Writer | Walk on the Wild Side blog and guided walks | exploring music, politics and community | with a bit of tech and design thrown in
Joined March 2007
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Mike Press retweeted
29 Oct 2025
NEW post: Sandy Denny ... "Her voice and vision still resonate: a reminder that the most profound melancholy can also be luminous, alive and simply beautiful."
@MikePress picks 10 from the ‘solo’ records of #SandyDenny
toppermost.co.uk/denny-sandy…
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6 Oct 2025
This Saturday. Join our musical guided walk of London's Soho - Beatles, Bowie, R&B, folk, jazz and more.
tally.so/r/nrey2v
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Mike Press retweeted
19 Sep 2025
Musical walking tour of London's Soho
2pm Saturday 11 October
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Mike Press retweeted
28 May 2025
Toppermost has just launched its new-look website with a very special post on Plastic Ono Band from @mikepress … #johnlennon #yokoono
Wander through the 1,100 posts on the site, see if your favourite band/artist is missing and maybe take it on ...
toppermost.co.uk/
ALT John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band album cover
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Mike Press retweeted
27 May 2025
Toppermost launches its new-look website today with a special post on Plastic Ono Band from @MikePress …
Exciting times for us - a better view on the mobile - why not have an explore - big thanks to all our contributors - anyone can join in.
toppermost.co.uk/
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Mike Press retweeted
21 Feb 2025
NEW post: Procol Harum
"We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels cross the floor"
@mikepress picks his #ProcolHarum top 10
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Mike Press retweeted
21 Feb 2025
NEW post: Procol Harum ...
"laid the key foundations for the progressive and underground music of the period"
@mikepress picks his top 10 #ProcolHarum tracks
toppermost.co.uk/procol-haru…
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Mike Press retweeted
21 Jan 2025
"Soho Square (from 'Titanic Days') is a tender and bittersweet ballad capturing themes of love, loss, and the passage of time - if I had one record to save from the waves, this is it"
A #KirstyMacColl top 10 picked by @mikepress
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Mike Press retweeted
21 Jan 2025
“Fifteen Minutes (from ‘Kite') with its upbeat tempo and sardonic lyrics critiques the fleeting nature of fame and the superficiality of celebrity culture”
A #KirstyMacColl top 10 picked by @mikepress
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Mike Press retweeted
21 Jan 2025
NEW post: Kirsty MacColl - "she pushed beyond the boundaries of post-punk ... took creative control over her work and her career ... carved out her own space refusing to be confined" #KirstyMacColl
10 of her best songs picked by @mikepress
toppermost.co.uk/kirsty-macc…
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Mike Press retweeted
3 Sep 2024
A #GuidedWalk around #Soho covering music, healthcare, science, politics and more!
tally.so/r/w4LEvO
#soholondon #londonsoho #londonhistory #historyofmusic #walkingtours #sohowows #londonmusichistory
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Mike Press retweeted
9 Aug 2024
For the first time, The Concert for Bangladesh, the GRAMMY® Award-winning album from @GeorgeHarrison, Ravi Shankar & friends, is now available for streaming across all major digital music providers worldwide. Stream The Concert for Bangladesh album: lnk.to/TheConcertForBanglade…
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Mike Press retweeted
19 Jul 2024
Spectacles, a variety of floor coverings, the best music you ever heard and other essentials of human experience. Our latest story. Photo by @JackieHopfinger
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8 Aug 2024
An object of beauty. A wonderful remapping.
6 Aug 2024
After eleven years, it's time to update my London Underground concentric-circles-and-spokes map. Completely redrawn from centre to edges, it's so much better than before, and more geographically accurate than the official map.
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17 Jul 2024
Great piece about one of the loveliest walks in London.
17 Jul 2024
An historical walk along London's *other* Strand on this week's Londonist: Time Machine londonist.substack.com/p/let…
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