Saville’s debut in the home furnishings market includes the fabric Technicolour Fleck, which mixes apparently random flecks of bright yellow, blue and red against natural-coloured wool. The problem – no, the issue ­– was that when I was hands-on with the work I was more concerned with its lasting quality rather than a sense of urgency, you know?

And because of the technical expertise and knowledge that Kvadrat has, about how wool behaves, and how weaving machines work, they were able to produce them. Joy Division Oven Gloves is a bit of a throwaway song - they've done far more epic, interesting songs than this - but it's an easy laugh, the title wins you over," Davies added.However, after a near four-year silence, the group were booked to appear at the 1990 Reading festival.

Now it is usually held right after the funeral, but in most celtiic countries the wake is held before the funeral.From Half Man Half Biscuit’s 2005 album Achtung Bono, this delightfully absurd “slice of Birkenhead poetry” was used in a campaign to save the BBC radio station 6 Music when it briefly faced closure in 2010. TRANSPORT for joy comes from the sense of being taken out of oneself, usually now in a positive sense, but can be any strong emotion including rage or hate, which makes rather ambiguous JSC Abbott’s 1854 quote in the OED about Napoleon being ‘hailed with transport wherever he appeared’. The possibilities for taking the mickey are rife: the whole idea sounds like another Half Man Half Biscuit song. It also stated that Tour Jacket With Detachable Sleeves had never been performed live; it has, but not since 2000. With their star in the ascendant, championed by John Peel and with Dickie Davies Eyes topping the indie singles chart, Nigel sensationally split the band in 1986 to the dismay of their burgeoning fanbase.

Geoff Davies, owner of Half Man Half Biscuit's record label, Probe Plus, said the band's singer, Nigel Blackwell, was "flattered" by the attention.I wanted MEMEMTO to have 2 Os and 1 E and PICCALILLI is always a challenge for me (both spelling and taste-wise).