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Congratulations to our resident Captain Fiddle on the release of his superb new album, which is out now so go and listen to it! As such, he's not here on NO ENCORE this week. Filling in is the wonderful Brendan Canty, a man who knows a…

Last month, the Independent published an article that boasted the title 'Young, well educated - and permanently offended.' It would be monumentally ironic if I were to say that I was offended by this article. I was not. I was, however,…