hi-fi+ issue 226 Contents

COMPETITION

4WIN! A pair of Dynaudio Special Forty stand-mount loudspeakers worth £2,800 must be won!

AWARDS

11The 2023 hi-fi+ Awards The finest products of the year!

COMMENT

7Incoming! Your views on all things audio

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

188DeVore Fidelity Orangutan O/Baby stand-mount loudspeaker

194conrad-johnson ART Phono phono stage

198Raidho Acoustics X1.6stand-mount loudspeaker

202Solid Tech Balance equipment rack

205Phasemation PP-2000 moving coil cartridge

207 Kimber Kable 4PR/8PR loudspeaker cables

209Hana Umami Blue moving coil cartridge

MUSIC

212A Beginner’s Guide to... Hip-Hop Part 3

Our Beginner’s Guide series ends with Hip‑Hop’s ever-changing nature... and its expansion beyond America.

218Matt Deighton The Welsh singer-songwriter talks about his latest album, Today Become Forever... and a Thorens turntable.

225Music Reviews Contemporary, classical and audiophile music

PLUS

186 & 187 Advertiser index

197CD Salisbury Christmas: while stocks last!

222Subscriptions Subscribe and save!

232Next Issue What 2024 is going to bring us!

Bringing Back the Old School Rules - Is the future of EFL inside education?

Irish Act onf TEFL - New rules to cover terms for teachers

Teachers Wanted - International schools look for TEFL staff

EAP in East Asia - What Unis want in Chisna, Korea , Japan

Paid Peanuts - The UK dip teacher on £16,000 a year

Will England turn its back on EFL?
How the UK industry needs to change

English Only
Migrants are told to use English at home

Takes Two to TEFL
Is co-teaching key to classroom progress?

Stop Synthetics
Aussie prof pans UK phonics fanaticism

Perfect Score
England's oldest EFL school chooses change

Is it the genuine article? - Spot the scammers hitting schools and scholarly journals

• Special Agents - Traffickers target boarding schools
• Hidden Gems - London schools at bargain prices
• Dodgy Data - How to avoid pseudo-research
• Fake Facts? - Help students think critically

A common language divided by two countries - The dominance of the post-war ELT superpowers is at an end

• Flight from Wuhan - some stay on as last plane leaves
• Great Expectations - Too many teachers underestimate ELLs
• Special Relationship? - Both US and UK hit hard as market falls
• Bilingual Battle - Josie Tinajero on giving voice to L1

ACCIDENTS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

• SSE and Npower merger gets green light from competition watchdog
• BEIS outlines Brexit plans to transfer EU energy laws
• Trump administration wants to make it easier to release methane into air

H is for Hope - the quest for hydrogen

• Ofgem blasts big energy firms for complaints handling
• National Grid to pass £111m Humber pipeline costs to customers
• Shell approves $12bn liquefied natural gas project in Canada

WELCOME TO THE DIGITAL AGE

• UK set for surge in plants producing 'green gas'
• Government sets up gas storage inquiry
• Next wave LNG race hits hurdles in US trade war with China

WHAT LIES BENEATH - Knowledge management isn't always smooth sailing

NEWS

• Ofgem proposes to slash investor returns on UK energy networks
• Drax completes purchase of Scottish Power gas portfolio
• British Gas owner challenges energy price cap

Blazing a Trail - The Apprentice Pipeline

TAKING ON THE GIANTS - Small, agile gas engine power plants are helping to bridge the renewables gap

• OFGEM consults on plan for energy networks 'bailout' scheme
• UK rejects frackers' calls to ease restrictions
• Apprenticeship funds being spent on legacy training or left idle

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX - The innovation edition

• UK oil and gas industry 'needs £200bn of investment' for future developement
• National living wage increase brings pay rise for 1.8 million
• Nord Stream 2 runs aground in Denmark

CONNECTED WORLD - Are you ready for the next industrial revolution?

Digest

• 'Do it now': UK must set zero-carbon target for 2050, say official advisers
• UKRI allocates £30m for smart energy systems innovation
• UK oil and gas industry needs 25,000 new workers within six years, says sills report

500 Business Champions. Special ranking 2024.

Kenyan President William Ruto: 'Haiti mission is for humanity'.

Ghana. What CEOs want from December's election.

The UAE's next move. With cash pouring into African ports, land and mines, the United Arab Emirates is flexing political muscle on the continent.

Don't miss the latest edition of The Africa Report - Q4

Inside:

·The new Nigeria: How a band of blue chip firms are starting to lift the economy

·Raila Odinga of Kenya speaks to us on his bid to be African Union president

·The CEO of MTN, Ralph Mupita, talks about the future of mobile money

·And don't miss our exclusive ranking of African banks: 300 Africa Finance Champions

The Africa Report: Made in Africa

The Africa Report n°130

Don't miss the end-of-year special edition of The Africa Report!

Inside:

• We break down the trends for Africa in 2025: From the Trump effect to the race for critical minerals
• Need a regional radar? We pop the lid on the key countries and people to watch across Africa
• Get inside the State Visit of Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu to France - all the deals, and key interviews
• And don't miss our exclusive ranking of urban Africa: Top 30 attractive African Cities

The Africa Report: Africa in 2025

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Inside:

• Made in Africa: Can the continent seize the electric moment?
• Angola's João Lourenço, the new African Union chair, tells us in an exclusive interview that "dialogue is the only option in the DRC – even with M23"
• We dig into Zambia's bright future for copper
• See who is at the table in South Africa's fledgling coalition government in our 14-page special

The Africa Report: Made in Africa

Available from Thursday 20 March at your local newsagent and from Wednesday 19 March in digital edition.

ssue 108 Contents

News and New Products

Hunting with Eagles – Wyoming 2016
Andrew Knowles-Brown on his trip to America

Sudden Colour Change in the Feet of a Golden Eagle
Dr. David Glynne Fox tells us about colour changes in eagles’ feet and cere

A Home of Their Own
Ross Dawson and the building of his aviaries

We Were Falconers
Part 2 of the Gardner family by Paul Beecroft

Balearic Falconry Meet
Bob Dalton on another one of his trips overseas

Some More Mishaps and Mistakes
Doug Palmer tells us of some more of his exploits while out hawking

Plight of the Kestrel
Stephen Osbourne-Dalby on the decline of this little falcon in Britain

Herpesvirus – the risks associated with feeding pigeon to falconry birds
Vets Thomas Dutton and Neil Forbes on why we should not feed our hawks pigeons

Club Directory

IBR Lost and Found

Issue 109 Contents

News and New Products

Training New Zealand Falcons
Dr. Nick Fox tells us about this wonderful falcon

Majorca Visit
Another experience abroad from Bob Dalton

Competition
A chance to win tickets to Countryfile Live

Recent Observations in Trained Golden Eagles
What has Dr. David Glynne Fox found out concerning the Golden Eagle

We Were Falconers. Hawking Clubs: Past, Present and Future
Another article in this series compiled by Paul Beecroft

Surprises, Close Encounters and Hawking Pleasure
Another excellent article of anecdotes from Doug Palmer

New Forest Owl Studio
Stephen Osbourne-Dalby on this business which helps the young and old alike

The Secretary Bird
Dr. Steve Portugal on this bird of prey we cannot categorise

A Perspective on Demonstration Falconry
Tom Morath tells us about flying a bird in displays

Club Directory

IBR Lost and Found

Issue 110 Contents

News & New Products

Ask Chitty
John Chitty advises us on what to do if a hawk is bitten by a squirrel

The 2017 British Falconers Fair
Dr. David Glynne Fox reports on this year’s event

Notes on training New Zealand Falcons – part II
Dr. Nick Fox completes his article on New Zealand’s only falcon

Soaring Eagles and Fast Dogs
Joe and Cordi Atkinson tell us about working the Tazi dog breed with a Golden Eagle

Fitting a plectrum style tail mount on a Redtail or Harris Hawk
Shaun Bannister explains how to fit a tail mount on a hawk

First big season with a Tribrid
An article by Ellis Phythian on his work with a Gyr/Peregrine x Saker

Wild food – an ideal source of nutrition or excessive risk
Vet Tom Dutton and the risks of disease in falconry birds

Two Tiercels
George Thomson on flying a cast of falcons

Coping
American Stuart Rossell tells us his way of trimming the beak on hawks

Raptor Awards: Setting Standards
Julie Murphy on the welfare and training of both birds of prey and people

Club Directory

IBR Lost and Found

Issue 111 Contents

Book Reviews and News

Ask Chitty
10 Tips when choosing a healthy new bird

A Trip of a Lifetime
Julia Kramer and her trip to Brazil

A Day in the Life of the Leeds Castle Falconry Team
What is a day like at this iconic venue. Gemma Wright tells us all

What Does an Aviculturist do?
Aviculturist Kerry Baker tells us what she does at International Wildlife Consultants Ltd

Hunting with a Cast of Harris Hawks
Shaun Bannister tells us what it is like to fly a cast of hawks in the field

Elliot Channer – Wildlife Sculptor
Young sculptor making a name for himself in the art world

Golden, Bald Eagle or Vulture?
Dr David Glynne Fox ponders on the feather loss of a raptor

The Challenges of Live TV
Americans Joe and Cordi Atkinson tell us about what it is like working with a film crew

Ospreys in Poole
Stephen Davy-Osborne and the ongoing project to encourage Ospreys to return to Poole harbour

2017 Raptor Weekend
Book signing and more from Dr David Glynne Fox

Club Directory

IBR Lost and Found

The End of an Era
My last words as editor of this publication

UZBEKISTAN: A NEW START (PART 2)

DEEP SOUTH DUCKS

SUE FULTON , PHOTOGRAPHER / ARTIST

THE FALCONRY WEEKEND

ITALIAN FALCONRY MEETING

BRITISH ARCHIVES OF FALCONRY

THE FALCONRY FESTIVAL 2017

BOOK REVIEW: ARTIST FALCONERS BY DR. DAVID GLYNNE FOX

• News
• Roger Charles Upton
• Italian meet: Vivaro
• Paraguay: significant progress
• Italian Falconry Meeting Pt.2
• Gilbert Blaine: Valkenswaard
• Book review: Aria, Uomini, Falchi (air, men, hawks)
• North American Falconers Association
• Divided Opinion
• A Novel Approach

• News
• Golden eagle report
• The theatre of the air
• Using modern falconry technology to aid in raptor rehabilitation
• The magic of Melfi
• Eastern peregrinations
• Rendezvous
• An afternoon at Liberty's owl, raptor and reptile centre
• Greece - an update
• Book review
• Fools rush in
• Game fair report

Biosecurity & Management

Hawking around Houston, Texas, USA

Urban Peregrines

1st International falconry meet in Paraguay

John Hockenhull an obituary

The Merlin : The Falcon Temeraire

Falconers fair report

10th Anniversary Issue

World of Falconry - Issue 42

Keylines

Don Field G4XTT reflects on activity and propagation, both on VHF and the HF bands, the latter including a short trip he made to Crete.

News
PW’s monthly roundup of news from the UK and internationally, including new products, club news and recent events.

The Gurney Slade (Part 1)
Tim Walford G3PCJ returns with an AM transceiver for 80 or 160m, using a simple TRF receiver and a transmitter based around a ceramic resonator.

The Battle Creek Special (Part 2)
Steve Ireland VK6VZ continues his report on how to build your own version of the Battle Creek Special antenna, starting with trap assembly.

Buying Second-hand
Chris Lorek G4HCL gives a brief introduction to the various digital modes on VHF/UHF along with some useful guidance for buying a second-hand digital transceiver.

RCF Sponsored Student Success
We have news of a Radio Communications Foundation success story.

The Morse Mode
Roger Cooke G3LDI laments the disappearance of ‘proper’ QSOs and discusses the best shape for a knob!

The Siren 6cm WBFM Station (Part 2)
Mark Bryant M0UFC continues his construction project, describing how to assemble and test the various modules.

Data Modes
Mike Richards G4WNC has an update on the RF Calibrator discussion and moves on to looking at an interesting use of WSPR and how to get started with Spy Server.

World of VHF
Tim Kirby G4VXE has a packed column this month, resulting largely from the excellent Sporadic-E activity on the 6, 4 and 2m bands.

Carrying on the Practical Way
John Adams G3ZSE returns with another antenna-related project. This time it’s a handy vertical antenna for the 4m (70MHz) band.

Valve & Vintage
Steve Telenius Lowe PJ4DX takes us back 100 years into history through the pages of the 1917 Navy Wireless Telegraphy Manual.

HF Highlights
Steve Telenius-Lowe PJ4DX reports a U-turn by the ARRL and has plenty of operating news, despite the early summer doldrums.

Technical for the Terrified
Tony Nailer G4CFY responds to a customer request by developing a lowpass filter suitable for transmit purposes.

What Next
Colin Redwood G6MXL presents a step-by-step guide to getting on the air with an analogue VHF/UHF FM handheld transceiver.

In the Shop
Harry Leeming G3LLL ponders what a guarantee is worth and moves on to claims of accuracy in frequency measurement.

Readers’ Letters
This month’s topics cover VHF/UHF operation, a crystal marker and other reader feedback.

Rallies
Locate a rally or event near you; we have our usual comprehensive list.

Bargain Basement, Classified Adverts, Traders’ Tables, PW Publishing Bookstore & Subscriptions

Keylines

Don Field G3XTT reflects on the recent IARU Radiosport Championship event, ponders on a new data mode and looks at the variety of articles in this month’s issue.

News
PW’s monthly roundup of news from the UK and internationally, including new products, club news and recent events.

The Gurney Slade (Part 2)
Tim Walford G3PCJ continues with last month’s project, looking this month at the transmitter.

Review – The LAMCO DU1500 ATUs
Vince Lear G3TKN takes a look at a couple of high-power ATUs from Lam Communications.

Review – The QYT KT8900D 144/432MHz FM Mobile Transceiver
Tim Kirby G4VXE takes a look at a very cost-effective dual-band mobile with the benefit of an optional Bluetooth microphone unit.

Review – The Super Antenna MP1DXMAX
PW reader and indefatigable portable operator Carl Gorse 2E0HPI shares his hands-on experience of using the Super Antenna MP1DXMAX.

HF Highlights
With the onset of autumn, HF conditions should start to pick up and Steve Telenius-Lowe PJ4DX is recommending that readers take up the challenge of seeing what they can work during September.

Data Modes
Mike Richards G4WNC has more encouraging news on Spy Server for the Raspberry Pi.

Carrying on the Practical Way (G7FHN)
Wally Sawyer G7FHN offers advice on how to set up simple omnidirectional antennas for temporary use, such as when providing communications for a community event.

World of VHF
Tim Kirby G4VXE has news of a new weak signal data mode, more on MD-380 firmware and lots of news on VHF activity, especially via seasonal sporadic E.

Making Waves
Steve White G3ZVW explains Critical Frequency and Near Vertical Incidence Skywave.

The Ninth PW 70MHz Contest
Colin Redwood G6MXL invites readers to participate in the Practical Wireless 70MHz Contest.

Valve & Vintage
Ben Nock G4BXD is back, taking a look this month at receivers from kit manufacturer Heathkit, receivers that were classics of their day.

Carrying on the Practical Way (G3JRD)
Rob Dancy G3JRD describes a simple-to-build field strength indicator than can be the basis of some handy antenna measurements.

Doing it by Design
Tony Nailer G4CFY develops a noise tuning bridge, taking his usual approach of describing the trials and tribulations he encounters along the way.

What Next?
Colin Redwood G6MXL continues to look at VHF/UHF analogue handhelds and considers some of the aspects of the hobby that can be explored with one.

Emerging Technology
Chris Lorek G4HCL covers battery-free wireless devices, using technology against shark attacks, high speed data over terrestrial and satellite links and more in this month’s instalment.

In Focus – ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast
Many readers will have come across the ICQ Podcast and PW’s editor was interviewed for ICQ at last year’s Newark Hamfest. Here’s a look behind the scenes.

Readers’ Letters
This month’s topics include our non-radio hobbies, insurance and liability, the items we buy and rallies and Hamfests and more.

Rallies
Locate a rally or event near you; we have our usual comprehensive list.

Bargain Basement, Classified Adverts, Traders’ Tables, PW Publishing Bookstore & Subscriptions

Keylines

Don has news of PW’s new owners. He also looks at where technology is taking us and whether or not that is what attracts newcomers to the hobby.

News
PW’s monthly roundup of news from the UK and internationally, including new products, club news and recent events.

Review – The Kenwood TH-74E
Don G3XTT gets to grips with Kenwood’s TH-D74 dual-band handheld with D-STAR, APRS and more.

Review – The Icom ID-4100E 144/432MHz Digital Mobile Transceiver
Tim Kirby G4VXE takes a look an interesting new D-STAR mobile transceiver from Icom.

The Morse Mode
Roger G3LDI is hoist by his own petard, as the saying goes. He also has news of some interesting paddle keys.

Improving HF Band SNR
Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL and Nigel Squibb G4HZX describe their quest to understand and improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on the 40m band.

HF Highlights
Steve Telenius-Lowe PJ4DX looks forward to the major DX and contest season as well as having lots of reader news.

Carrying on the Practical Way
Eric Edwards GW8LJJ is back, this time with some thoughts about the development of a direct conversion receiver using modern technology.

Buying Second-hand
Chris Lorek G4HCL looks at a vital part of your VHF/UHF base station – antenna systems and coax.

Valve & Vintage
Michael Marinaro WN1M discusses how amateurs battled radio noise to achieve transatlantic communications during the First World War.

World of VHF
Tim Kirby G4VXE has news of a new 23cm band distance record, more on FT8 and using Logbook of the World for VHF contacts.

Data Modes
FT8 is the latest addition to the WSJT software suite and is already taking the amateur radio world by storm. Mike Richards G4WNC explains the basics.

Technical for the Terrified
Most of the integrated circuits we come across nowadays are digital but linear integrated circuits, particularly operational amplifiers, continue to have many uses. Tony Nailer G4CFY offers an introduction.

What Next
This month Colin Redwood G6MXL looks at some of the recently updated awards available from the RSGB for both members and non-members.

In the Shop
Harry Leeming G3LLL relates some strange faults that he ran across in his workshop days and reminisces a little on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Readers’ Letters
Readers raise yet another broad range of topics, from antennas to radios and from dealer service to operating comfort.

Rallies
Locate a rally or event near you; we have our usual comprehensive list.

Bargain Basement, Classified Adverts, Traders’ Tables, PW Publishing Bookstore & Subscriptions

Space Weather Workshop - PW Making Waves columnist Steve White G3ZVW reports on a workshop bringing together Space Weather scientists and radio amateurs.

The 2017 RSGB National Hamfest - PW was once again at the National Hamfest at Newark. Editor Don G3XTT has some impressions

Review – The Yaesu FT-70DE - Tim Kirby G4VXE has a review of a new dual-band handheld for Yaesu’s System Fusion

Review – Wonder-Wand Antennas - Carl Gorse 2E0HPI has been checking out some more antennas suitable for portable operation

Rejuvenating the Yaesu FR-50B Receiver – Part 2 - Dr Samuel Ritchie EI9FZB continues his restoration of an old Yaesu FR-50B

Antipodal Focusing - Steve Telenius-Lowe PJ4DX explains antipodal focusing of radio signals, an effect that helps to improve signal strengths to and from the opposite side of the globe

Carrying on the Practical Way - Dave Cutts M0TAZ describes a club project to construct a 3-element HF Yagi for the 17m band

What Next - Colin Redwood G6MXL returns to amateur television, a topic he first wrote about in PW in 1984

Valve & Vintage - Michael Marinaro WN1M continues with the second part of the story of transatlantic communications during the First World War

The World of VHF - Tim Kirby G4VXE brings all the usual news, which this month includes some 6cm band developments and a repurposed satellite

The Big Digital Challenge! – Part 2

In the second part of their guide to long-distance reception of digital TV multiplexes, our DXTV experts Keith Hamer and Garry Smith look at tuning and scanning, receivers, signals, antennas and more

Scanning Scene
Bill Robertson offers a data signal mystery, gives advice on correct ways of installing antennas and on using one antenna for multiple scanners and explains blocking and image problems

Book Review
David Harris reviews TX Pirate Radio Dispatches from Eighties London by Stephen Hebditch

News & Products, including Corrections

Decode
Mike Richards delivers an update for those using SpyServer with a Raspberry Pi 3 and expands on the Signal History feature in SDR Console Version 3 Preview 6

Military Matters
Pat Carty notes an emergency incident, reflects on this summer’s military celebrations and flypasts so far and reports on exercises in the Baltic region

Sky High
Godfrey Manning explains some key aircraft manoeuvres under the control of pilots and their reflections in radio communications, before updating you on frequency and operational news

DXTV, FM & Satellite News
Keith Hamer and Garry Smith examine single and double hop Sporadic-E reception and FM DX during the Eta Aquarids meteor event, prior to informing us on new services and technologies

Maritime Matters
Robert Connolly looks at traditional sound and visual maritime signalling systems still in place, assesses anti-piracy precautions in the Middle East and search and rescue news closer to home

Erecting a Wall Mounted Antenna Mast
Roger Bunney reports on his project of putting up an antenna mast mounted on his garage wall and supporting both a rotator and his Wellbrook ALA1530 loop antenna

Airband News
David Smith looks at The Skyway Code resource and at ways of making military aircraft communications systems harmonise with one another through an ‘Einstein Box’

Feedback

LM&S Broadcast Matters
Chrissy Brand finds vintage at a garden party and makes a point about the links between short wave radio and art, before a comprehensive review of the medium and short wave summer catches so far

NDB DXing
Robert Connolly constructs a reserve power supply for himself, advises on keeping your antennas in shape and provides his comprehensive compilation of beacon loggings, including one surprise

The Sinking of the RMS Republic – Jack Binns a Real Hero
Scott Caldwell profiles Jack Binns, wireless operator on the RMS Republic and a true working-class hero whose devotion to duty saved lives when the vessel sank

Radio Websites
Chrissy Brand assesses a wide range of websites connected to radio, looking at the New York Festivals International Radio Awards and readers’ favourite internet radio websites on her way

Off the Record
Oscar the Engineer reports on the licence award to Radio Caroline on 648kHz and the aftermath of Ofcom’s rejection of other applications while placing free radio in a wider media framework

Comms from Europe
Simon Parker shares the results of his recent competition, assesses a limited-edition transceiver, re-lives a CB-related memorial event and evaluates future equipment

Software Spot
This month, QSP73 Services offers another wide-ranging software collection to accompany and support your radio hobby, especially activities such as propagation monitoring and data modes

News & Products, Radio Book Store, Trading Post, Glossary, Radio Events & Airshow Guide

Irresistible Transistor Radios, East and West

Robert Davidson opens his treasure trove and admits readers to his collection of vintage transistor radios from all over the world, explaining their provenance, technical side and historical significance

Scanning Scene
Bill Robertson offers a basic guide to radio communications on the bands of interest to scanner enthusiasts and unlocks the secrets of MPT1327 trunking in the process

Feedback

Decode
Mike Richards evaluates data transmissions and propagation monitoring in the context of the Weak Signal Propagation Reporter software, providing an insight into its usage and reporting system

Military Matters
Pat Carty reflects on the Royal International Air Tattoo 2017 and Exercise Black Swan 2017 as well as providing an update on current virtual radar monitoring software

Book Review
David Harris reviews The Royal Ruler & The Railway DJ by Tony Prince and Jan Šesták

Sky High
Godfrey Manning covers the use of personal locator beacons and explains standard instrument procedures from Heathrow Airport, prior to his updates on displays, operations and frequencies

DXTV, FM & Satellite News
Keith Hamer and Garry Smith report on some exciting TV DX monitoring conditions, owing to enhanced Sporadic-E propagation

Maritime Matters
Robert Connolly summarises recent changes to maritime safety information broadcasts and is concerned about interference and the risks of using pleasure craft with inadequate preparation

News & Products

Airband News
David Smith explains the dangers posed by wake vortices of very large aircraft for smaller ones, reports on increased air traffic in the North and looks at near-misses involving drones

LM&S Broadcast Matters
Chrissy Brand travels Western Canada while tuning into terrestrial and satellite radio and witnesses how local radio helped manage the wildfires in the region this summer. She also provides her customary logs

Simple Radio Test Equipment
Alex Whittaker assesses reasonably-priced and easily-available test gear for hobby radio enthusiasts such as SWR meters, frequency counters, dummy loads, signals generators and oscilloscopes

The Big Digital Challenge! – Part 3
Keith Hamer and Gary Smith close their mini-series on digital long-distance TV signals by looking at target countries, broadcasting standards and transmitter identification, with the help of a useful table

Radio Websites
Chrissy Brand assesses a wide range of websites featuring radio, looking at women in professional UK sports radio, fun apps to try and use and a range of music and talk shows online

Airshow Guide

Off the Record
Oscar the Engineer ponders the history of London tower blocks in free radio, against the background of the Grenfell Tower catastrophe and covers some current pirate radio creativity

Comms from Europe
Simon Parker offers an overview of new and forthcoming transceivers, debunks some myths, stresses the importance of talk networks and analyses rising costs and shrinking CB variety

Radio Events

Software Spot
This month, QSP73 Services offers another fascinating software collection to use with your radio activities, particularly in the areas of Morse code, antenna modelling and short wave monitoring

Radio Book Store, Trading Post, Glossary, Radio Events & Airshow Guide

QRM Warrior: Building a Field Strength Meter

In his quest to pinpoint man-made interference, Keith Rawlings talks us through his latest project, the construction of a simple field strength meter

Scanning Scene
Bill Robertson investigates the compatibility of different DRM systems, explains how to receive the International Space Station on your scanner and continues his beginners’ guide to scanning

Feedback and Corrections

Decode
Mike Richards has news on a wide range of exciting hardware and software this month, helping you to get the best out of your monitoring and decoding projects

Military Matters
Pat Carty provides some first-hand information on US and UK aircraft carriers, reports on Exercises Chameleon and Saxon Warrior 17 and visits the Russian Army 17 Exhibition

Book Review
David Harris evaluates The Golden Days of Radio One: Hotshots, Big Shots and Potshots, by David Hamilton

Sky High
Godfrey Manning points to more sources of accurate aeronautical information and looks at aerodrome radio in the past and at aspects of contemporary communications

DXTV, FM & Satellite News
Keith Hamer and Garry Smith offer a seasonal feast of TV and FM DX reception reports, due to favourable atmospheric conditions and Sporadic-E propagation

Maritime Matters
Robert Connolly puts recent commemorative events in a wider maritime radio context and begins his search for a new marine band transceiver

NDB DXing
Robert Connolly goes back to basics on beacon technology and equipment maintenance and delivers his bi-monthly NDB listings against the background of weaker conditions

Airband News
David Smith delves into the history of GPS infrastructure and is concerned about drones around airfields. He also outlines a noteworthy engineering career scheme for women

LM&S Broadcast Matters
Chrissy Brand winds up her recent Canada on-the-road radio movie, reacts to readers’ listening reports and introduces a new short wave radio station

Radio RIAT 2017
In this feature, Ian Doyle writes on how he monitored RIAT 2017, describing his extensive preparations, location, multi-receiver setup and major catches

The bhi ParaPro EQ20B-DSP
Mike Richards shines a reviewer’s spotlight on the new bhi ParaPro EQ20B-DSP combined equaliser, noise reduction unit and audio power amplifier

News & Products

Radio Websites
Chrissy Brand evaluates the pick of this month’s most fascinating radio-related websites and finds some real gems for both radio enthusiasts and researchers of radio’s political history

Off the Record
Oscar the Engineer explains free radio terminology, looks at adaptive frequency selection and evaluates recent transmissions by Pirate BBC Essex 2017 and Radio MiAMiGO

Comms from Europe
Simon Parker relates the highs and lows of his recent personal experience with CB transceivers, introduces some new offerings by President and Stabo and assesses recent band activity

Radio Events

Software Spot
This month, QSP73 Services offers another stimulating collection of radio-related hobby software, including programs to enhance your contest activities and data modes monitoring

Radio Book Store, Trading Post, Glossary, Radio Events & Airshow Guide

DIGITAL RADIO NOW

• Introduction to Digital Radio
• Online Radio Resources, New and Discussion Fora
• Scanning Scene
• Book Review
• Decode
• Military Matters
• Sky High
• DXTV, FM & Satellite News
• Maritime Matters
• Off the Record
• Airband News
• LM&S Broadcast Matters
• Corrections
• Radio Communications and the Kennedy Assassination
• The European DX Council Conference 2017
• News & Products
• Comms from Europe
• Radio Rallies & Events
• Radio Websites
• Software Spot
• Radio Book Store
• Trading Post
• Glossary

Leeds: Modernisation in the 1930s

1961: A belgian tram escapade

How to roster: Step by step

80 years of Blackpool's Balloons

The pre-war Converts of Leeds

Blackpool: West Berlin by tram in the 1950s

Finding covers for the Hull trams

Dublin: The pre-War calm

Conduits: The right and wrong

Picture perfect: The Leeds Converts

Damascus under the Ottomans

a.c. traction in the 20th Century

The latest books reviewed

Plus: your thoughts on Lahore

Portsmouth area: In detail

Early electrification: AC traction

Cruden Bay: Trams and tourists

Algiers: Early design pioneer

Letters: From cranes to trams?

Aigle-Leysin: In sickness and in health

Damascus part 3 : Vichy to closure

Southampton's final movements

A Dutch Quartet

Pre-war Liverpool

Calcutta Tramways Company

How a strike killed Oxford's trams

Melbourne's special 'VR' trams

A Huddersfield interlude

Latest book reviews

LIVERPOOL REMEMBERED

By Tram to Vaugneray

Traditions Tramway

Architecture: Part 1

A small Tram in Germany

Just the tonic – your guide to Cornish Gin

A day in the life of Cornwall’s county coroner

Charlestown – History in the making

Touching the past – tracing your family history

Electric drive – With the new Renault Zoe

Cornish Lithium - Fuel of the future

Daphne Du Maurrier - Her Life At Menabilly

The Isles of Scilly - Your guide to a weekend away

Cornwall's Olympics - The world mining games

Top Ten Gardens - to watch our for in 2018

MAKING THEIR WORLD THE OYSTER

• Tales of the Titanic comes to Cornwall
• Carn to Cove - the home of performing arts

• Outdoor Theatre 2018
• Cornwall's suffragettes
• Seeing blue sharks in their natural environment
• Plus - The Cornish wine list 2018

• Ten Top Cornish Pop-Up Food Vans
• Cornwall's Idyllic Island Haven
• A Walk with Dog Friendly Cornwall

• Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of St Ives School of Painting

• A Winter of Art
• A Link to the Past with Cornish Memory
• The Rum Revolution
• 10 Places to enjoy Coffee & Cake

• Battery Rock wild swimmers
• Why we love Wadebridge
• Welcoming a spring of sensational art shows

The Magic of Frenchman's creek with kurt jackson

A Centre of Culture - Cornwall Gold

Plus Discover out Favourite Seaside Eateries

• Eat & Sleep mini getaways
• Etsy Makers Fair returns bigger than ever
• Plus Explore the Autumn's Must-See Art Events

• The New Gallery - a historic artist's retreat
• A Winter Wonderland - in Penzance
• Plus - our ultimate Sunday roast special

• Masters of botanics - the world of curio gin
• Protecting Cornwall's outstanding natural beauty
• Discover your perfect Cornish spa day out

Cornwalls Champion Chocolate pioneers

Knights of the Sky - Cornwall air ambulance

Gardens and Grandeur - Enjoy the pace of nature

Issue 60

Explore Glorious Gardens

Treat yourself at a Cornish spa

Plus

Oggy Oggy Oggy! The world pasty champtionships at 10

Final issue to be printed in Paper format

From the Publisher

The Festival of Saint John the Evangelist

the role of the two Saints John within the Masonic calendar but specifically the role of the Evangelist in light of the forthcoming Feast Day on 27 December.

Archdeacon, The Rev. J.B. Craven: Theologian, Historian, Freemason, And Rosicrucian Scholar

Kenneth Jack explores the life and works of Rev J.B. Craven.

Benjamin Franklin and the Loge de Neuf Soeurs

Nigel Wade examines Benjamin Franklin’s association with the famous French Lodge.

Tales of Tam o’ Shanter

Martin Bogardus takes us on a journey exploring the legend of Tam o’ Shanter.

Is Neo Masonry Already Here?

Jean-Yves Legouas looks at how Freemasonry is changing with the times.

The Health Benefits of Learning Masonic Ritual

Martin Faulks examines the possible health benefits of ritual memorisation and performance.

Do You Profess a Belief in a Supreme Being?

Jaime Paul Lamb gives his thoughts on secularism and Freemasonry.

A Divergent Perspective on Freemasonry’s Membership Decline

Jaime Paul Lamb discusses the ongoing debate regarding the decline in Masonic membership.

Off by Heart

Mark Edmiston offers his personal experience of learning ritual.

Fire Safety for Masonic Meeting Places

The final missive from the late Brian Baker on safety in Masonic Centres.

Conduct Unbecoming

The thorny subject of unethical or immoral behaviour.

Square Gold: One for the Ladies

On how to survive Ladies’ Night.

Rule of Three

Mark Edmiston muses upon the number ‘3’.

Ashlar Chippings

Hugh O’Neill offers his regular chippings collected whilst smoothing the ashlar.

A Quarterly Advancement

Craig Weightman’s regular column helping you to advance in your Masonic Knowledge.

Books and Reviews

A pick of the new books and forthcoming titles on Freemasonry.

Freemasonry A–Z

All you ever wanted to know and more!

Charity Works – PTSD Progress through Diving

Trevor Cowell shares his experience.

News and Events

Our regular round up of news and events happening in the world of Freemasonry.

Old Tiler Talks

A thought for Christmas.

Fintech's giant strides in Africa

Ecobank's aissatou Djiba Diallo

BOI's Olukayode Pitan

BFGI's Henri-Claude Oyima

Moza Banco's Joao Figueiredo

Continental Re's Lawrence Mustunge Nazare

KIFC's Nick Barigye

TagPay's Yves Enonnet

AGF's Jules Ngankan

GTBank's Segun Abgaje

Op-Eds: Hippolyte Fofak; Cornel Dixon

Essay: Aigoje Aig-Imoukhuede

Last Word: Mushtak Parker

Country Focus: South Africa: Green shoots of tangled roots?

Nigeria: Devaluation bites business

Insurance Africa's Sleeping Giant

North African banks enjoy rude health

Boom Time for Tanzanian Start-ups

Is Rwanda Africa's tech Singapore

Essay : Recycle unused SDRs

In Conversation:

Mua's Bertrand Casteres

Africa50's Vincent Le Guennou

DPI's Eduardo Gutierrez-Garcia

Banking in Nigeria 2022 - standing tall despite the headwinds

African Banker Award Winners

Special focus: Africa's digital revolution

Focus on Uganda: Boom time for banks

Essay: abe's ghost overlooks TICAD 8

In conversation:

BOI's Olukayode Pitan

Barclay's Amol Prabhu

Firstbank's Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan

DR. SAHAR NASR - Egypt's Minister of Investment and International Cooperation on why inclusiveness is key to development

+

Special Report - Sustainable Development Goals and Africa

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Amina J Mohammed UN Deputy Secretary General

+

Dr Matshidiso Moeti WHO Africa Regional Director

TOP INTERVIEWS:

• Oby Exekwesili
• Bogolo Joy Kenewendo
• Isabel dos Santos
• Chileshe Kapwepwe

... and many more

HOT ISSUE:

Where is Africa's #MeToo Movemnent?

Post CNN Isha Sesay invites us into her new world

10 Tips for Healthy Hair .... Which actually work

Format: Newspaper

Women on the Verge of Someone Else's Nervous Breakdown

• The paranoia of the Cold War
• The anguish of 'losing your mind'
• The poignancy of cleaning trauma scenes

Amazing New Accounts of Human Resilience

• The Cold War by Bridget Kendall
• Lost and Found by Dr Jules Montague
• The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

Format: Newspaper

Works of Genius in three major lanuguages:

• Kindness - The Language of Kindness by Christie Watson
• Rudeness - Ma'am Darling by Craig Brown
• Outright lies - A Book of Untruths by Miranda Doyle

Format: Newspaper

THREE WISHES - GRANTED!

• That dream career - do it!
  Camas Davis on running away to France to become a butcher
• Those money worries - forget 'em!
  Viginie Despentes' Vernon Subutex finds he's better off without it
• That first novel - no excuses!
  Richard Skinner - The Faber Academy expert on how to make it happen

• "THEN" IS NOW - Return of the past in words!
• Sex vs History in Sebastian Faulks' "Paris Echo"
• IN PICTURES! "The Colour of Time" sends shivers down your spine
• IN DRAWINGS! The Finale of Jason Lures' Weimar Epic "Berlin"

THE AUTUMN PROJECT - 100 STUNNING NEW TITLES. Immense pleasure likely!

• Flax! Fabrics change history in Kassia St Clair's "The Golden Thread"
• Wax! The singular lif of Madame Tussaud in Edward Carey's "Little"
• Income Tax! Non-payment of, in Oliver Bullough's "Moneyland"

HAVE A WHITE HOT WINTER! Push your reading lamp to the limit with...

• 88 vital new titles including
  Art-Forging Pensioners
  Finnish Men of Vision
  Gallant Polar Explorers
  Legendary Rock Empresarios
  and more!
• WAITERS!
  Shoddy service in Matias Faldbakken's superb "The Waiter"
• TRAITORS!
  Henry VIII downsizes in Tracy Borman's "Secret History"
• INVESTIGATORS!
  Mikita Brottman takes on a killer hotel in "An Unexplained Death"

A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE

• Vladimir Putin
• Patricia Highsmith
• The man behind America's opioid crisis
• +Britain under siege in John Lanchester's "The Wall"
• CLUES!
  Professor Angela Gallop's life in forensics
• SCREWS!
  A career at the Strangeways house of correction
• KANGAROOS!
  Jane Harper's scorching new outback mystery

THE OUTSIDERS - People alone against the world

• Albert Woodfox - Forty years in solitary confinement
• Raynor Winn - Walking away from losing everything
• Heida Asgeirsdottir - The shepherd at the end of the earth

• Guitars! - The days when nothing could outswank the LP
• Maquisards! - The heroine who saw off the Nazis - on one leg
• Things in Jars! - The Victorian appetite for pickled curiosities

WHO CAN YOU TRUST? A bumper crop of books on betrayal, deception and lies

• Farces!
  The Shambolic Side of Espionage
• Grasses!
  Corruption and Treachery in London's East End
• The Upper Classes!
  Coco Chanel and the Heyday of the Riviera

THE WISDOM OF THE STARS Celebrities pass on their knowledge! Louis Theroux, Sara Pascoe, Malcolm Gladwell, Candace Bushnell, Ant Middleton, John Waters

• Fiction!
  Superb new novels of quality and distinction
• Addiction!
  Life as the wife of a top coke baron
• The Crucifixion!
  A mighty study of the vigour of Christianity

100+ books reviewed

The 20 best books of the year

• Rude!
  Gerald Scarfe's sixty years of cartoon vitriol
• Viewed!
  A female CIA agent's decade as a spook
• Ineptitude!
  Life and death in a chaotic London morgue

Plus!

• The Gashlycrumb Tinies - Macabre children's masterpiece reissued!

And awesome new fiction

• Violet by SJI Holliday
• Royals by Emma Forrest
• Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
• The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North

CLIMATE CRISIS - THE FINAL CURTAIN - Novelists envision the planet's disintegration

• FRUSTRATION!
  The agony of articulating "the things we cannot say"
• RUINATION!
  Deutsche Bank's disastrous dealings with Donald Trump
• THE BEAT GENERATION!
  How Jack Kerouac wrote "On The Road" - then stayed in

The Kindness of Strangers

IN CASE OF VACATION - Superb new fiction ideas on the off chance holidays become fashionable again.

BANNED! - A new history of CIA's illegal activities

OUT OF HAND - A plea for the angry public to dial it down

GET OF OUR LAND - A plea for the angry public to dial it down

Exclusive! The Secret Barrister Talks.
The anonymous legal critic sets the alarms off again.

Suspicious! A long unsolved African Cold War murder mystery

Seditious! Conspirators or Crackpots? A History of the Freemasons

The is Delicious! How everything you know about food is wrong.

JFK - Superstar president, ultimate acronym and one of the books of the year

• DAUNTING! - The arduous task of tracking down Nazis on the run
• FLAUNTING! - The amazing taste of Africa's most fashionable
• A HAUNTING! - When the psychic detective met the poltergeist

PLUS Lucian Freud, Jerry Seinfeld, Annie Nightingale, The Space Station, Rober Harris, Some Truly Appalling Men

Gift Giving - Emergency- Don't give up , give everyone a book.

The 20 Best books of 2020

The Square Mile - How the city is helping out with the theft of the world.

The Emerald Isle! - Gabriel Byrne's memoir of Dublin, church, bottle and stage.

And The Queen Of Carlisle! Grace Dent's rise from no-nonsence cumbria to fearsome food critic.

A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE

VLADIMIR PUTIN

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH

THE MAN BEHIND AMERICAS OPIOD CRISIS

A visit from the paranormal - Experts study the boundary of the know world

Flash! A photographer's quest to shoot Black Panther

Slapdash! A Grumpy doctor on the chaotic state of hospitals

Goodbye to your cash! How a superstar investor lost track of your savings

Plus! The mastermind who infiltrated the Middle East's worst terrorist.

Journalism: Still the best antidote to cluelessness

Foreign Correspondence - Glossy Magazine Magic - Digital War Reporting - Old Fashion Investigation

Plunder! How to write The Godfather

Down Under! Tracey Thorne's Bio of a Great Australian Friend

The Pennsylvania Wonder! Sharon Stone - From the Backwoods to Hollywood

The reading season is open! Home or away, live your greatest summer of books ever

Aviation! Empty skies, then three hijack thrillers arrive at once

Ruination! The society family who turned drum misery into gold

Total annihilation! The heroic few who restrain the apocalypse's four horseman

Lisa Taddeo on her new novel 'Animal' "The female rage has more time to simmer"

The Press! - The lonely passing of the local paper

SOS! - The gangster feud that has Dublin transfixed

A stunning success! - The top thirty cliches in the blurb writer's stockpile

MAD WORLD - Life at its most unpredictable

Inside Broadmoor - deceits, hoaxes and cons

Escape tunnels in the post-war rubble - the first woman bomb disposal officer

PLUS! Meg Mason on her hit of the Summer, Sorrow and Bliss

The peculiar hardships of life at the top

• In mega-stardom
• In business
• On celebrity's perilous slope

Floored! Mrs March - a debut to leave you speechless

Good Lord! The decade when art went berserk

The Chairman of the board! A Sinatra memoir from his right hand man

Plus - Dazzling new novels from Leila Slimani, Sebastian Faulks, Colson Whitehead and more!

New and Outstanding - Including a revolutionary glimpse inside the masochistic live of the elite ballet dancer, and Stevie van Zandt's hyperactive Memoir.

Gothic Fiction - For Autumn, the most haunted of seasons, great Gothic novels that go with laudanum.

How to write - Alison Bechdel's memoir "Fun Home"

Timely information - Six hit cookbooks written by pan-handlers fanatical about the French way with food.

Graphic Novels - Including a thorough retelling of what Wisconsin's Ed Gein did in graveyards.

Bio in Memoir - Including the superb memoir of painfully shy solicitor-comic Bob Mortimer

Non-fiction - How a single bead in a Viking grave caused research into their eastern adventures.

True crime - A reissue of a journalist's classic account of the outrageous 1988 Cardiff Three case.

Crime and Thrillers - Outback Australia looks absolutely horrendous as a local is stoned to death.

The Ambassadors - New literary fictioneers, Weatherglass.

Cookbooks - recent provocative ingredientism.

Children's books - The most humane way to silence them.

Fact of Fiction?

Say it with words - books make the perfect present - 20 pages of gift-list ecstasy inside

L'Amour! Six books on the art of the Royal mistress

Encore! Brian Cox: a dazzling career in the actor-sphere

When I'm 64! - Paul McCartney's life in lyrics

Plus: Agatha Christie, forensic visionary

The thirty best books 2021

+ do no miss The Raptures, by Jan Carson: Spellbinding!

Gucci! The book that truly unmasks the family's many-sidedness

Tucci! Is there a person alive who likes their food more?

Hoochie! The 50th anniversary of a madams's notorious memoir

Plus! -

Rock's greatest survivor

A secret transexual history

The forgotten strongwoman

And several inches of snow

What woman doesn't love a crime scene? Experts sift the clues!

Fraud! An evolutionary history of humans and corruption.

Stored! The lurid case of the body in the basement.

An Irishman abroad! The centenary of Ulysses + six other great befuddlers

+ Can you face the 700+ pages of the new Yanagihara?

When the Ocean's Giants Come Ashore. The twilight world of the whale collectors.

Greased! How Britain oils the machinery of global corruption.

Add yeast! A great new novel of where cooking meets chemistry.

A luminous beast! How Conan Doyle wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles.

+ the secrets of the prison library!

True Grit. Bill Browder, the man who stood up to Vladimir Putin.

Absurd! The doomed bureau of psychic prediction.

Unheard! What happens when pop stars lose their audience?

The most chic bird! The flamingo - finally - gets a book of its own.

Oh, Waiter! An Englishman wields a tray in Paris.

Infiltrator! Six great burglaries for the anniversary of Watergate.

The great Dictator! Another biographer seeks a window into Anna Wintour.

The Overclass. How an elite Oxford clique came to run the UK.

+ the best bit of the holiday: summer reading ahoy!

Plus! Hare the Tories for a decent novel in them?

People of the night - Names and places that turn darkness into gold

Ore! Six books on gold fever for the Klondike anniversary

Zut Alors! A superb "true Crime" novel: woman kills one of her two husbands

An exposed core! A meltdown expert on our clumsiness with nuclear power

Plus: A womans world - the latest incredible adventure in colourised photography

Translation! The people who make foreign literature legible.

Wealth creation! The bank that laundered a drug cartel's billions.

Take him to the station! The real life DCI who inspired Prime Suspect.

Forbidden art. Why women and paint were not allowed to mix.

Plus: George Michael / The glamourous crypto-swindler Philip Larkin / The turbulent lives of children's authors.

Which book to read next? Answers inside! + the last of Brooklyn's old Soviet crime bosses.

Let's do dinner! But do you know what dinner's been doing?

La Lune! Mind-blowing pictures from our old space adventures.

Buffoon! The rise and ruination of "America's Mayor", Rudy Giuliani.

Tutankhamun! The first hundred years of the boy king's celebrity.

Giants in their field -

Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh.

Distance walker Raynor Winn

Columnist Marina Hyde

Which book to read next? Answers inside . . . .

Watch closely. How no secret is safe from the powers of observation.

Contrary! The magnificently convention-averse life of Elizabeth Taylor.

How dare he! The 40th anniversary of Heartburn - still ablaze.

Recollections may vary! Should one read the Prince Harry book?

Happy Birthday to us! 5th anniversary issue.

Seduction! A rare sex book that had its way with collectors.

Deduction! Why you pay tax and others choose not to.

Appetite for destruction! The Succession-like excess of US media executives.

Genius Unconfined. The story of four live-enhancing ventures. Watches, Perfume, Engineering & Mad, Mad Fashion.

Mad for Art. Obsessions, transgressions & wild ideas - when people fall under an artist's spell.

Holiday reading goldmine. Best books for beaches.

Scarred! Ronnie O'Sulllivan on the merciless pressures of snooker.

Rock Hard! The years of crime and violence behind novelist Catherine Cookson.

On the promenade. A health check on a pillar of British identity - the seaside resort.

Crime Time

Seven New Shots of True Crime Gold

Avante Garde! The Velvet Underground - from unlistenable to indispensible

What a Card! The day that super-gossip Truman Capote said too much

But Who's The Bard? The debate of Shakespeare's identity - the squabble continues

The Town That Stop Putin's Tanks.

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Piña Colada Cake - Piece of Cake by Halima Summer Fun - Couture Cakes by Olga Fruity Tropical Kawaii - Cakes with Character Baby Flamingo Cake - Andrea Ortiz Fuentes

COMPETITIONS:

Make sure you enter our two very exciting competitions this month! Collect the Colours...A very special competition celebrating 10 years of Roxy & Rich Solve the Anagrams! Win a product bundle from Il Punto

EVERY ISSUE:

Baking Wish List Check out this month’s products in our wish list!

Product Review Mini sponge cakes by Sweet Success

This month, we had the chance to try the new and limited edition mini sponge cakes from Sweet Success! Let Sweet Success do the baking for you!

Found & Followed See what wonderful cakers we’re following online

Ask the Expert - Natalie Sideserf, Sideserf Cake Studio

Social Snippets - Make sure you tag us in your cake creations. Every month we take a selection of amazing cakes we have spotted online and publish them in the magazine!

In our next issue Get a sneak peek at our September 2021 issue!

Full of festive tutorials!

Christmas countdown is back!

Tutorials. Competitions. Top tips. Readers Cakes & more . . .

Win! Roxy & Rich bundle worth £75.00.

Step-by-step cake projects every month.

Learn to make this trending cartoon cake.

Create these cakes!

5 minutes with Madame Dibou les Gateaux.

Tutorials - Produce guide - Top tips - Expert advice & more.

Plan, design and build your dream home

Start your project!

Wow factor design ideas

The Experts' build secrets

Planning made easy

Inside - Learn from Build It's own real-life self build project

Eco heatine & smart homes

The best windows and glazed doors

High performance structural systems

Save £10,000s on your bespoke new home

Build cost guides & tips for project management success

PLUS! Build It's annual A-Z of key suppliers for your project

Home design: add more space and value

Find the best designers

Bungalow extension ideas

Convert and old building

Eco heating: Is government right to support heat pumps?

Need to know -

Timber cladding - ideas and costs

How modern masonry can be sustainable

Find countryside plots with potential

Make 2022 your year to self build - top tips for project success

Wow factor real homes - characterful oak self build / sleek glazed extension / bright, modern family home / stylish loft conversion

Countryside Home self built for just £214,000

Architect Secrets - how to build drama & value into your project

Need to know -

How to beat the planning postcode lottery

Top tips for finding a good builder

Achieving a light and airy loft conversion

Extension cost guide - glazing & fit-out prices

Home energy. Best value Eco building ideas

PLUS! How to create an airtight, efficient & low-bills Passivhaus

Amazing real life builds - New home on a garden plot / Stylish barn conversion / coastal self-build project / extending a period home

Eco renovation success - Tips & Tricks from a live listed building project

Save £10,000's - Creating a wow-factor kitchen on a budget

Need to know

Project management: options & costs

Frameless glazing: getting it right

Expert guide: plot finding potholes

Building with timber. Structural options, windows, cladding, flooring & more

Stylish extension ideas. Creative ways to add more space, value and character to your home.

Inspiring real-life homes. Open-plan self build / listed barn conversion / Scandi-style eco home / modern brick-build extension

Design to reality - Move your project from plans to a buildable bespoke home

Heat pumps - How to maximise efficiency & slash your energy bills

Glazed extensions - The best glazing ideas to add more light, living space & wow factor

Need to know -

Expert tips to win the planning game

Wood flooring: What will it cost?

Ultimate lighting design guide

Real life home builds -

Timer frame eco house

Stylish barn conversion

Modern build in the countryside

Extending a family home

It's a boatlife! BoatLife Live

Holiday special - where will you be sailing in 2022?

Win a coast Torch worth £64.95 courtesy of Nauticalia.

Star sailors retiring - Olympians moving on.

Annie O'Sullivan Q&A - Meet maiden's skipper.

Photo of the year - Your best 2021 photos.

Take to the water. Join a club / enter a race / take a course / try a watersport

Win a pair of Chatham boat shoes

Stormy times ahead. Counting the cost

Swept away in Devon. A long lost village

Sailing holidays. Ideas, news & advice

Coming to Europe! Emirates Team New Zealand will be defending their America's Cup title in Barcelona, it has been confirmed.

New-look British sailing team caught on camera!

Endurance found. Amazing ship photos.

Maritime impact. The Russian invasion.

British marine news. Brand new column!

The South coast boat show - 6-8 May 2022.

Celebrating boating. A popular time of year for boating events with shows, boat jumbles and more taking place this month, there are also many fantastic days-out for planned for the Queen's Jubilee weekend, including those at sailing clubs and marinas nationwide. Continuing the celebrations into the summer, the boating community is invited to take part in a special Jubilee day in the Solent this August.

100 fantastic summer events!

WIN! mint boat valeting products worth £165

Your photos afloat. Stunning boating shots.

Voyage of discovery. Southern explorations.

Boating holidays. Travel ideas, news & tips.

The green tech boat show. 17-18th June 2022 Queen Anne's Battery, Plymouth. Book your free ticket.

Green spotlight! Shining a light on the marine industry's green products and technologies, this month's Green Tech Boat Show will help existing and prospective boat owners understand their environmentally-friendly options, with the spotlight then placed on marine wildlife and how we can protect it during The Green Blue's Boating Wildlife Awareness Week.

Wind a Selden mast Furlex S Jib Furling system - worth up to £5k!

Garmin Navionics - Cartography.

Back on the podium. Ainslie misses top spot.

Iconic race preview. Round the island race.

Devon marina focus. Queen Anne's battery.

Triple Triumph. Competing against more than 1,100 boats, in a feat not witnessed since Simon Le Bon's Drum in 1988, Dark 'N' Stormy achieved an historic triple in the 91st Round the Island Race taking Monohull Line Honours, winning IRC Zero and the race overall under IRC and therefore lifting the iconic Gold Roman Bowl.

Great Britain sailGP. Racing cats coming to Plymouth!

Win with Selden mast. Worth up to £5K Enter our amazing competition.

Historic shipwreck. Gloucester's royal links.

Cowes week ready? Your regatta preview.

Sailing holidays. Travel news and advice.

Best in show. The Southampton International boat show, 16-25 September, will welcome thousands of visitors to discover boat launches, new kit and the latest marine technology. Alongside the hundreds of boats on show, there will be talks, demonstrations, numerous opportunities to get afloat and, of course, the chance to catch up with friends. Your 10 page show preview inside!

Win with Mustang survival EP 6.5 Ocean racing jacket worth £850.

Autumnal Cruising. An Irish welcome in Cork.

Blue space effect. The sounds of nature.

The people's park. Plymouths Marine park.

OCTOBER 2021

VOLUME 31 :NO. 8

CABLES

24COHERENT 6D POWER CABLE

Martin Pipe listens to one very special and expensive power cable.

OLDE WORLDE

42 DENON DVD-5000

Martin Pipe looks at a top Denon DVD player from 1999 that's available second hand at a bargain price.

VINYL

66NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

69PRO-JECT DEBUT CARBON PRO TURNTABLE

A three-speed belt drive turntable with Ortofon cartridge included. Noel Keywood looks at an entry level offering.

75CLASSIC CUTS

Paul Rigby on Seamonsters, by The Wedding Present – a vinyl re-release.

77 AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Three books this month: Beefheart by John French, Babble On An' Ting by Kris Needs/Alex Paterson and Radio 1 by Robert Sellers. Reviewed by Paul Rigby.

HEADPHONES

19PHILIPS FIDELIO L3 HEADPHONES

Bluetooth headphones with whizzy tricks entertain

Noel Keywood.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

17COMPETITION

Your chance to win a Black Rhodium Stream S mains

cable worth £600.

27MAIL

Seven pages of your views, wonderful as always...

34 SUBSCRIPTIONS

Ensure your copy every month and save money too!

49,51,53,55 OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

56AUDIOPHILE VINYL

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile vinyl releases.

76DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

Bryan Ferry's 'Boys and Girls', reviewed by Paul Rigby.

LOUDSPEAKERS

WHARFEDALE DIAMOND 12.3 LOUDSPEAKERS37

Budget floorstanders with a lot to offer. Noel Keywood listens to the latest from Wharfedale.

JBL CHARGE 5 BLUETOOTH SPEAKER62

Martin Pipe listens to an interesting Bluetooth loudspeaker from JBL of the USA.

DIGITAL

ARCAM ST60 NETWORK PLAYER/DAC59

A network player fitted with one of the world's finest DAC chips, an ES9038Pro. Also usable as a super-quality DAC.

Noel Keywood is impressed.

AMPLIFICATION

TECHNICS SU-R1000 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER10

A massively complicated, top-tier Reference amplifier from Technics. Noel Keywood runs into problems.

NOVEMBER 2021

VOLUME 31 : NO. 9

LOUDSPEAKERS

JBL HDI-1600 stand-mount LOUDSPEAKERS18

A pair of hard Rock loudspeakers from JBL of the USA, complete with a horn treble unit, impress Noel Keywood.

HEADPHONES

HIFIMAN SUNDARA HEADPHONES24

Affordable planar-magnetic headphones from China impress Martin Pipe.

DEVIALET GEMINI WIFI EARBUDS 59

Chris Frankland listens to a pair of high quality ear buds from innovative French manufacturer Devialet.

DIGITAL

CHORD ELECTRONICS 2YU BRIDGE36

A small bridge that turns their 2go streamer into a general purpose hi-res player, Noel Keywood finds. Reviewed here with their Qutest DAC.

AMPLIFICATION

MCINTOSH C8 PRE AMP & MC830 POWER AMPS10

A lavish valve preamplifier together with two powerful monoblock power amplifiers deliver power in big fashion finds Noel Keywood.

CABLES

46COHERENT 6D GEN 2 PHONO CABLES

A superbly built, very expensive, RCA phono-plug terminated digital cable wows Martin Pipe.

FEATURES

42TYRE KICKING

Tips and tricks for judging hi-fi products in the showroom, or at home. Noel Keywood rounds up years of Hi-Fi World experience.

OLDE WORLDE

62SANYO Plus n55

Martin Pipe looks at a late-1970s tape noise reduction 'companding' system from Sanyo of Japan.

VINYL

66NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

68AUDIO RESEARCH PH9 PHONOSTAGE

A specialised, high-end Phono stage with valve power supply gets close coverage from Noel Keywood.

75CLASSIC CUTS

Al Stewert's Year of the Cat, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

77 AUDIOPHILE BOOK

Three books this month. Pegasus Epitaph about the band Love, Renegade Snares on Drum'n'Bass, and Attila The Stockbroker poems, lyrics and musings.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

17COMPETITION

Your chance to win a pair of Black Rhodium Waltz S loudspeaker cables worth £900.

28MAIL

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34 SUBSCRIPTIONS

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56AUDIOPHILE VINYL

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile vinyl releases

49,51,53,55OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

76DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

Paul Rigby reviews Kaleidoscope from DJ Food.

DECEMBER 2021

VOLUME 31 :NO. 10

LOUDSPEAKERS

JBL HDI-3600 LOUDSPEAKERS10

Large floorstanders that shake the room get Noel Keywood excited.

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO

SX-60 LOUDSPEAKERS41

Budget shelf-mount loudspeakers that reach a very high standard, Noel Keywood thinks.

DIGITAL

CREEK VOYAGE CD24

A CD player with top AKM DAC, digital inputs and an array of useful filters. Noel Keywood likes what he hears.

CYRUS i9-XR AMPLIFIER AND

CDi-XR CD PLAYER36

Chris Frankland looks at the new digital amplifier and ESS based CD player from Cyrus.

CABLES

QED REFERENCE 40 INTERCONNECTS14

Martin Pipe checks out an affordable analogue interconnect from experts QED.

SOUNDBITES

47CHORD CLEARWAY STREAMING & CHORD CLEARWAY USB CABLE

Martin Pipe listens to an ethernet and a USB cable from Chord Company. Can he hear any difference? Hmmm...

OLDE WORLDE

58CROSLEY CRUISER RECORD PLAYER

Martin Pipe dissects a cheap record player dumped at the side of the road.

VINYL

62NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

64THree MM budget cartridges

Ortofon 2M Red & Silver, Pro-Ject Pick it S2, reviewed by Noel Keywood.

71ON DEMO

History of the Demo LP, by Noel Keywood.

75CLASSIC CUTS

Emerson Lake & Palmer, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

77AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Three books – Led Zeppelin Vinyl, Best of Jamming, Punkzines, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

HEADPHONES

18HIFIMAN HE400SE HEADPHONES

Budget Magnetic Planar 'phones reviewed by Noel Keywood.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

17COMPETITION

Your chance to win a World Design Pre4 preamplifier and PSU3

worth £1295.

28MAIL

Five pages of your views, wonderful as always...

34SUBSCRIPTIONS

Ensure your copy every month and save money too!

49,51,53,55 OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

56AUDIOPHILE CD

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile CD releases

76DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

Nilsson Schmilsson, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

JANUARY 2022

VOLUME 31 :NO. 11

LOUDSPEAKERS

BRAUN LE01 SPEAKER81

Martin Pipe listens to a stylish small 'speaker from Braun.

MARTIN LOGAN MOTION 15i115

Noel Keywood checks out a recent update of Martin Logan'sbookshelf 15 to new 15i status. So what's new?

AMPLIFICATION

PRIMALUNA EVO300 HYBRID AMPLIFIER76

A large, heavy hybrid combining FET power amplifier with valve preamp. Noel Keywood is impressed.

soundbites

CHORD ANNI DESKTOP AMPLIFIER107

Chris Frankland checks out a new headphone amplifier from Chord Electronics.

OLDE WORLDE95

Martin Pipe looks at Philips N4520 open-reel tape recorder, once part of their late-1970s Black Tulip range.

FEATURES

11Hi-Fi WORLD AWARDS 2021

The products that impressed us most in 2021. Find out about the best you can buy in our easy-to-read summary.

23award reviews

The original reviews of our selection of 2021's best products.

98CHRISTMAS QUIZ

Hi-Fi World's staff put their heads together to come up with fascinating questions for our Christmas 2021 quiz.

86CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

Our expert contributors on what they would like to see in their Christmas stockings. Ideas for the family perhaps?

113CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD

A nice, easy crossword from us this year we think, designed to let you relax on Christmas Day!

VINYL

118NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

121ORTOFON VERISMO CARTRIDGE

A top moving coil cartridge with diamond cantilever. Noel Keywood listens carefully.

125AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Three books this month: Wembley or Bust, Bowie Odyssey, God is in the Radio, all reviewed by Paul Rigby.

HEADPHONES

108DAN CLARK STEALTH HEADPHONES

Martin Pipe listens to a pair of super-quality headphones from Dan Clark.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

70MAIL

Six pages of your views, with related two page mini-feature explaining open baffle dipole subwoofers.

84SUBSCRIPTIONS

Ensure your copy every month and save money too!

93COMPETITION

Your chance to win a pair of Martin Logan 15i loudspeakers worth £850.

99,101,103,105OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

110AUDIOPHILE VINYL

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile vinyl releases

126DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

127CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

128NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

129ADVERTISERS' INDEX

130CLASSIC CUTS

The Doors L.A. Woman, a comprehensive new box set reviewed by Paul Rigby.

FEBRUARY 2022

VOLUME 31 :NO. 12

LOUDSPEAKERS

ACOUSTIC ENERGY AE320

LOUDSPEAKERS11

New affordable floorstanders with deep bass and a fast sound impress Noel Keywood.

FOCAL ARIA 906 K2 LOUDSPEAKERS34

Hi-tech stand-mouunting loudspeakers with K2

sandwich-construction cones get Noel Keywood's attention.

DIGITAL

NAIM UNITI ATOM HEADPHONE AMP66

Martin Pipe checks out an interesting digital

headphone amplifier from Naim that's also a streamer.

AMPLIFICATION

EXPOSURE 3510 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER18

Exposure release a classic analogue hi-fi amplifier.

Martin Pipe enjoys its sound.

CABLES

40CHORD COMPANY GROUNDARAY

Martin Pipe is puzzled by a range of earth tuning plugs (we think) from cable experts Chord.

OLDE WORLDE

63Hitachi DA-7000 CD Player

In the early days CD players were expensive. Martin Pipe checks outHitachi's budget alternative from the 1980s.

HEADPHONES

58Sennheiser CX Plus wireless Earbuds

Cable-free Bluetooth headphones at a great price. Martin Pipe investigates.

VINYL

70NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

73LENCO LS-55 TURNTABLE

A budget turntable package with ceramic cartridge and digital comes under the scrutiny of Noel Keywood.

77AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Three books – The Electric Muse Revisited, Growing Out Of It, The Police, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

17COMPETITION

Win an ifi Zen CAN headphone amplifier or Zen PHONO phono stage in this month's great competition with two prizes, one for each winner.

26MAIL

Seven pages of your views, wonderful as always...

38 SUBSCRIPTIONS

Ensure your copy every month and save money too!

44WORLD STANDARDS

Updated guide to the latest and greatest hi-fi hardware on sale

51,53,55 OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

56AUDIOPHILE CD

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile CD releases.

78DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

The Drifters, Under the Boardwalk, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

MARCH 2022

VOLUME 32 :NO. 1

LOUDSPEAKERS

Q ACOUSTICS CONCEPT 5010

Large floorstanders that are more different than they look. Noel Keywood explains why.

MISSION QX2 MkII LOUDSPEAKERS42

Sturdy standmounters that go low. Get deep bass at a low price, suggests Noel Keywood.

DIGITAL

BLUE AURA BLUE I MIDI SYSTEM34

A modern receiver with radio and digital, at a bargain price. Noel Keywood investigates.

CHORD MOJO 2DAC66

Chord Electronics release an update of their ground breaking Mojo portable DAC. Reviewed by Noel Keywood.

AMPLIFICATION

iFi PRO iCAN SIGNATURE HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER18

A fully balanced headphone amplifier from iFi, the Pro iCAN Signature, gets close attention by Martin Pipe.

CABLES

24BLACK RHODIUM INTRO

Martin Pipe auditions new budget loudspeaker cables from

Black Rhodium.

40FURUTECH LINEFLUX NCF

Martin Pipe looks at some specialised RCA phono-plug terminated cables from Furutech of Japan.

OLDE WORLDE

46 OLDE WORLDE

Martin Pipe repairs and runs Adam A5 active loudspeakers, small studio monitors with a folded ribbon tweeter, from Germany.

VINYL

70NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

73LUXMAN LMC-5 CARTRIDGE

A moving coil cartridge from Luxman promises great sound. Noel Keywood listens closely.

77 AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Three books this month: Genesis, Up Above the City, Southern Man, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

26MAIL

Six pages of your views, wonderful as always...

33COMPETITION

Your chance to win a Black Rhodium Digital cable worth £330!

38 SUBSCRIPTIONS

Ensure your copy every month and save money too!

51,53,55,57 OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

58WORLD CLASSICS

Brilliant designs that have stood the test of time...

64AUDIOPHILE VINYL

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile vinyl releases.

78DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

If I Could Only Remember My Name, David Cosby. Reviewed by

Paul Rigby.

APRIL 2022

VOLUME 32 :NO. 2

LOUDSPEAKERS

NEAT MAJISTRA LOUDSPEAKERS10

Quality stand-mounters with ribbon tweeter and isobaric bass loading. Noel Keywood hears the difference.

JBL L52 CLASSIC LOUDSPEAKERS33

A neat little retro design from JBL, with adjustable treble. Noel Keywood gets tweaking.

TRIANGLE AIO ACTIVE TWIN

BOOKSHELF LOUDSPEAKERS38

An all-in-one active loudspeaker that streams from the 'net. John Pickford enjoys its talents.

TRIANGLE AIO turntable41

A budget turntable for the AIO system.

John Pickford takes it for a spin.

DIGITAL

EARMEN TRADUTTO DAC22

A small DAC featuring the ESS ES90382QM mobile chip, auditioned by Martin Pipe.

iBasso dx240 HI-RES digital

audio player48

A well built digital player with top ES9038Pro DAC chip. Noel Keywood listens and enjoys.

FEATURE

73 BUDGET CARTRIDGE FEATURE

Noel Keywood looks closely at the Rega Carbon andAudio Technica AT-3600L budget moving magnet cartridges.

CABLES

62qed xt25 bi-wire loudspeaker cable

Martin Pipe checks out a new affordable loudspeaker cable from QED.

OLDE WORLDE

44 OLDE WORLDE

Martin Pipe remembers the DAP Jukebox from Creative Labs, the world's first music player with hard drive storage.

VINYL

66REGA system one

A complete system optimised for LP, price £1199, from vinyl experts Rega. Is this the one to get? Noel Keywood checks it out.

73 REGA CARBON CARTRIDGE

A £33 moving magnet cartridge with amazing abilities,

reviewed by Noel Keywood.

77AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Three coffee table books – Bruce Spingsteen,

Fleetwood Mac, Billy F Gibbons, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

HEADPHONES

17PSB M4U8 MKII HEADPHONES

Bluetooth headphones from Canadian PSB, explained by Martin Pipe.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

15COMPETITION

Your chance to win Chord Company Screen X loudspeaker cables!

26MAIL

Six pages of your views, wonderful as always...

36 SUBSCRIPTIONS

Ensure your copy every month and save money too!

53,55,57,59 OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

60AUDIOPHILE CD

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile CD releases.

78DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

Alice Cooper, Welcome to my Nightmare, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

MAY 2022

VOLUME 32 :NO. 3

LOUDSPEAKERS

Q ACOUSTICS M20 HD

ACTIVE SPEAKERS32

A small, affordable active loudspeaker that offers hi-res quality. Noel Keywood takes a close look.

MONOPULSE MODEL S A ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKERS58

A large, complex, 'net connected loudspeaker with massive ability at low (direct) price. Reviewed by Noel Keywood.

DIGITAL

TEAC UD-701N NETWORK PLAYER/DAC10

Specialist Network player/DAC/preamp from Teac, aimed at aficionados. Digital sound with bite. Noel Keywood listens closely.

PRO-JECT CD BOX S3 CD PLAYER19

Martin Pipe checks out a budget CD player from Pro-Ject.

FiiO M17 Digital audio PLAYER66

Portable digital players don't usually come like this.

Noel Keywood explains why.

AMPLIFICATION

40NAD C 399 HYBRID DIGITAL

DAC AMPLIFIER

A digital amplifier of massive ability and distinctive sound. Noel Keywood listens.

OLDE WORLDE

46Gramdeck

Martin Pipe looks at a tape recorder that was driven by a record player. Extraordinary.

VINYL

70NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

72 MUSICAL FIDELITY LX2 LPS

A small budget MM/MC phono stage for vinyl enthusiasts. John Pickford checks it out.

77AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Changing genres – three books reviewed by Paul Rigby:The Britpop Bible, Marillion and Kathy Valentine's memoir.

82CLASSIC CUTS

Andy Bey, Experience and judgement, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

25COMPETITION

Your chance to win a Blue Aura 1 receiver worth £399.

38 SUBSCRIPTIONS

Ensure your copy every month and save money too!

26MAIL

Six pages of your views, wonderful as always...

64AUDIOPHILE VINYL

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile vinyl releases

51,53,55,57 OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

78DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

Andy Bey, Experience and Judgement,

reviewed by Paul Rigby.

JUNE 2022

VOLUME 32 :NO. 4

LOUDSPEAKERS

KLIPSCH HERESY IV LOUDSPEAKERS10

Can these big US floorstanders – fitted with horns – impress Noel Keywood?

DIGITAL

TEAC UD-505-X DAC/HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER16

Martin Pipe gets to grips with a high quality DAC/headphone amplifier from Teac.

REGA SATURN MK3 CD PLAYER32

A CD player from UK experts Rega, best known for turntables. How will it sound? Chris Frankland finds out.

HELM BOLT DAC AMPLIFIER38

A tiny but top quality DAC for headphones.

Read what Noel Keywood has to say.

AMPLIFICATION

SYNTHESIS ROMA 14DC+ CD PLAYER 66

Will a CD player from Italy sound romantic? Definitely, thinks Noel Keywood.

OLDE WORLDE

46HITACHI FT-5500 Mk2 TUNER

A classic VHF/FM tuner, dumped on the street. Martin Pipe takes a deep look at its abilities and explains why it was dumped.

VINYL

70 NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

72Roksan Attessa turntable

A two-speed, belt drive turntable, with Dana MM cartridge, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

77AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Grub club – three books reviewed by Paul Rigby:Mudhoney from Seattle, Tales from the (DJ) Booth, The Velvet Underground.

HEADPHONES

42GRADO RS1X REFERENCE SERIES HEADPHONES

Light weight, high quality headphones from Grado catch Noel Keywood's attention.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

25COMPETITION

Your chance to win JBL HDI-1600 loudspeakers worth £1600(they will blow your socks off).

26MAIL

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64AUDIOPHILE cd

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile CD releases

51,53,55, 57 OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

58WORLD CLASSICS

Brilliant designs that have stood the test of time...

78DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

Where to find 'em.

82CLASSIC CUTS

The Whispers 'Imagination', reviewed by Paul Rigby.

AUGUST 2022

VOLUME 32 :NO. 6

LOUDSPEAKERS

MISSION 770 LOUDSPEAKERS10

A classic UK loudspeaker revived and updated to modern form. Noel Keywood listens carefully.

KEF LS50 WIRELESS II LOUDSPEAKERS42

An active ‘net connected loudspeaker with a great reputation gets an update. Noel Keywood gets busy with the app.

AMPLIFICATION

Cyrus Pre XR preamplifier &

Cyrus Stereo 200 power amplifier19

A compact, high quality preamplifier and power amplifier combo with 200W and little heat. Martin Pipe investigates.

FEATURES

39AUDIOJUMBLE

Martin Pipe visits Tonbridge (Kent, UK) for his favourite audiojumble, discovering a wealth of cheap and expensive esoterica, in working condition or perhaps not.

OLDE WORLDE

64OLDE WORLDE

Martin Pipe looks closely at the dbx 3bx Series Two compander from long ago, when analogue reigned. This was how to make it sound better!

VINYL

68NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

70EXPOSURE VXH PHONO PREAMPLIFIER

A top quality MC/MM phono stage featuring discrete transistors and external power supply, reviewed by John Pickford.

71LENCO LBT-188WA BLUETOOTH TURNTABLE

A budget vinyl spinner with Audio Technica cartridge, as well as Bluetooth and USB digital outputs. Reviewedby Noel Keywood.

HEADPHONES

26AUSTRIAN AUDIO HI-X50 HEADPHONES

Compact, high quality 'phones for use on the move. Noel Keywood looks and listens closely.

REGULARS

7NEWS

Words from the world...

17COMPETITION

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51,53,55,57 OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

58WORLD CLASSICS

Brilliant designs that have stood the test of time...

78DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

Bill Bruford, Feels Good To Me. Reviewed by Paul Rigby.

SEPTEMBER 2022

VOLUME 32 :NO. 7

LOUDSPEAKERS

q acoustics concept 30

LOUDSPEAKERS10

A pair of high quality stand mounters from venerable Q Acoustics. Noel Keywood listens.

AMPLIFICATION

hifi rose ra180 amplifier18

An extraordinary steam-punk styled amplifier reviewed by Noel Keywood.

CONNECTED FIDELITY AC-2K BALANCED POWER SUPPLY36

Balance your mains supply to the hi-fi with this cryogenically treated transformer. Noel Keywood enjoys the result.

CABLES

QED XT3 POWER CABLE58

Martin Pipe listens to a new, affordable power cable.

FEATURES

32NORTH WEST AUDIO SHOW

Hi-Fi World heads north to Cheshire for the popular North West Audio Show.

OLDE WORLDE

46OLDE WORLDE

Martin Pipe rescues a Sony TC-186SD cassette deck to look closely at 1970s cassette deck technology.

VINYL

62NEWS

All the latest and greatest vinyl releases for you, from the pen of Paul Rigby.

64EXPOSURE VXN PHONO STAGE

A high quality discrete transistor phono stage gets

close attention from John Pickford.

71AUDIO TECHNICA AT-LPW30 TURNTABLE

Noel Keywood spins LPs using a budget turntable from Audio Technica.

77AUDIOPHILE BOOKS

Three books: Ready Steady Go;Buying into Britpop;

Shindig!, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

REGULARS

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17COMPETITION

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40WORLD STANDARDS

Updated guide to the latest and greatest hi-fi hardware on sale.

51,53,55,57OPINION

The team get to grips with matters music, hi-fi and life!

60AUDIOPHILE vinyl

Paul Rigby rounds up the latest audiophile vinyl releases

78DIAL-A-DEALER

A comprehensive guide to UK hi-fi retailers.

79CLASSIFIEDS

Second-hand bargains.

80NEXT MONTH

What we hope to bring you in the next sizzling issue...

81ADVERTISERS' INDEX

82CLASSIC CUTS

White Plains album – ‘White Plains’, reviewed by Paul Rigby.

A sad passing

Golden Eagle festival

Falconry in South Korea

Book review

Harris' Hawk: from hero to zero

As sad and sorry state

Traditional Hawking, Pakistan

Editorial - Jeremy Stangroom.

Opinion. Living the Life of the Mind - Charlotte Knowles.

Eye of the Storm - Russell Blackford.

A Question of ... Discrimination - Steven Campbell-Harris.

Quirkalities - Nemo Outis.

The Skeptic - Wendy M. Grossman.

Thoughts. Introduction.

Philosophy and Common Sense 2: Cultivatiing Curiosity - Sebastian Sunday-Greve and Timothy Williamson.

Biological Sex, Gender Criticism and Feminist Criminology - Jo Phoenix.

The Right to Be Alone - Nicholas Whittaker.

Are Smarter Voters Better Voters? - Michael Hannon.

The Robot Apocalypse Is Already Here - Gabriele Contessa.

The Philopher-Historian Rebel - Emily Thomas.

Forum: Inequality,k Exclusion and Ethics. Introduction.

The Three Waves of Pandemic Ethics - Jonathan Wolff.

Just End Poverty Now - Thomas R. Wells.

What is Effective Altruism? - Arden Koehler.

Moral Lessons from COVID - Sandra Laugier.

Poverty, Inequality and Capability Deprivation - Kerrie Grain.

Reviews. Introduction.

The Agony of Ukraine - Jean Kazez.

The Women Are Up to Something reviewed by Cheryl Misak.

The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle reviewed by Celine Leboeuf.

Philosophy Illustrated: Forty-two Thought Experiments to Broaden Your Mind reviewed by Pete Mandik.

Old reviewed by Amy Kind.

Micro-Digressions - Q and A with Spencer Case.

Punishment, Prison and Culpability.

Roe vs Wade.

Burning Planet.

Cities after Covid.

Philosophy as science.

Editorial - Jeremy Stangroom.

Opinion - Living the Life of the Mind: General Strke? What about a Gendered Strike!? Charlotte Knowles.

Inequality in Retirement. Jonathan Wolff.

A Question of . . . .Identity. Steven Campbell-Harris.

Quirkalities: On the Cult of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Nemo Outis.

The Skeptic: Crucial Failures. Wendy M. Grossman.

Thoughts. Introduction.

Why Think for Yourself? Jonathan Matheson.

The Unbearable Philosphicality of The Third Policeman. Clare Moriarty.

How Does Infidelity Harm the Other Woman? Victoria Brooks.

The Case for Socialism. Ian Olasov

"Indoctrination" as Propoganda. Chris Ranalli.

From the Archive. Post-Structuralism: What's In It for Philosophers? Christopher Norris.

Forum: Body Politics. Introduction.

The Meaning of Bodies. Marilynn Johnson.

Against Ectogenesis as Liberation. Suki Finn and Sasha Isaac.

Facial Recognition. As Oppressive Technology. Woodrow Harzig and Evan Selinger.

The Objectification of Women's Bodies. Zoe Cunliffe.

On the Possibility of Penetrable Being. Jane Clare Jones.

Just Say Sex. Russell Blackford.

Reviews. Introduction.

What We Owe The Future reviewed by Jean Kazez.

Reality +: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy reviewed by Evan Selinger.

Seen and not Heard: Why Children's Voices Matter reviewed by Anca Gheaus.

Nast, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy of Death and Dying reviewed by Rachel Robinson-Greene.

Overthink. Q and A with David Pena-Guzman and Ellie Anderson.

Radical Feminism

• Age and Wisdom
• The AI Chatbots
• Religious Tolerance
• Sartre and Laing

Lavender on the Lizard

Coastal home style

Intrepid Cornish explorers

Plus - Al fresco living - Open-air theatre, dining, walks and festivals

Your passport to the South West coast path.

Quench your thirst.

Plus Art Attack! A bumper crop of summer exhibitions.

Camel Creek Family theme part / St Michael's Mount / Shipwreck museum / Newquay orchard

Shipwrecks of North Cornwall.

Padstow Christmas festival returns.

Historic places to eat.

Oh yest it is! Hall for Cornwall.

Plus - Hello you! The art of portraiture.

Virginia Woolf in St Ives / Songs for black history month / Falmouth book festival / A day trip to Tresco / Miracle theatre

Luxurious winter breaks

Barbara Hepworth in St Ives

Nice and Toasty - The best hot chocolates

Exclusive - Bob Marley One love. The story behind the brand new biopic with Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch and Ziggy Marley.

In this issue - All of us Strangers / Jackdaw / Silver Haze / THHGTTG / Milton Keynes

Introducing Film Stories issue 49 - where we're fighting the fight for British independent movies. We've not just given our front cover over to them, but we have features about every single movie mentioned here.

If you're looking to support films beyond the blockbusters, then amongst the treats in this huge 168-page issue:

* Swede Caroline

* The Shamrock Spitfire

* Baltimore

* Much Ado About Dying

* He's Dead, Thanks

* Gassed Up

* Chicken Town

* The Martin Decker Show

* These Are The Ones That Count

* Gorka

* Tyger

* The Boy In The Shed

* The Correction Unit

* Jellyfish & Lobster

* Teddy & The Mountain

* King Baby

Plus! All of this too!

* Making a documentary about Steve Martin

* The story behind Girls State

* The underrated movies of Cameron Diaz

* When movies have sequels of sorts - as adverts!

* The Secret Movie Publicist

* The story behind interactive movie, Mr Payback

* Robot Dreams

* Horror on the horizon

* Simon Hickson

* When Jet Li came to London

* The therapy of Big Night

Plus so so so much more. This is a 100% independent magazine, and every copy sold/act of spreading the word is much, much appreciated.

Casanova.

John Craxton.

Norman Wisdom.

Druidry.

The Colony Room.

Goldie.

Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer.

I'm not a fan of nostalgia. Wouldn't we just love things to be the way we imagine they used to be, but actually weren't?

The Magazine for young movie fans!

Jack Dylan Grazer tells us all about Pixar's Luca!

Writing your top 10 films list

Working with Into Film!

Making Spirit - Isabela Merced & director Elain Bogan tell us about Spirt Untamed

22 Amazing films for 2022

Inside this issue -

The star of A Boy called Christmas

The makers of Disney's Encanto

Aardman's latest

Lots of your favourite films

How Ron went right

Look who's back! We chat to the star of the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie!

The upcoming films you don't want to miss.

Searching for 'U' certificate films

How to make a film with just you and your friend.

Encanto, Batman, Spider-Man, The Bad Guys, Back to the Future, Studio Ghibli & much more!

Exclusive interview - The star of the Sea Beast.

Back on track. We talk to the young stars of The Railway Children Return.

Inside:

Getting into visual effects

Role models on screen

film sets explained

Silent film stunts

Sing 2 / Minions 2: The Rise of Gru / DC League of Super-Pets / Strange World / Pinocchio / Thor: Love and Thunder

The new Matilda movie! Sometimes You've Got To Be A Little Bit NAUGHTY!

Interviews-

The filmakers behind Future TX

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile's Directors

Puss In Boots / Detective Pikachu / Home / Cars / Avatar / Lyle, Lyle Crocodile

It's Film Junior Issue 12 (Spring 2023). It's the print film magazine aimed at young film fans - and lots of it is written by them too!

The magazine is aimed at film fans aged 7-14, and the films covered within it are certificates U, PG and 12A.

Inside:

The big movie preview! A look at the best (family friendly) films coming to cinemas and streaming in 2023.

Get your claws out! Our young reporter chats to Puss In Boots: The Last Wish director Joel Crawford about bringing the character back to the big screen.

Pure Evil: two young writers take a step into the world of movie villains, and try to rank the best ones.

Plus!

Book recommendations

Looking at fashion in film

The movie time machine goes back to 2010

International film in focus

All about Disney's live-action Cinderella

How Avatar: The Way Of Water gets world-building right

The reasons to look forward to Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

What does a producer do?

And lots, lots more!

Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken. Meet your new favorurite movie hero!

Welcome back to the Spider-Verse. We talk to the directors of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse!

Sonic vs Mario

Why Back to the future rules!

All about costume design.

And lots more!

Trolls Band Together. Our young reporter exclusively chats to the film's director inside!

+ tips for editing your own films

Lots of movies old and new

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THE PENULTIMATE WORD

Editorial.

News. Current British Work/International Work/Oral History Society Annual General Meeting 2022.

Obituary. Kate Melvin.

Articles.

Everyday experiences of the city in memories of the Belfast punk scene. Fearghus Roulston.

Emotional journeys: Belfast and the oral history of joyriding. Sean O'Connell.

Joy and resilience: oral histories of finding a gay community amid the Troubles in Belfast, 1968-1982. Rachel Wallace.

Navigating cultures of silence with survivors of Norther Irish mother and baby institutions. Olivia Dee.

The politics of storytelling and story listening: policy and memory in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Sara Dybris McQuaid.

Composing personal histories of Operation Banner: memory, emotion and temporality in British veterans' accouts of the Troubles. Barry Hazley.

Public History. Dealing with the legacy of the past: oral history and museums in Northern Ireland. William Blair and Chris Reynolds.

Learning. Oral history and education in Northern Ireland. Kate Melvin in conversation with Anna Bryson, Denver Charles, Lesley Emerson, Alan McCully and SEan O'Connell.

Review Essay. The past present and the present past: memory, oral history and twenty-first-century Irish republicanism. Keven Hearty.

Regional network.

Editorial.

News.

Current British Work/International Work.

A Tribute to Liz Dore. Paul Thompson, Carrie Hamilton, Maxine Molyneax and Olge Lidia Saavedra Montes de Oca.

Articles.

A hostile environment: affect, emotion and power in lesbian teachers' reflections on Section 28. Jennifer Harding.

Inherited border regions: remembrance strategies among young adults in post-Yugoslavia and their multi-layers perspective on the past. Eva Tamara Asboth.

Expectations, experiences and enigmas: hearing and evaluating emigrant testimony. Marjory Harper.

'intellectual disability nursing, the Cinderella relations of nursing': an exploration of marginality through oral history. Paul Sutton, Colin Griffiths, Paul M Keenan, Sandra Fleming, Carmel Doyle, Helen L Atherton, Su McAnelly and Michelle Cleary.

Empowerment and composure in the Dorset History Centre's LGBTQ+ Speakout Project. Molly Groarke.

Learning.

Transformative engagement in UNESCO's Global Citizenship Education: a secondary school oral history project. Taunya Wideman-Johnston, Courney A Brewer and Mike McCabe.

Public History.

A question of sport: division and belonging across two oral history projects. Michael Romyn.

Review Article.

Queer oral history today: new directions? Nikita Shepard.

Regional Network and Special Interest Groups.

Editorial Introduction.

Revisiting shared authority. Malin Thor Tureby and Annika Olsson.

News.

Current British Work/International Work.

Obituaries: Ronald Blythe and Ron Grele.

Articles.

Being a good scholar or a good person? Shared/sharing authority and the practice of taking scholarship for granted. Annika Olsson.

Sounding history: The work of podcasting as shareable authority. Erin Cory.

Reflecting upon authority in the creation of the 'We are proud of them' story map. Vittorio Felci, Aya Altom and Anders Hog Hansen.

Listening for moments of shared authority in archived interviews. Malin Thora Tureby and Jesper Johansson.

'Sharing authorit'y as 'learning together'. Henry 'Hank' Greenspan in converstion with malin Thor Tureby.

Public History.

Shared authority in a public history museum. Iben Vyff.

Review Essay.

Sharing authority when confronting past injustices: the use of oral testimony in redress processes. Malin Arvidsson.

Afterword.

Shared authority and the digital turn. Michael Frisch.

Learning.

'What They Can Teach Us': curating archived oral histories for secondary and post-secondary education. Soifia Bach and Alexander Freund.

Regional network and special interest groups.

Editorial.

News. Current British Work/International Work.

Articles.

Staying with it: undertaking oral history with veteran strikers in British coal communities. Robert Gildea and Jim Phillips.

'They really did us proud': legal solidarity and the 1984-1985 miner's strike. Joanna Gilmore.

'They're still fighting the fight on facebook': the landscape of social media remembering and the British coal industry. Grace Millar, Ben Curtis, Keith Gildart and Andrew Perchard.

Conversations at the 'end of history': revisiting the 1998 oral history of Mary Docherty, revolutionary coalfield communist. Amber T Ward.

Second Wold War childhood evacuation to Australia and Canada: two Glasgow experiences. Iain Hutchinson.

Public History.

Coal and community: an oral history of Binley Colliery. Pierre Botcherby.

Learning.

Women in the miners' strike: a pedagogical template for school pupils doing oral history. Will Bailey-Watson.

Review Essay.

Oral history and the miners' strike. Robert Gildea.

Regional network and special interest groups.

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Novelty cake edition.

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Create these cakes!

Ask our expert Sandra Major!

Tutorials, cake spotlight, top tips, expert advice, collaborations & more . . .

Step-by-step cake projects every month.

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Colour Pop! Create these creations.

Check out our ultimate colour product guide.

Ask the expert with Whitney Sangprasit.

Tutorials, cake spaces, product guide, expert advice, collaborations & more . . . . .

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Experts Verity Jane & Jennifer Reece.

Tutorials, interviews, expert advice, collaborations & more . . .

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COMMENT

5Incoming! Your views on all things audio

FEATURES

96Meet Your Maker Audio Group Denmark

103Meet Your Dealer The Missing Link/The Vinyl Passion Music Room

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

10MOON by Simaudio 641 and 681 integrated amplifier and network streaming DAC

18JMR Electroacoustique BLISS Jubilé stand-mount loudspeaker

27Origin Live Sovereign S Mk5 and Agile turntable and tonearm

37Lindemann Audio MOVE stand-mount loudspeaker

43Cyrus Audio Stream XR network streamer

50 Oephi Acoustics Transcendance 2 stand-mount loudspeaker

55Technics SL-1500C turntable

61WiiM Mini, Pro and Pro Plus streamers

67Dynaudio Contour 20i stand-mount loudspeaker

75Dan Clark Audio Corina electrostatic headphones

81Audes ST-900DC power conditioner

87Keith Monks Prodigy Special Edition: Monarch record cleaning machine

95WK Audio TheRed loudspeaker cables

MUSIC

110Vince Clark Synth-pop legend, with Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure to his name on his first solo album.

119Music Reviews Contemporary, classical and audiophile music

PLUS

112Back Issues Never miss an edition!

116Subscriptions Subscribe and save!

127Advertiser index

128Next Issue Find out what’s coming next month!

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FEATURES

103Meet Your Maker Dr Daniel Twitchen of diamond dome building experts, E6

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

10Børresen Acoustics X2 floorstanding loudspeaker

17Bowers & Wilkins 801 Signature floorstanding loudspeaker

25Trafomatic Audio Rhapsody integrated amplifier

35Audiovector QR1 SE, QR3 SE and QR5 SE
stand-mount and floorstanding loudspeakers

45Chord Electronics BerTTi power amplifier

51 Rockna Audio Wavelight music server

57Gold Note PSU-5 phono stage power supply

63Musical Fidelity A1 integrated amplifier

69Bricasti Design M1 Series II DAC

75Mola Mola Lupe phono stage

81iFi Audio iCAN Phantom analogue headphone amplifier

87Computer Audio Design USB Control grounding device

93Aardvark Ethernet filter

97Grand Activation Extreme SC-2000 loudspeaker cables

MUSIC

110 Sarah Jane Morris British jazz and blues singer, who found fame with The Communards in the 1980s, on her new album The Sisterhood

119 Music Reviews Contemporary, classical and audiophile music

PLUS

112 Back Issues Never miss an edition!

116 Subscriptions Subscribe and save!

127 Advertiser index

128Next Issue Find out what’s coming next month!

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COMPETITION

32 Computer Audio Design USB Control fantastic USB audio filter worth £675 must be won!

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

10Magico M7 floorstanding loudspeaker

19 Aavik I-880 integrated amplifier

27Graham Audio LS8/1 stand-mount loudspeaker

37Technics SU-GX70 integrated networked audio amplifier

45 Morel Avyra 633 floorstanding loudspeaker

51Trilogy Audio Systems 921 integrated amplifier

57 McIntosh Audio Labs MA352 hybrid integrated amplifier

63Fyne Audio F702SP floorstanding loudspeaker

71Meze Empyrean II headphones

77 AudioQuest Cinnamon, Yukon, Rocket 33, Niagara 1200 system upgrades

79Stillpoints Ultra ESS equipment support system

89Stack Audio SmoothLAN network enhancer

91GIK Acoustics SlatFusor room acoustic treatment

MUSIC

94His Lordship Modern British rock ‘n’ roll duo on their eponymous first album

103Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

PLUS

96Back Issues Never miss an edition!

100Subscriptions Subscribe and save!

111Advertiser index

112Next Issue Find out what’s coming in our 25^th Anniversary Special issue

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AWARDS

26 Editor’s Choice Awards We look at more than 100 of the finest products from the best brands over the last 25 years of audio reviews in hi-fi+

COMMENT

7 Incoming! Your views on all things audio

FEATURES

10 The History of hi-fi+ A lot of things have happened in the past 25 years. We look back on the history of hi-fi+ and audio since 1999

240 Paul Messenger 1949-2024 We were saddened to learn of the passing of one of the best known reviewers in the UK, and a good friend. A personal tribute from the Editor

COMPETITIONS

20 Four ways to win! our outstanding quartet of competitions mean you can win big! Including an Audiodesksysteme record cleaning machine, AudioQuest power conditioning and DACs, GiK Acoustics room treatment, and Meze headphones!

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

204 Nordost QBASE Reference (QB 10) AC distribution system

208 B.audio Alpha One integrated amplifier

213 Tannoy Super Gold Monitor SGM 10 stand-mount loudspeaker

219 HiFi Rose RS130 streaming media transport

MUSIC

226 Dee C Lee British soul singer and songwriter on the Style Council, her daughter Leah Weller, and her first album in 25 years!

233 Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

PLUS

202 Subscriptions Subscribe and save!

239 Advertiser index

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COMMENT

7Incoming! Your views on all things audio

Equipment Reviews

10Audiovector Trapeze floorstanding loudspeaker

19Reed Audio Muse 1C and 3P turntable and tonearm

27Acoustic Energy Corinium floorstanding loudspeaker

37 Chord Electronics Ultima Integrated integrated amplifier

47 Audiobyte SuperHUB network streamer

53 Michi X3 Series 2 integrated amplifier

59Sonus faber Duetto active streaming stand-mount loudspeaker system

65Network Acoustics Tempus streaming audio network switch

71 Ayre Acoustics EX-8 2.0 integrated amplifier

77 Xavian Virtuosa Anniversario floorstanding loudspeaker

83Pro-Ject Evo 9 CA Premium tonearm

89 Stillpoints V2 equipment support devices

95 Bassocontinuo AEON X equipment support rack

99Niimbus US 5 PRO headphone amplifier

105 HIFISTAY Absolute Point equipment support foot

MUSIC

110 Eímear Noone Contemporary composer, specialising in video game music

119 Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

PLUS

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127 Advertiser index

128WIN! Dan Clark Corina headphones! A pair of stunning Dan Clark Corina headphones worth £4,800 must be won!

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FEATURE

111Meet Your Maker Shunyata Research

COMMENT

6Incoming! Your views on all things audio

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

10AURALiC VEGA S1 network streamer, DAC, and digital preamp with optional power supply

19Axxess Forté 1, 2, and 3 integrated amplifiers

27Burmester 111 mk IIripping music server, streamer, DAC, and preamplifier

37Technics SL-1200GR2 direct-drive turntable and tonearm

47Gold Note IS-10, PA-10 EVO integrated amplifier and power amplifier

55conrad-johnson Classic Phono phono preamplifier

61Buchardt Audio Anniversary 10 active stand-mount loudspeaker

67Hegel Music Systems H190v integrated amplifier

73Graham Audio LS3/5a stand-mount loudspeaker

79Accustic Arts Power III integrated amplifier

85Enleum HPA-23RM portable/desktop amplifier

93Van den Hul Carbon Elite XGW moving coil cartridge

97Stack Audio AUVA EQ system isolators

101Nilai500DIY mono power amplifiers

MUSIC

118Richard Hawley Sheffield’s velvet-voiced singer-songwriting legend

127Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

PLUS

77WIN! Dan Clark Corina headphones! A pair of stunning Dan Clark Corina headphones worth £4,800 must be won!

124Subscriptions Subscribe and save!

135Advertiser index

124Next Month Don’t miss a thing!

COMMENT

7Incoming! Your views on all things audio

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

10Stenheim Alumine Two.Five floorstanding loudspeaker

19SME Model 60 One of One turntable and tonearm

27HSE Masterline 7 phono preamplifier

37Russell K. Red 50Se stand-mount loudspeaker

47Benchmark Media Systems DAC3 B digital to analogue converter

53Oephi Immanence 2.5 floorstanding loudspeaker

59Bowers & Wilkins 702 S3 Signature floorstanding loudspeaker

65AVID Accent integrated amplifier

71Heed Audio Lagrange S integrated amplifier

77Audience ClairAudient 1+1 V5 stand-mount loudspeaker

83NAD M66 streaming preamplifier

90CAD Ethernet Control network noise isolator

93Atlas Cable Arran Ultra L RCA Grun interconnect cables

99English Electric EE1 network noise isolator

MUSIC

102Dana Gillespie Singer-songwriter, actress, close friend of David Bowie... Dana Gillespie is back with a new album and a break with the blues!

111Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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110WIN! Gold Note IS-10! Your chance to win the excellent Gold Note IS-10 integrated amplifier worth £1,699!

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FEATURE

10Porsche meets Burmester! Porsche Taycan Turbo S Sport Tourismo with Burmester sound system

92Meet Your Dealer Paul Clark of hifi lounge

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

19Luxman L-509Z integrated amplifier

29EMT 928 II, 909 HI, Tondoseturntable, tonearm, and cartridge

39Ideon Audio IΩN+ digital to analogue converter/preamplifier

47SPL Diamond digital to analogue converter

53Meze Audio Liric 2nd Generation headphones

59Balanced Audio Technologies VK-90/REX 500 preamplifier and power amplifier

65Shunyata Research Altaira grounding system

71Nordost QBASE QB6 Mark III mains distribution block

77Analog Relax EX500 moving coil cartridge

81Connected-Fidelity Unity interconnect and loudspeaker cables

87Astell & Kern A&ultima SP3000T portable music player

MUSIC

99Laurence Kilsby BBC Young Chorister of the year turned tenor, with a love of recital and opera!

104Englebert Humperdinck 1960s singing legend behind ‘Release Me!’ is still as musically active as ever at 88 years old!

111Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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76WIN! Benchmark DAC3 B! Your chance to win the classic DAC worth £1,999!

91WIN! Gold Note IS-10! Win the excellent Gold Note IS-10 integrated amplifier worth £2,900!

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FEATURE

89Loudspeaker Hall of Fame The best speaker brands and their best speakers that we’ve tested

168Out Of The Box 18 exciting companies that might just make your next loudspeaker!

192Holger Mueller German Physiks supremo talks about omnidirectional loudspeakers, bending waves and mathematician and audiophile Peter Dicks!

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

11YG Acoustics Cairn stand-mount loudspeaker

20DALI Rubikore 8floorstanding loudspeaker

26Franco Serblin Accordo Goldberg stand-mount loudspeaker

32Focal Aria X No.3 floorstanding loudspeaker

39Fyne Audio Vintage 5 stand-mount loudspeaker

46Dynaudio Evoke 30 floorstanding loudspeaker

54MBL Radialstraher 101E Mk II floorstanding loudspeaker

60KEF LS60 Wireless active floorstanding loudspeaker streaming system

67Graham Audio 10th Anniversary LS6 stand-mount loudspeaker

73Tannoy Super Gold Monitor SGM12 floorstanding loudspeaker

79Totem Acoustic Bison Tower floorstanding loudspeaker

85REL T/9x Red active subwoofer

MUSIC

200Jake Bugg Pop sensation and English singer-songwriter talks about life and his sixth album

209Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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208Subscriptions Subscribe and save!

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FEATURE

105Systems or Separates? Is the way magazines review products wrong?

111Meet Your Dealer Simon Burton of Home Media Limited, in Maidstone, Kent

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

10Linn Klimax Solo 800 mono power amplifier

19Avantgarde Acoustic Colibri C2 stand-mount loudspeaker

27Advance Paris A12 Classic hybrid integrated amplifier

37Döhmann Audio Helix Two Mk3 turntable

45T+A PSD 3100 HV DAC/preamplifier

51Pachanko Labs Constellation Mini SE/Stellar server and linear power supply

57Luphonic H2 turntable

63Violectric DHA V226 headphone amplifier/DAC/line stage

69HiFi Rose RA289 integrated amplifier

75DALI Rubikore 2 stand-mount loudspeaker

81Manley Oasis phono stage

87Gryphon PowerZone 3 power conditioner

93Crystal Cable Infinity power cord

99HIFISTAY Stella 80T spike shoes

101Origin Live Strata turntable mat

MUSIC

117Fairground Attraction The 1980s skiffle-pop-country sensation are back with a new album after an almost 35 year hiatus

127Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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FEATURE

10Bridging the GAP Improving your hi-fi mains supply

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

20Gryphon Audio EOS 5 floorstanding loudspeaker

27AURALiC VEGA G2.2digital to analogue converter

37Focal Diva Utopia streaming loudspeaker

46WADAX Studio • Player CD/streamer

53Amphion Krypton3X floorstanding loudspeaker

59Java Hi-Fi Double Shot integrated amplifier/DAC

65Dynaudio Contour Legacy floorstanding loudspeaker

71Connected-Fidelity TT Hub turntable

77Triangle Capella wireless active loudspeaker

83Allnic HPA-300B integrated headphone and loudspeaker amplifier

89Tellurium Q Ultra Silver II cables

93Network Acoustics eno2 ethernet filter

97Node Audio SS-1 vibration control pods

103REL Classic 99 subwoofer

107WK Audio TheRed interconnect cable

MUSIC

110Phil Manzanera Famed Roxy Music guitarist, producer and musical collaborator celebrates half a century of music with a extensive new box set

119Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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127Advertiser index

128Next Month The annual hi-fi+ Awards!

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AWARDS

11The 2025 Awards We look at all the products we’ve tested in 2024, to pick the very best of the best. Find out what the finest audio systems will be sporting next year!

Equipment Reviews

166Accustic Arts TUBE PREAMP V/AMP IV pre/power amplifier

173PMC Active twenty5.22i stand-mount loudspeaker

176Monitor Audio Gold 100 6G stand-mount loudspeaker

181DS Audio DS-E3 optical cartridge and equaliser

184Chord Company PowerHAUS P6 mains distribution board

189Merason Reuss Digital to analogue converter

192DALI Rubikore 2 stand-mount loudspeaker

FEATURE

196Meet Your Dealer We return to Soundstage Hi-Fi in Cockfosters, North London, to see what’s changed and what Michelin stars and mojitos have to do with it!

MUSIC

200Thompson Twins Into The Gap, the newly reissued, fourth and most successful album from 80s pop trio Thompson Twins turns 40 this year

209Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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96 Meet Your Maker Dr Matthew Webster, CEO of YG Acoustics

Equipment Reviews

11Antipodes Audio Oladra music server

19Master Fidelity NADAC D/NADAC Cdigital to analogue converter and clock

27Thrax Audio Sirens stand-mount loudspeaker

37Cambridge Audio EXA100/EXN100 integrated amplifier and streamer

47Piega Coax 611 floorstanding loudspeaker

55conrad-johnson ART150 stereo power amplifier

61Roksan Caspian 4G Streamingintegrated amplifier

67PSB Imagine T54 floorstanding loudspeaker

73Quiescent T500VA balanced mains supply

79Opera Consonance Wax Engine/Charisma Audio ECO turntable and cartridge package

84DALI IO-8 wireless headphones

87Solid Tech Feet of Balance isolation feet

93AIM NA9 Ethernet cable

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101 Kim Wilde The 80s icon returns to electro-pop form, but in more reflective mood, with a new album, co-written and produced by her brother, Ricky.

111 Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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News Plus. The latest from the world of bus preservation.

Supersize. Philip Lamb takes a look at a Leyland Olympian 'going large' in Lincoln.

Return Journey: Lincoln goes large. We take a look a Lincoln's fleet of long-wheelbase double-deckers.

On the road. David Jukes presents a selection of older buses and coaches still serving this country.

Merthyr Tydfil re-turns. An event to mark 100 years of buses in Merthyr Tydfil will see the public launch of newly restored Bristol RESL6G 190(NHB 190M). Simon Gill attended its first trip with passengers a few months ago.

Return Journey: Merthyr Tydfil. We look back to the late-1970s/early-1980s when orange and white was the order of the day.

Johannesburg 589's new identity. Former Johannesburg 589 is currently undergoing a long and difficult restoration project. Dave Chick reports on recent progress - and a new identity for 589.

Detling 2024. Hugh Jones was there to record the event.

Sandtoft gathering 2023. B&CP October 2023 featured the motorbus presence at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft's principal event. We now take the promised look at the trolleybuses operating on 29/30 July 2023, as illustrated by David Jukes.

Olympian new to the Valley. A former Northern General Leyland Olympian has found a new home in the Stoud Valleys' Philip Lamb reports.

Midland RED D9. Midland Red built the first D9 in 1958. A further 344 followed during its production run between 1960 and 1966. We take a look at the Transport Museum, Wythall's No 5399.

Barking Garage 100. John G. Lidstone revisits Barking on a very special day.

The 'Bristol Titan' This month Ashley Blackman learns from Mike Walker about the history of the 'Bristol Titan' and Mike's recently completed restoration of his own 'Bristol Titan'. Bristol Tramways C4019 (KHW 630).

Coaching classics: Bella! We review Duple's initial designs in its Bella range.

Model page. John G. Lidstone reviews a long-lasting casting: EFE Road's 1/76 scale Leyland National.

Off route. Another operator echoed London practice of strategically placing a seat cushion to indicate a broken down bus, an AEC poses outside the AEC and various vehicles are on route! Over to Nick Larkin.

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Hector the unique Trojan. Roger Burdett has restored a Strachans-bodied Trojan DT, registered OVB 345. Simon Gill brings us the full story about this unique vehicle that is turning heads wherever it goes.

County style. A fascinating London Country 'might have been' has been created right down to a 'flying polo mint'. Nick Larkin reports.

Return Journey: London Country. Formed to take over London Transport's Country Area, London Country Bus Services Ltd was incorporated on 9 October 1968, adopting a green and yellow livery with 'Flying Polo' logos.

On the road. David Jukes presents a selection of older buses and coaches in service and in active preservation.

Coaching classics: 1960s Plaxton Coachwork. Last month we examined Duple coachwork for lightweight chassis from the early-1960s. Here's a selection of what you got, if your preference was for Plaxton.

Out to grass: Bristols out west. We have once again gone West, to Swansea and Port Talbot in South Wales and Barnstable in the West Counter to discover the fate of some once great Bristols . . . .

Spectacular Quorn. Paul Statham visits this joint Leicester Transport Heritage Trust/Great Central Railway.

Penwith running day. Since 2007, the Cornwall Bus Preservation Society, in association with TV&GWOT, has revivid services around Penwith on the West Cornwall Peninsula. Nigel Appleford reports.

Limited stop 740 - 50th Anniversary. Hampshire Bus Preservation celebrated the 740 and other Southdown Motor Services-operated Portsmouth-area limited stop services with a one-off running day on 5 May. David Jukes reports.

Halton before and later . . . Another highlight from the North West Museum of Transport's Running Day on Sunday 3 March.

Prototype Lodekka progress. John G. Lidstone revisits Eastern National 2510.

After they were famous: second use coaches. These coaches once carried happy passengers on days, weeks and even days away! Whilst others rendezvoused with the scrapman these went on to have second lives . . .

It was always buses! Ashley Blackman is taken down memory lane by Dr Michael Walker, who shares the story of his early live, bus industry career, collecting his fleet of over 25 buses and some valuable bus ownership lessons.

The Model page. John G. Lidstone brings us a tale of two Enviros.

Off route. Big changes on the island of Madeira signal the demise of 40 plus-year-old service buses but one is bound for Chesterfield. Also, the photo ruining bird is back! Nick Larkin reports.

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BUS & COACH PRESERVATION | AUGUST 2024

ICONIC ISLWYN
Leopard back on the road at Barry

NERVOUS BREAKDOWN OVER
Restoration details of a London Transport survivor

FIRST ENSIGNBUS AT LARGE IN SOUTHEND
A report on an unusual mini heritage running day.

70 YEARS AT THE MAYPOLE
A celebration of one of Birmingham’s most important bus routes

CHASING NATIONALS
Not many buses are restored by the same team that worked on them in service, so Simon Gill discovers how this came about for former Chase Bus Services Leyland National No 2 (OJD 858R)

News Plus. The latest from the world of bus preservation.

The big move. John G. Lidstone was on hand to witness an unusual convoy!

Try and try again! Simon Gill explores the history and restoration of former Leicester City Transport Bristol RELL6L No 122 (TRY 122H) that has returned to the rally scene after an absence of 30 years.

On the road. David Jukes presents another selection of active older buses and coaches.

Val adored. A magnificent Duple-bodied Bedford VAL coveted as a special vehicle by successive owners for more than 50 years is the newest member of the Lodge Coaches 'Toybox' heritage fleet. Nick Larkin reports.

Glasgow West End bus fest. Steven Booth, Chair of GVVT, shares pictures of some of the vehicles that took part.

Recalling route 406. The London Bus Museum's latest Running Day saw around 30 heritage vehicles operate over Route 406, David Jukes illustrates some of the runners and riders.

Cheltenham anniversaries. Coaches ruled over the weekend of 4/5 July. Philip Lamb explains.

After they were famous: Second use Lodekkas. Most of the non-PSV Lodekkas seen here are in service in the UK, but were later exported.

Moving into the 'modern' era. Transport Museum Wythall Trustee, James Munro, takes a look at the story of the museum's Dennis Trident. Travel West Midlands 4321 (BX02 ASV)

Out to grass. See what lies sleeping at an undisclosed location.

Coaching classics: Plaxton the Heavyweights. Following on from our round-up of Duple Northern coaches in the last issue, we visit here Plaxtons to take an look at some of its equivalent offerings.

Changing times. Ashley Blackman muses over the ever-changing bus and coach event landscape. Be it a rally, running day of a road run the majority of us can't wait to mark next year's events on our calendar.

South Coast success. Philip Lamb is re-united with a Brighton & Hove Optare Sigma, her first encountered 27 years ago.

Return journey: Brighton Beautiful. Brighon & Hove remains one of our top bus operators. Here we look back in to 1997 . . .

The model page. John G. Lidstone reviews the 1:43 Minichamps Berlin Bussing D2U.

Off route. A titan with a difference, a legendary sign revived and a Routemaster revelation. Over to Nick Larkin.

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Thoroughbred in Scotland. Lindsay White and Philip Lamb take a look at the recent restoration of Tayside 248 (SSN 248S), a 1977 Alexander-bodied Ailsa.

Return Journey: The Tayside Years. We focus on Dundee's Tayside RC era illustrating the main types operated in what was a fairly standardised fleet.

On the road. David Jukes presents another selection of active older buses and coaches.

Euro stars. Robert Krueger has a passion for saving rare European-build coaches new to British operators, not least a new unique Mercedes-engined Van Hool T815 Alicron. Nick Larkin finds out more.

After they were famous: Blackpool ancillaries. We look back at some of Blackpool's Leyland Titans after they had been relegated to non-PSV use.

Citybus comeback. John G. Lidstone savours Eastern National's last new Bristol.

RM70. David Jukes reports on this international event.

A Routemaster weekend. Denis Chick tells the story of Transport Museaum Wythall's AEC Routemaster RCL 2219's visit to RM70.

Sandtoft gathering 2024. This year's well-attended Gathering took place at The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft on a hot sunny Sunday 28 July with a preview the previous day. David Jukes illustrates some of the attractions on show:

Brislington 2024. This year's Bristol Vintage Bus Group's Annual Rally was held at its regular venue, the Brislington Park & Ride site on Sunday 2 August. Ian Williamson reports.

The 'Low-ish' floor running day. This event running between Godstone Green and East Grinstead was organised by The North London Collection. Over to Nigel Appleford.

Coaching classics: Trumpets and Gems. We revisit the Waymann Fanfare and take a look at the Weymann Topaz II arrived in the 1960s.

Dreams do come true. Ashley Blackman sits down with West Yorkshire preservationist Neil Halliday to discover how he came to own a trio of Bristol VRTs from his favourite operator, achieving a full complement of series 1, 2 and 3 to restore and rally.

Return journey: York-West Yorkshire. We look back to the v1970s and 1980s in York.

Celebrating anniversaries. Simon Gill considers the importance of celebrating anniversaries and how these are a golden opportunity

The model page. John G. Lidstone takes a close look at the corgi 1/64 'San Monique Transport' RT.

The model page extra. John G. Lidstone previews EFE Road's London RMC re-releases.

Off route. Happy retirement to a Dennis Dominator after almost 40 years servicing the people of Ipswich and tributes to Mercedes-Benz minibuses. Over to Nick Larkin.

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Join us a Wythall! Sunday 6 October will be a special day for Transport Museum Wythall and the history of Midland Red. Denis Chick Reports.

Let the D10 detain you . . . Malcom Keeley reviews a most unusual Midland Red bus.

On the road. David Jukes presents another selection of active older buses and coaches.

Marvelous Macau. John G Lidstone looks back a Bristol L5Gs on frontline service in Macau in the 1980s.

The Leaning Leyland. Doncaster 94 (EDT 703) is a 1947 Leyland Titan PD2/1 fitted with a 1955 ex-trolleybus Roe body in 1963, the restoration of which is now complete. David Jukes reports.

Manchester in the 1960s. Paul Williams reports on an event to celebrate buses from the 1960s at the Manchester Museum of Transport.

Manx centenary celebration. A six-day festival celebrating the Isle of Man's heritage transport network occured in July. Hugh Jones was there to record the event.

A glasgow centenary. Steven Booth reports on a celebration of 100 years of motorbuses in Glasgow.

Coaching Classics: Aldershot express. the 1960s saw a number of coaches built to meet certain operator's specific requirements. Try this one . . .

The 'Wee Bedford' Ashley Blackman speaks with preservationist Jonathan Miller, about the recently completed restoration of his Northern Ireland Road Transport NIRTB) Bedford OWB No V957 (GZ 783)

Kyiv connection. John G. Lidstone looks at Kyiv's Routemaster connection.

Crossville rarity. A former Crosville Motor Services Bristol LWL6B, No KW229 (LFM 810), has changed ownership and, as Simon Gill discovers, it is a welcome rare survivor of the latest Tilling Group half-cab single-decker.

Return journey: Crosville retrospect. Operating buses throughout north Wales and a considerable swathe of North-wet England, demand for Crosville's services was high. Here are some of the buses placed in service over the years with that in mind.

The model page: Berlin return. John G. Lidstone returns to the 1:43 Minichamps Berlin Bussing D2U, to examine it in close-up.

Off route. Tram tickets hidden for 100 years unearthed and meet surely B&CP's youngest reader: Over to Nick Larkin.

After they were famous.: Lodeka learners. Here are three low-decker trainers, two of which have sadly been scrapped.

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Cardiff Crossley twice preserved. On Monday 26 February 2024, Cardiff 46 (EBO 900), an Alexander-bodied Crossley DD42/7, new in June 1949, and thought to be the first Welsh bus to be preserved, took up residence at The Bus Depot, Barry. Glyn Bowen reports.

Liverbird! Terry Morris tells the story of now preserved Liverbus 211 (L211 SBG), a Northern Counties Palatine 11-bodied Volvo Olympian.

Out to Grass. Another selection of buses and coaches past their 'sell-by date'.

On the road. David Jukes presents this month's selection of active older service and preserved buses.

After they were famous: recovery! This month we bring you a selection of buses and coaches converted into recovery trucks.

PD Pioneer. Brighton Corporation 23 (23 ACD), a 1962 Weymann-bodied Leyland Titan PD2/37, was the UK's first one-person-operated double-deck service bus. David Jukes find out more.

Return journey: Brighton Blue. We take a journey through the years when Brighton's buses turned blue.

Canvey 90. John G. Lidstone marks Canvey Depot's 'Birthday Bash'.

In the twilight in Kirkby. We visit the NWVRT's twilight event again this year.

Coaching classics: We celebrate 85 years since the first examples took to the roads and the announcement by EFE Road of a revamped version of its 1/76th scale model of this all-time classic British coach.

From banking to buses. Ashley Blackman has dinner with Bob Stanger in York to learn about his passion for London Transport and how he went from a corporate job in banking to his dream of driving buses.

A personal recreation. Simon Gill catches up with Karl Brailsford following the launch of his newly repainted former Crosville Leyland Olympian B190 BLG, which was unveiled at the Transport Museum Wythall during the Midland Red 120 event on 6 October 2024.

Return journey: The early Olympians. Leyland introduced the Olympian in 1981. It proved to be a major success with almost all NBC subsidiaries taking the newcomer into their fleets.

The model page: Bedford OB Recast. John G. Lidstone previews EFE Road's revamped Bedford OB.

Off route. Tributes to Metro-Cammell and remembering the last of the Routemasters now 20 years ago.

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A diamond Dennis. Very few preserved buses and coaches have been co-owned and owned by the same person for 60 years. Tim Stubbs has done just that with his former Aldershot & District Dennis Lance, as David Jukes reports.

Return journey: Garrison Town. A look back at Aldershot & District in pre NBS days.

On the road. David Jukes presents this month's selection of older buses and coaches at work in the UK.

A tale of two coaches. They vary in looks, in sound and have had widely different careers. Nick Larkin looks at two contrasting coach additions to the Northampton Transport Heritage fleet.

All's well that ends well. A touch of Shakespeare as Malcolm Keeley reviews a Stratford-Upon-Avon bus.

GVVT open weekend 2024. A large number of buses from the collection at Bridgeton were out on the road supplemented by a wide array of visiting vehicles from across Scotland, the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland

Strathclyde PT's Wheels, Thrills and Family Day. Donald Booth outlines Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust's input to Strathclyde PT''s 'Wheels, Thrills and Family day' at Glasgow's Buchanan Bus Station on Sunday 20 October.

AVI 50th birthday. Stephen Booth brings us news of a memorable Ailsa milestone.

Reviving the museum. Ashley Blackman shares how Oxford Bus Museum is breathing new life into its events with the new Ernie's Retro Wheels event, Heritage Skills Day and building relationships with pioneer preservationists.

Coaching classics: The Panorama story. An A-Z of the Plaxton Panorama.

The bus magnet. In the first of an occasional series, John G. Lidstone takes a look at the surprising variety of vehicle categories and themes within which he can tell the story of bus photography at a certain pair of bus stops over the past 60 years.

An re renaissance ride. Owner Steve Graham tells Simon Gill about a Continental coach tour to Alassio and onaco recreated in May 2024 using his former Crosville Britol RELH6G CRG530(AFM 105B).

Off route. Great new restorations with off Route connections, the importance of numberplates and erm, one more train! Over to Nick Larkin.

The model page. John G. Lidstone examines Spark's 1/43 Lotus Fl team AEC Swift car transporter.

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New Plus. The latest from the world of bus preservation.

NTA spotlight. The National Trolleybus Association was previously profiled within these pages in July 2016. David Jukes finds out more about subsequent developments.

Southend's 'Santa bus'. The bleak times of 2020, when we were all sternly told to 'stay indoors' did lead to a kind and good thing for Southend: it's first 'Santa bus'. John G. Lidstone reports.

On the road. David Jukes presents another selection of active older service and preserved buses.

After they were famous: Rear-engined miscellany. The passage of time has seen a decline in non-PSV use of buses when their working lives have come to an end, so rear-engined examples were notably fewer in number.

Prom Atlantean. James Baxter describes the recovery of a Lothain Leyland Atlantean L806 (EWS 806D) to the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond.

Coaching classics: The invaders. The late-1960s saw the first volume foreign-built coaches arrive in the UK, when dealer Alf Mosley introduced its 'Mosley Continental' range. Many more were to follow . . .

Archway running day. Hugh Jones went along to this event, which was held in support of charities.

A childhood obsession realised. Several preserved buses have been restored more than once and former Crosville Bristol L5G KG118 (KFM 767) is no exception. Simon Gill has been to Somerset to find out more and brings us the full story.

Return journey: Crosville in NBC days. Crosville was one of our largest bus companies, known to hundreds of enthusiasts as a result of the operator's prominence in North Wales, a holiday area to which people, in particularly from the North West, flocked.

A preservation jewel. Ashley Blackman learns from pioneer preservationist Derek Priddle how he came to own such a fine collection of preserved vehicles and his connections to the Isle of Wight.

Should have been preserved. Ever stumbled across a photo of a lost bus or coach and thought what a shame it wasn't preserved? Nick Larkin has a few suggestions . . .

The model page. John G. Lidstone takes a look at the 1/76th CMB ancillary Guy Arabs models.

Off route. Alleged proof that Paddiington Bear is a bus fan! Also! Remembering when £285 bought you a straight from service I939 AEC Regent. Over to Nick Larkin.

Christmas lights heritage in London. John G. Lidstone reviews some of the preserved vehicles taking part in London's Christmas Lights tour.

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The spaceship has landed. Former City of Portsmouth 123 (STP 995), a 1959 Metro-Cammel-bodied Leyland Titan PD3/6, is part of the City of Portsmouth Preserved Transport Depot's active fleet as David Jukes reports.

Return Journey: unusual colours - home and away. A selection of Portsmouth Leyland Atlanteans in a variety of guises before and after being sold on and a couple of 'late-comers' which joined the fleet in its declining years.

Trolley times. A visit to the Portsmouth system which closed in 1963.

On the road. David Jukes presents another selection of older buses and coaches still working in this county.

Madiera arrival. Philip Lamb talks to Shane Howarth of the 'Riding with Rodoeste' Preservation Group which has brought two Volvo B10M saloons from Madeira to the UK for long-term preservation.

Sipsmith saloon. John G. Lidstone looks at two lives of former Crosville SLG150.

After they were famous: weird and wonderful. A mixture of wonderful saloon buses servicing as non-PSVs fron a Leyland Royal Tiger to a National arctic . . .

Back to poppy red. Having worn West Midlands PTE livery for several years, former Midland Red DD13-class Daimler Fleetline No 6225 (UHA 225H) was returned to NBC poppy red during the pandemic, as Simon Gill reports.

Return Journey: Midland alternative. Faced with the inevitable ed of the line for home-grown buses, Midland Red turned to the Daimler Fleetline to meet future double-deck requirements. Here is a selection.

The works. This month Ashley Blackman revisits his passion for bringing vehicles back to life as he begins a new series about the art of restorations which will also include tips and words of wisdom from other notable professional restorers.

The model page; Bedford OB gathering at 'Forge Quay'. In B&BP, January, John G. Lidstone previewed the upcoming six releases of the Bedford OB in 1/76 scale by EFE Road. In this issue, he focuses on the coaches, details of the models and pictures of them posed at 'Forge Quay'.

Off route. What happened to fare tables and the bargain buses you could have bought in 1955? Over to Nick Larkin.

Burwell & District survivor. Having moved to Cambridge in 2021 Stephen Morris discovered a leaflet about the Burwell Museum, claiming it had the last Burwell & District bus. Following it up he discovered a hidden gem.

Busmart. B&CP's comprehensive advertising section, where you can buy or sell any bus-related item

News plus. The latest from the world of bus preservation.

Conserving no 42. David Jukes has co-owned former Eastbourne Corporation 42 (AHC 442), a 1951 Bruce-bodied AEC Regent III, for over 20 years. A change in employment hours has provided time to undertake restoration work.

Return Journey: Bristol City line. These views are now at least 28 years old! We celebrate a great post-deregulation Livery.

On the road. David Jukes presents another selection of older buses and coaches (and trams) from both the UK and New Zealand.

Summer Camp. In the Summer of 1978, former Bristol Omnibus Co Bristol MW5G 2572 (931 RAE) took a Scout group to the French Alps. Keith Chadbourne describes how it came about to Simon Gill.

After they were famous: Bristol LS. We have heard a lot about Bristol Ls of late in the magazine. Here for a third and final (for now) time we visit the type for now with a round-up of the type in non-PSV use.

Bristol to London 100 years of service. Dr Mike Walker of the Bristol Omnibus Vehicle Collection brings us a detailed account of an event marking the centenary of the first express coach service in the world.

Bad weather moments. Winter is not fun for bus drivers - even less so now they're on their own. Here are some tales from the driver's seat with John G. Lidstone.

A new chapter begins. Following the recent Annual General Meeting at the Oxford Bus Museum, teh Routemaster Association is entering an exciting new phase under the leadership of newly elected Chairman, David Lee, Ashley Blackman reports.

Get me to the plane on time. Kenneth Barclay describes the work needed to get his recently acquired Van Hool-bodied T9 back on the road complete with an MOT certificate.

Coaching classics: Early NBC coaches. With former BET fleets bringing to the party a variety of coach body styles some odd applications of fleetnames on the all-over white livery occurred. Check these out . . .

Off route. Surely the most bizarre omnibus-related LP record ever, contrasting Nottingham images and delicious cake. Over to Nick Larkin.

The model page: Fantastic Fleetline. John G. Lidstone makes a return visit to looks at Rapido's illuminated WMPTE standard.

Busmart. B&CP's comprehensive advertising section, where you can buy or sell any bus-related item.

Richard Hawley on truth, beauty and beer.

Should you quit your corporate job? Yes, probably, says Robert Wringham.

A life more ordinary. Keep it simply, says Stephen Bayley.

Fairy Tale Feminists. The radical salons of 17th Century Paris by Clare Pollard.

Plus: Stewart Lee, lawn bowls, fanzines, idle sportswear and peasants.

My Idea of Paradise - Olivia Laign in conversation with Tim Richarson

The No-Work Garden - Richard Mabey's Easy Eden

Electric Dreamland - In Praise of Theme Parks

Plus: Griff Rhys Jones on whales, Rachel Kelly on pills, Stewart Lee on Steve Albini

Dominic West "I'm done with evil"

My week without WIFI. Kate Morris disconnects

Troubadour Tales. The Joys of Busking

Plus: Pilgrimage

The real Withnail

Arthur Smith

Christmas gifts guide

Sheds

The 100th issue

Sin and Succession

Rowan Williams in conversation with Jesse Armstrong

How I learned to slow down by Paul Theroux

Your Almanac for 2025

Closing the loop in central Paris.

Improving connections in the heart of the French capital.

Sarajevo runs first new cars in 40 years.

RAPT wins contract of Lyon LRT.

Qatar opens Lusail tram extension.

Genova scales up. Decades-long metro project pays off.

Ticketing focus. Technology and incentive schemes.

Revitalising Rio: LRT's vital role.

High-quality transport for one of the world's greatest cities.

First stage of Seattle 2 Line LRT opens.

Paris expansion readies for Olympics.

Salzburg S-Link tram-train approved.

Catalan combo. Tram and metro combine in Valencia.

Track technology. Greener and quieter track solutions.

Where next for UK light rail?

Cities across Britain set out their plans to join LRT ranks.

Prague to receive new Skoda vehicles.

Metrolink plans further expansion.

Seville opens new line - more to come.

Zurich aims high. Swiss city sets out plans for LRT growth.

Olympic goals. Paris looks set for smooth running.

Delivering the LRT promise.

How does the deliver of tramway schemes match up to the vision?

Investing in Torun. Polish city to reap EU funding benefits.

UK Conference. Highlights from this year's light rail event.

Manchester plans for 15 new routes.

Alstom wins Hamburg metro order.

New operator for Melbourne's trams.

Full circle for Kaohsiung LRT.

Taiwanese port city closes light rail loop for full urban coverage.

New Helsinki Kalasatama line opens.

Dresden orders more Alstom trams.

Calgary's Green Line scheme cut back.

Compact by design. Gorzow: Small city, high-quality LRT.

Australian trams. Light rail plans for all major cities.

Innotrans 2024: New LRT on show.

Trams, tran-trains and new tech at world's biggest rail event.

Onwards in Torino. Transforming Italy's oldest tramway.

Sheffield progress. LRT plans at heart of city transformation.

Keolis wins Docklands deal to 2033.

Cairo monorail set to open first stage

Frankfurt trials Amazon parcel tram

Delhi: Innovation in India's capital

Global Light Rail awards 2024. Excellence from around the world: GLRA 2024

Busting borders. Basel's tri-national light rail system

Woltersdorf. New era dawns for Brandenburg classic

London's new Piccadilly train arrives

Thailand's investment programme

Is this the end of Kolkata tramway?

Grand Visions for Mumbai Metro

Challenges in connecting one of the world's great cities

UK funding boost for LRT schemes

Stadler wins first US contract in Utah

Longest automated metro to open

Heilbronn - Tram-train's small but vital role

Singapore - On track to deliver network goals

Letter.

Articles -

Ronald Broude & Mary Cyr. The musical work before the work concept, or the 18th-century acceptance of musical composition as works.

Brian Newbould. Dissonance in tonal music 1: purpose and principles.

Arnold Whittal. 2024 and all what? Forward to basics.

Stephen Arthur Allen. Fanfares, flourishes and tattoos: narratives in Herbert Howells's Pageantry and Three Figures.

Lionel Pike. Cambridge puzzles? Howells and Evensong.

Review Articles -

Richard Langham Smith. Parody, promotion, Paris, 1860-1900 by Clair Rowland. Exposer la musique: Le festival du Trocadero (Paris 1878) by Etienne Jardin.

Andrew Thompson. Away days - Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in exile by Fiona Maddocks.

Articles.

Peter Phillips. The china tour.

Andrew Thomson. Redemption by the spiritual purity of nakedness: d'Indy's Istar and an ancient Assyrian legend.

Brian Newbould. Dissonance in tonal music 2: more complex, personal. or referential dissonaces; hyperdissonance.

James Porter. Maiden, poet, composer, princess: agents in the making of Louis Berger's Colma: scene ossianique (1810).

Lionel Pike. An ear for colour: John Ward and the madrigal.

Arnold Whittall. What music tells us.

Review Article.

Andrew Thomson. Splenetic frenetic. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique by Julian Rushton. Schoenberg: 'Night music': Verklarte Nacht and Erwartung by Arnold Whittall.

Articles:-

Michael Talbot. Benjamin Skinner (1728-57) and his Six solos.

Brian Newbould. Dissonance in tonal music 3; the dissonant chain and the 'dissonant consonance'.

Andrew Thomson. Anglophone artistic contributions to the complex genesis of Debussy's Nocturnes.

Stephen Arthur Allen. From birth to rebirth: Edmund Rubbra's Vaiations on 'The Shining river', op.101 (1958) - the Sixth Symphony not excluded - and the 'eight ages' of man.

Michael Kassler. Charles Flaxman's contribution to musicology.

Lionel Pike. Reflections on a Tallis cadence. 100 years ago.

William Wallace. Conductors and conducting.

Review Articles:-

Arnold Whittall. Detente cordiale. Alexander Goehr: composing a life: teachers, mentors & models by Jack van Zandt. Pierre Boulez@ organised delirium by Caroline Potter.

Andrew Thomson. Deep England. Vaughan Williams in context. Edited by Julian Onderdonk & Ceri Owen. Vaughan Williams and his world edited by Byron Adams & Daniel Grimley.

Andrew Thomson. Carnival time. Schebert's workshop by Brian Newbould.

Martin Haywood-Harris

Saudi Arabia and Covid

Therapeutic work

Book review: "Falconry peregrinations"

Chenouf Youcef - Photographer

My falconry faux pas

Book review: "Memoirs of a hunting falconer"

DFO meeting Schleswig

Dogs in Falconry

"Ratty" - the male goshawk

Italian Sky trials - part one

DFO meeting schleswig - part two

Nemo, the Australasian harrier

Book review: FHS 6 - Falconry

Social hawking

Book review: The art of taming, training and managing hawks

My falconry faux pas - part two

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Judges Training. Updates.

Dressage Day. Owner Angie Rutherford.

Features.

LeMieux National Championships. Champions celebrated.

Going for Gold. Great Britain's senior team secures the European Championship.

European Para Championships. Medals all around for our Para team.

Muscle conditions. PSSMI ad other myopathies explored.

Wheels in winter. Getting transport-ready for the winter months.

Rider insurance. What's needed when riding for someone else.

Para Silver and Bronze Championships. Winners in pictures.

Perfecting performances. Perfectionism and its downsides.

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Dressage Day. Sponsors Vanessa and Rupert Fairfax.

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Profile - Lewis Carrier on turning young rider success into a senior career.

Petplan Equine Summer Area Festival Championships. Winners celebrated.

Middle Tour Championships. Report in pictures.

25 Years of British Dressage. A look back at some management.

Breathe easy. The latest on respiratory conditions and their management.

Cavago Associated Championships. Part one of our coverage.

Jump to it. How jumping can benefit the dressage horse.

Ask the Expert. Coat condition as an indicator of health.

Saracen Horse Feeds Quest Championships. Team spirit thrives at our grass roots celebration.

Staycations for equestrians. A look at UK breaks and experiences with Cavago.

Perfecting performance. Age is no barrier with the right regime.

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BD Action. Membership updates.

Dressage Day. Jockey turned dressage rider Kate Johnston.

Features

Profile. St Giles Stud's Dinah Ashley-Cooper on breeding for trainability and star quality.

Best of British. London International Horse Show's home-grown podium.

Test your training. The new tests explained.

Cavago Championships. The second part of our coverage.

From delight to despair. What to do if you lose a mare or foal.

25th anniversary National convention. Exercises, tips and other highlights from our celebration of dressage.

Feeding for breeding. Nutrition for the mare before and after foaling.

Get in covered. Legal and insurance advice for mares and foals.

Ready to compete. A look at updates fro the 2024 rulebook.

Perfecting performances. Our new series starts with suppleness

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My Dressage Life. Our new series starts with groom Lucy Scudamore.

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Profile - Richard White on moving to international competition.

Focus on welfare. Examining how the new policy will work in practice.

Sitting comfortably. How saddle design helps you work with your horse.

Fitting well. What to expect from saddle fitting.

Green power. Getting the best from grassland.

International round-up. British success overseas.

Gut feeling. Latest on gastric health.

Ask the expert. Bret Wilson on ownership and syndicates.

Perfecting performance. Suppleness part II - in the saddle.

Features

Profile: Young Judges Alex Harrison-West and Alive Oppenheimer

Equissage Pulse Para Winter Championships: Winners Celebrated

Veterinary referrals: When and how to get a second opinion

Test of training: How the new BD tests can help horse and rider develop

Spring antics: Fizzy or dull, our experts have the answer

Going Large: What to look for in a HGV Horseboex

Ask the Experts: HorseQuest explains how to promote your horse

Addington bound: NAF Five Star Winter Championships qualifier

Perfecting performance: Stability Part 1

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My Dressage Life. Spencer Wilton.

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NAF Five Star Winter Championships. Winners in pictures.

Petplan Winter Area Festival Championships.

Young horse management. Training and first shows.

Test your training Pt 1. Practical tips on the new tests from Paul Hayler and Bobby Hayler-Wright.

Wear it well. Competition fashion for new colour rules.

Feet first. Hoofcare for the young dressage horse.

Perfecting performance. Stability part 2 - in the saddle.

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BD Action. Membership Updates.

My Dressage Life. Laura Tomlinson

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Profile. Sadie Smith on working your way up.

Olympics and Paralympics preview. Need-to-know and discovering Frances' secrets with Cavago.

Red Gorilla Combined Training Champtionships. Multitalented winners.

Fitting faces. The science behind bridle design.

Wellington International. Winners from this bumper dressage festival.

Joint care. Treatment and management of joint conditions.

Test your training Pt II. Practical tips on the new testes from Paul Hayler and Bobby Hayler-Wright.

Fair play. Are you being fair to your staff?

Getting warmer. Why warmups matter.

Board elections. Vote for your new Youth Director.

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My Dressage Life. Erin Orford.

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Profile. Sarah Higgins on teamwork.

Paris Olympics. Team and individual success celebrated in pictures.

Food on the go. Feeding horses at stay away shows.

Youth success. Reports from Ponies, Juniors, children, Young Riders and Under 25s European Championships.

Safe and secure. Yard security tips and tech.

Hartpury Festival of Dressage. Winners in pictures.

Dressage and women's health. Pioneering work by BD coaches.

Ask the Expert. How saddle trees have evolved.

Sustainably stylish. Autumn fashion.

Perfecting performance. Rider Symmetry.

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My Dressage Life. Erin Isobel Wessels.

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LeMieux national championships. Report in pictures.

Out and about. Outside the white boards at Somerford.

Paras in Paris. Medals galore for our fabulous team.

Forage challenge. Advice on how to ensure nutritional needs are met.

Ask the Expert. Legal aspects of leasing equestrian property.

Equissage Pulse Para Silver and Bronze Championships. Winners in pictures.

Sustainable transport. Towing with EVs and what you can do now.

Perfecting performance. Rider alignment part 1.

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My Dressage Live. Julia Hornig

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Profile. Bryony Goodwin on success as a trainer

Petplan Summer Area Festival Championship. Results and images from Arena UK

Winter health. Management with restricted grazing

Cavago Associated Championships. Winners celebrated

Solving the VAT puzzle. Business advice

Bucket list trips. Holidays to remember

Ask the Expert. The impact of over-rugging

Christmas Gift Guide. Festive treats for him, her and horse

Fine Dining - Ponies need a balanced diet to keep them healthy and able to perform at their best. Here's what you need to know.

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Breathing techniques to improve your riding

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Feed your way to shiny coat & healthy skin

Free 2025 wall planner! *T's and C's apply

Win! A year's supply of feed

Improve your horse's balance with our fun pole exercise

How journalling can help your riding

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15 things you need to know about your horse's teeth

Why you need to try TREC

65 Horsey Christmas gifts

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Win! Dengie feed

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Thrive under pressure you can!

Simple fitness strategies that really work

Pippa's flatwork & jumping tips for every level

18 of the best books

How to feed your veteran to keep him feeling fab

Best in test - Country boots

Challenging male economic dominance.

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Turkey's 'Ankara Consensus' targets Africa

Africa's Eurobond market roars back to life

Namibia prepares for life after Geingob

Oil majors depart for offshore Nigeria

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Mo dewji's food production plan

AI: the African opportunity

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Canada's miners eye Africa's critical minerals

Africa muscles in on semiconductor market

Ethiopia prepares for launch of stock market

Power takes center stage in SA election

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South African property tycoon Ipeleng Mkhari

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Is Safaricom's M-Pesa ready to go it alone?

Chinese e-commerce giant aims at Africa.

Should the US pay 'negative tariffs'?

Japan makes quiet overtures on Africa trade.

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Central Bank of Nigeria governor.

Olayemi Cardoso

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Africa's top 250 Companies.

Ruto rolls out the red carpet.

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Why Africa needs its own credit ratings agency.

Nigeria's crypto clampdown his Binance.

Cot d'Ivoire strikes gold in boost for Ouattara

African banks hopeful as French retreat.

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Soutyh African railway king Ronnie Ntuli

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Africa's top brands in 2024.

Djibouti opens doors to investors.

Ready for take off? Africa's airlines show signs of revival but turbulence ahead.

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Dangote refinery forced to import oil.

Italy's plan: What Meloni wants from Africa.

Japan and South Korea focus on the continent.

Africa's dormant funds: use them or lose them.

Electric vehicle manufacturing accelerates.

Workers want more from Egypt tourism recovery.

Star interview

African Development Bank's Adesina looks back on eight years at the top.

Can coalition government deliver for South Africa?

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The buyout. Nigeria's oil firms take over.

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Will Africa join deep-sea minerals scramble? how the EU deceives itself about Africa.

The NBA and the Olympics: Africa's sports future.

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Eldrid Jordaan, the man who took on Meta.

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Madagascar regains momentum.

Diamonds aren't forever in Botswana.

Social media giants stream into Africa.

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Musk's Starlink takes to African skies

China's green shortfall in Africa

How has Fay changes Senegal?

Tito Mboweni: a life well lived

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Fred Swaniker's African Leadership

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Cop29: What Africa needs from Aberbaijan

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COP29's finance fiasco

Chinese cars make South AFrica inroads

Trump demands dollar supremacy

Making Afrobeats pay for Nigeria

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Akinwumi Adesina: On climate, his legacy, and the future of development finance

Google's Alex Okosi: This is Africa's digital decade

The Secret Lives of Spies - Cloak off, dagger down, what next?

Unclean! The unsung global role of plain old dust

On Screen! Director Werner Herzog - cinema's most charming weirdo

Et Dans La Cuisine! Chef Alan Ducasse and his addiction to the exceptional

John le Carre / CIA Women / Ian Fleming / Lady Private Eyes

Which book to read next? Answer inside ....

The 50 best books of 2023 + A Marvel of a gift guide.

The Tower! Gustave Eiffel's attention-demanding obelisk.

The Power! The explosive result of adding Burton to Taylor.

A quarter of an hour! Andy "15 minutes" Warhol - still at it from beyond the grave.

Plus! The woman who taught Clarice Starling how to FBI.

Landmark 50th Issue!

The story behind the greatest ever haircut.

Intrusion! A great novel of interloping - people "borrowing empty houses".

Collusion! The nail-biting intrigues of MI5 inside the IRA.

A fatal Conclusion! Captain Cook's epic third voyage - calamity ahoy.

Glittering prizes. How no one is immune to the spell of precious stones.

From gossip to infamy. SCANDAL! People who got the whole town talking.

Plus! The BBC's Frank Gardner on his new thriller, "Invasion".

All the great new books you need to read.

Plus! Another candidate for the elite swindlers' circle.

Roger McGough. The keys to a long life in poetry. "Myopia, cowardice and the will to come second"

Expulsion. A BBC correspondent's sudden removal from Russia.

Revulsion. A leading novelist's lifelong hostility to calories.

Jet propulsion. A top editor's attempts to blast through tragedy.

Gillian Anderson's big book of sex. The actress asks women, " your fantasies, please . . ."

Plus! novels to make you question everything.

Lippy. Under the paintwork of a top model's career.

Hippy. The long-term fallout from a tie-dye upbringing.

Mississippi. The murder that gave life to the civil rights movement.

The 50 Best Books of 2024.

Plus! save Christmas. Headache-relieving gift guide inside.

Ham. Al Pacino's lifelong fixation with acting.

Scram. The problem with paradise - other people.

Thak you, Ma'am. The woman who played powerful men like a piano.

All the great new books you need to read

Plus! Mia from the CIA - A real spy delivers one of the novels of the year

Attention all Units! Track down the greatest crime writer

Dorothy Parker - the troubled mind behind the sparking zingers

"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses"

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"

"I hate writing, I love having written"

"Take me or leave me; or as is the usual order of things, both"

Travel - still worth the trouble or best enjoyed from home? 60 best books to help you decide

A boxing writer on the champs and the cheats

Graydon Carter: The Sun King of magazines

Plus! True crime, investigations and thrillers galore

168 pages! The UK's biggest film magazine

Huge new interview. William Shatner "Now, if somebody says 'live long and prosper,' I can say 'yeah, I did that.'"

+ John Krasinski of IF, and imaginary friends.

Alice Lowe on her second film as writer/director, Timestalker "No AI would write this film"

Alien:Romulus. Fede Alvarez & the future of a franchise.

Alien 3 at war. 10-page special with exclusive insights.

Ridley Scott on the road to Gladiator II - and what comes next

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Community cinemas. It's not about the money

The horror of UK Indie movies funding

The secret movie publicist. Takes from the press tours.

William Tell "The Sound of Music - with violence"

+ huge preview: dozens of upcoming UK movies!

Celebrating Roger Moore

Welcoming back the VHS tape

Saluting Nicolas Cage

Alien - the exclusive behind the scenes story of a must-see documentary on stage

Sally Phillips on making movies

Why so may older films are back in cinemas

Birmingham's talent on screen

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Lindsay Duncan.

Andrew Scott.

Helen Mirren.

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David Niven. A philosopher once noted that peopld long for immortality but run out of things to do on a rainy afternoon.

Joe Jackson "I'm always trying to figure out how to dress well without attracting too much attention. And I am appalled by the atrocious state of men's trousering"

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Grand Flaneur walk

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The screed cad

Patrick Leigh Fermor

Expand your mind, refine your wardrobe

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Rossano Brazzi

Elvis Presley

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Sammy Davis Jr

Vivien of Holloway

Borsalino

Edward Tudor Pole

Ben Irurzun

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Britain's temperate rainforests rediscovered.

Newsprint. Industry news, awards and events.

Showcase.

UK Design. How Adam Vetere MSGD made a virtue out of a precipice in a Berkshire family garden.

RHS Chelsea 2024. This year's hero plants, a water-neutral show garden, PLUS designing with sculpture.

Insight. Comminity gardens activist Tayshan Hayden-Smith discovers The Onion Garden.

Professional Skills. PART II Legacy planning in garden design: strategies.

Resources for Designers. The Serge Hill Project's Plant Library.

SGD Updates. Name-change proposal; say 'No' to Plastic Grass campaign, one year on; out and about with Cluster Groups.

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Member Project. SGD Friend Sophia Andreski on making a sloping garden suitable for disability.

Point of View. We need to talk about sustainability says John Wyer FSGD.

Round Up. Our pick of new and essential garden books.

Nature, Nature, everywhere

What the plant hunter saw

Making garden meadows

Biodiversity net gain: first contact

Making Connections

Whose garden is it? And do we need to see it in a different light?

Feeling Gardens: Drawing by Hand

How to protect your intellectual property

Folded into the landscape

Masterplanning 44 gardens for a hillside

Waltham Place: Biodynamic by design

Remediating a tarmac driveway

Up Front

Look Around. Restoring Britain's temperate forests

Newsprint. Industry news, awards and events.

Showcase

International garden history. Discover Karl Foerster and his naturalistic garden.

Planting. Heritage Foerster plants still in use today.

Professional skills: Trees. Helen Ilks-Smith FSGD on the importance of tree selection.

Professional skills: Mentoring. Professional helping hands: how to reap the dividends.

Look back. Discovering the wonderful world of ecological horticulture with Joe Perkins MSGD and pre-registered SGD member Chloe Hamblen.

Industry zone. Kit list: what every new designer needs to go to work.

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Member project. A garden for people with dementia, by pre-registered SGD member Christina Sullivan.

Point of view. John Wyer FSGD on the pitfalls of using social media.

Round up. The best garden design books.

Point of interest. Any Sturgeon FSGD's new garden at Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire.

Up front

Look around. Find the source of life in gardens at Chaumont 2024.

Newsprint. Industry news, awards and events.

Showcase

UK Design. How Tracy McQue MSGD has created a showstopper of a front garden in Edinburgh.

SGD awards 2025. Meet the runners and riders shortlisted for the Main Awards.

Inside Track. A horticultural road trip through Yorkshire with pre-registered SGD member Darryl Moore.

Planting Design. Pre-registered SGD member Nicholas Atherton's template for biophilic design in schools.

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Member project. pre-registered SGD member Holly Birtles' regenerative landscape design for an office near Exeter.

Point of view. John Wyer FSGD asks, at what point is a garden finished?

Round up. The best garden design books.

Point of interest. On establishing Tom Massey MSGD's RES insect laboratory garden at London's Stratford Cross.

Up Front

Look around. Essential viewing: the incredible world of soil

Newsprint. Industry news, awards and events

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UK Design. Discovering pre-registered SGLD member Colm Joseph's statement design for a Victorian walled garden in Suffolk

Planting Design. How to design successful indoor gardens

Professional Skills: What drives you forward? Fresh ideas and innovation are key, says Sean Butler MSGLD

Technology. Designing with augmented reality technology, PLUS, a new app to measure biodiversity

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Member project. Pre-registered SGLD member Michael John McGarr's design for a public garden in Wigan

Point of View. How do we broach the subject of money, asks John Wyer FSGLD

SGLD Updates. A new name, a new logo and bold plans for SGLD in 2025

Round Up. The best garden design books

Point of interest. On the creation of a new biodiverse site within the grounds of Georgia Tech, Atlanta

Up Front

Look Around: sniffing out plant disease with canine detectives

Newsprint: industry news, awards and events

Showcase

SGD Awards 2025:

The Main Awards - All the winning designs, and what the judges thought of them

The Student Awards - The shortlist and the winners in full

The trophies - The inside story behind this year's stunning trophies

Lifetime Achievement Award - Dan Pearson OBE FSGLD reflects on his career thus far

Planting: ethereal gardens offer a different path, says Ed O'Brien

Professional Skills: Trees matter, part III - Helen Elks-Smith FSGLD on new insights into using RPA calculations

Regulars

Member Project: Tom Stuart-Smith OBE FSGLD's design for a major new public garden overlooking the city of Edinburgh

Point of View: garden and landscape design - is there a difference? asks John Wyer FSGLD

SGLD Updates: a round-up of expert top tips from Sustainability Bitesize

Point of Interest: a sensitive renovation of a landmark Victorian garden in Aberdeen

Up Front

Look around: the Garden Literary Festival 2025 heads west

Newsprint: Industry news, awards and events

Showcase

Planting I: Hannah Gardner on planting a long-lasting and diverse bulb garden

UK Design: how shade and a walnut tree helped Jane Brockbank MSGLD creater her take on an Eastern stroll garden

Planting II: garden plant nemeses, greatest regrets, and desert island must-haves

Professional Skills I: The tree matters, part IV. We need to talk about natives and non-natives, says Helen Elks-Smith FSGLD

Professional Skills II: in-person courses to muddy the hands and inspire the soul

Regulars

Member project: James Scott FSGLD on re-invigorating the Long Garden at Cliveden

Point of View: John Wyer FSGLD cogitates on Biodiversity Net Gain

SGLD Updates: after-party news, the how's and why's to enter the SGLD Awards 2026, and make it a date for Symposium 2025

Round Up: the best garden books for the garden + landscape designers

Point of interest: the Nature School in the woods

Up Front

Look Around: the power of gardening to transform life

Newsprint: industry news, awards and events

Showcase

UK Design: how pre-registered SGLD member Emily Eriam uses plants to create drama in her own London garden

RHS Chelsea 2025: talking points: peat, water, culture and climate resilience

Professional Skills: The tree matters, partV. Helen Elks-Smith FSGLD looks at Britain's plans for afforestation and runs the numbers

Industry Zone: the best shows for specialist plants, networking with experts, and revitalising creative juices

Meet the Council, part I: what do the Chair, the Vice-Chair and the Treasurer of the SGLD do?

Regulars

Member Project: pre-registered SGLD member Laura Burt's design for a therapeutic prison garden

Point of View: John Wyer FSGLD urges garden designers to take a greater lead in public realm projects

SGLD Updates: business insights from Tom Massey MSGLD, plus the latest Sustainability Bitesize update

Point of interest: the story behind the relocation of Andy Sturgeon FSGLD's 2022 RHS Chelsea show garden

How to be a Tyrant by Ferdinand Mount

How Tech Destroyed the workplace by Charlie colenutt

The truth behind Wolf Hall , what Hilary Mantel Got wrong

Plus: seedbombing, Virgina Ironside

The rise of the mutuals, Lindsey Bareham

Be more cat! A Feline Philosophy by Kathryn Hughes

Wild Thing. How The Prodigy Saved Me by Miranda Sawyer

Rage to the Stage. Cathi Unsworth meets the riotous Lydia Lunch

Fifth Sex Pistol. The Outrageous Genius of Jordan;w2w

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Enjoy winter riding. Quick, fun flatwork and jump ideas

Mindful techniques to improve your horsey time

Seasonal feeding made easy

Respiratory supplement guide

Formation riding: 2025's must-try sport!

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Riding fitness for everybody

1 groundwork exercise 10 great benefits

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How to create an agile horse

Revitalise your riding with our short, sweet exercises

Love hacking with our confidence guide

The secret to gastric health

Yard security - everything you need to know

Meet the lady stunt riders

Banish tension - Gareth Hughes shares his tips

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Horse and Rider Pole plans for everyone

20 best places to ride in the UK

Barefoot: is it right for your horse?

Rider and fitness tips

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Get set for competition season:

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How to banish flies!

Best in test: sports bras

Long-reining: everything you need to know

The print film magazine for young film fans - and it's partly written by them too!

Inside this issue:

* Jack Black & Awkwafina talk to our young reporters about Kung Fu Panda 4!

* Director Paul King and co-star Caleh Lane chat to more young reporters, this time about Wonka!

Plus!

* Films to watch coming soon!

* International film recommendation

* The movie time machine

* Movie fashion

* The inspiration of Little Women

* All about Apes!

* Making movie trailers

And a whole lot more!

CHLOE COLEMAN: The star of My Spy The Eternal City returns to Film Junior to tell us her story.

CARLOS SALDANHA: The director of Harold & The Purple Crayon on the making of the film.

DARCEY EWART: Meet cinema's latest Robin Hood - and she's been having a lot of fun with the role!

Garfield: The director of the new Garfield movie spills secrets about the new film.

Plus!

* Films to watch coming soon!

* International film recommendation

* The movie time machine

* The Into Film Awards

* Getting sound right in your films

And a whole lot more!

Paddington's back. The story of his new film-inside!

Director interviews -

The Wild Robot

Transformers One

Harry Potter

Film fashion

Filmmaking ideas

Movies for your watch list!

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COMMENT

7Incoming! Your views on all things audio

COMPETITIONS

74Network Acoustics Win an eno2 streaming filter worth £1,395!

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Equipment Reviews

10Burmester BX100 floorstanding loudspeakers

18Focal Hadenysheadphones

27Peak Consult Sonora floorstanding loudspeakers

37Innuos ZEN Next-Gen music server

44Quad 33/303 preamplifier/stereo power amplifier

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81Vertere Acoustics Calon phono preamplifier

87Computer Audio Design USB Filter USB accessory

89GutWire Consummate loudspeaker cable

91Nordost Red Dawn 3 cable system

99OMEX Symphony S equipment support system

MUSIC

102Level 42 We spoke to frontman and bass legend Mark King on the 40th anniversary of the band’s chart-topping breakthrough album, World Machine

111Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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119Advertiser index

120Next Month Don’t miss a thing!

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COMMENT

7Incoming! Your views on all things audio

FEATURES

10Sources: Past, present and future a brief round-up of the last 170 years of recorded music!

82Meet Your Maker MBL Akustikgeräte GmbH of Berlin, Germany

90Out Of The Box Ten of the most innovative brands in audio today!

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

18dCS Varèse digital audio system

27AURALiC ALTAIR G2.2 streaming DAC preamplifier

37Technics SL-1300G turntable

45Gold Note CD-5 CD player

51EAT C-Dur Concrete turntable

57Luphonic R3turntable

63Xact S1 Evo music streamer and server

68Eversolo DMP-A10 streaming DAC preamplifier

72Bluesound Node ICON streaming DAC preamplifier

76Esprit Audio Lumina interconnect and loudspeaker cables

78Kanto Audio REN active loudspeaker

80Hana SH Mk II moving coil cartridge

MUSIC

102Peter White We spoke to smooth jazz guitarist, songwriter, and one-time sideman to Al Stuart

111Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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108Subscriptions Subscribe and save!

119Advertiser index

120Next Month Don’t miss a thing!

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COMMENT

7Incoming! Your views on all things audio

COMPETITION

74WIN! A Computer Audio Design USB Filter worth £750 must be won!

FEATURES

78Meet Your Dealer Andy Blockley of Winchester HiFi

85Out Of The Box Five of the most innovative brands in audio today!

EQUIPMENT REVIEWS

10Graham Audio VOTU Mirama floorstanding loudspeaker

16Linn 119 passive or active stand-mount loudspeaker

25PrimaLuna EVO 300 Hybrid power amplifier

33Naim Audio Statement/500 Series amplifiers

41Bricasti M11 R-2R Classic digital converter

47conrad-johnson CAV-60integrated amplifier

53Hegel H400 integrated amplifier

59Electrocompaniet ECM 1 MkII streamer

64Meze Audio POET planar magnetic headphones

68Pro-Ject VC-S3 record cleaning machine

72Meridian Ellipse wireless loudspeaker

75Russ Andrews UltraFuse 5A and 13A audiophile fuses

MUSIC

94Clive Langer Legendary producer and co-writer of ‘Shipbuillding’ talks about his band project and their latest, very personal, album

103Music Reviews Contemporary, classical, jazz and audiophile music

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111Advertiser index

112Next Month Don’t miss a thing!

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Can the African Union be saved from itself?

Features

South Africa prepares to lead G20

Mahama launches Ghana's 24-hour economy

Senegal businesses brace for change

Interview

Nigerian finance minister Wale Edun Ken Sharpe, Zimbabwean property tycoon

Special reports

Ethiopia's privatisation push

World Economic Forum Davos 2025

Donald Trump's Trade Wars - Africa's next move

Features

AGOA and USAID endangered

Tinubu tinkers with tax

Mission 300's bid to electrify Africa

Interviews

Ronald Chagoury's Lagos mega-project

The man coordinating Africa's institutions

Special reports

Mining in Africa 2025

Women in Business

Taking control of AI. Can Africa's Global AI Summit grasp the future?

Features

Nigeria relents on cryptocurrencies

Kenya debt questioned amid IMF break

South Africa steers G20 through US hostility

UAE investment prompts cautious optimism

Carbon markets face Trump-sized problem

Special country report

Djibouti's global ambition

Melbourne moves into modernity.

The challenges to update the world's largest tramway.

Service in Seville. Getting the basics right for customers.

Urban planning. Light rail critical to success of UK plans.

Dubai Blue Line contract award.

New Tyne and Wear stock in service.

Sydney's 12km Parammatta line opens.

Spain's Southern gateway: Cadiz

City's Trambahia tram-train project is worth the wait

World openings - the tramways set to launch this year

Alternative power - hydrogen and other LRT power sources

LA Gold Line extension complete

China opens 550km of new metro

HeiterBlick delivers Wurzburg tram

Tramway forms core of Cologne

German city's light rail overcomes growth challenges

2025's new fleets. Rolling stock orders for the year ahead

Alexandria. Will city's new trams reverse the decline?

Testing starts for Prague's new 52T

Florence's trams reach historic centre

Paris takes first step on metro renewal

Jerusalum's LRT: A success story

Israel's ancient city to expand pioneering system

Luxembourg line reaches airport

Seattle to accelerate light rail schemes

Vienna's 100th Flexity enters service

EU light rail. Highlights from this year's Malaga event

Prague at 150. Capital's network continues to expand

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From the editor

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Paramatters

BD Action. Membership updates

Regular Updates. Regions in focus

My Dressage Live. David and Serena Pincus

Features

News Feature. Research drives development of measuring tool

Profile. Aike Grange Stud

London International Horse Show. FEI World Cup Qualifier

Choosing a stallion. Finding the perfect match for your mare

Ask the Expert. The importance of foal gut bacteria

Feeding mares. Nutrition for in-foal and nursing mares

LeMieux Quest Championships. Our grassroots championship celebrated

BD presents . . .Top tips from our new-look Convention

Seats of art and science

Outside the boards. Our new series looks at additional factors in performace

BD Learning Hub. New online education space launched

News feature - The Welfare Action Plan explained

Profile - Susan Pape

Spring nutrition - Tackling wellbeing challenges

Ask the expert - Focus on EMS

Ready for the spotlight - Davy Harvey's last minute training regime

Recovery from injury - Rehabilitation advice and experiences

The Green Barn - Could your yard be more sustainable?

Undercover investigation - Competition clothing

Luxury on the road - The latest in transport

All set - Packing and safe travel tips

Heading to the Winters - Regionals round-up

Outside the boards - Our new series looks at relaxation