and Dirty Pretty Things, Mick Jones and Billy Bragg hold regular concerts in prisons. |
| Pucci Dellanno, Liverpool | Pucci Dellanno, Liverpool |
| Pete Doherty? | Pete Doherty? |
| VexedPat | VexedPat |
| I don't know about Britain, but here in Austria a folk-pop music group was once hired to play a gig to entertain the inmates in Innsbruck prison. It started off badly when the lead singer greeted the audience by saying: "Thanks for coming here today." | I don't know about Britain, but here in Austria a folk-pop music group was once hired to play a gig to entertain the inmates in Innsbruck prison. It started off badly when the lead singer greeted the audience by saying: "Thanks for coming here today." |
| Stefan P Hechl | Stefan P Hechl |
| Is there sexism in heaven | Is there sexism in heaven |
| Are Christian souls in the afterlife as segregated by gender as we are on earth? | Are Christian souls in the afterlife as segregated by gender as we are on earth? |
| Scripture (the only authoritative source of information we have on the subject, if you believe it to be such) seems very quiet on this matter. Literature, on the other hand, suggests that in the afterlife we do remain who we are on earth: Dante, for instance, shows men and women retaining their genders in hell, in purgatory, and in heaven. | Scripture (the only authoritative source of information we have on the subject, if you believe it to be such) seems very quiet on this matter. Literature, on the other hand, suggests that in the afterlife we do remain who we are on earth: Dante, for instance, shows men and women retaining their genders in hell, in purgatory, and in heaven. |
| Whether this applies to other religions that believe in an afterlife I do not know. It would, of course, be an odd paradise (or hell) where Christians retained their gender, while Muslims or those of other religions did not. | Whether this applies to other religions that believe in an afterlife I do not know. It would, of course, be an odd paradise (or hell) where Christians retained their gender, while Muslims or those of other religions did not. |
| Francis Blake, London N17 | Francis Blake, London N17 |
| For those contemplating the "after-death", if particle physicists are to be believed, the atoms of matter than make up our mortal remains are more or less indestructible and will be redistributed by Mother Nature throughout the universe to some useful purpose of her own for eternity. | For those contemplating the "after-death", if particle physicists are to be believed, the atoms of matter than make up our mortal remains are more or less indestructible and will be redistributed by Mother Nature throughout the universe to some useful purpose of her own for eternity. |
| Mike Starke, Chale Green, Isle of Wight | Mike Starke, Chale Green, Isle of Wight |
| There is no segregation in heaven. Only white males are allowed in. | There is no segregation in heaven. Only white males are allowed in. |
| Brian Robinson, Brentwood, Essex | Brian Robinson, Brentwood, Essex |
| Many classic novels were first published in serial form in magazines. Does this ever happen now, and if not, why?
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| Stephen King initially published The Green Mile in serialised form – as short, stand-alone books rather than in a larger publication. | Stephen King initially published The Green Mile in serialised form – as short, stand-alone books rather than in a larger publication. |
| Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series started as a serialisation in The Scotsman. The instalments were much shorter than a 19th-century novel instalment, making the story more bitty than the works of Charles Dickens and his contemporaries. | Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series started as a serialisation in The Scotsman. The instalments were much shorter than a 19th-century novel instalment, making the story more bitty than the works of Charles Dickens and his contemporaries. |
| There are also fictional blogs that have made the transition to novel format (eg the BabyBarista series). | There are also fictional blogs that have made the transition to novel format (eg the BabyBarista series). |
| Given the general decline in print journalism, I suspect if there is a future for written, serialised fiction, it is on the internet. | Given the general decline in print journalism, I suspect if there is a future for written, serialised fiction, it is on the internet. |
| BethS | BethS |
| The picture caption accompanying this article was corrected on February 13 to change the year Cliff Richard sang at Wimbledon from 1977 to 1996. | |
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