The MV RSS newsfeed, delivering the 20 hottest threads on the Midnight Voices (Pete Atkin and Clive James) Web Forumen-gb http://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi https://www.peteatkin.com/images/durham850.jpg | Durham Folk Festival writes "Pete will join us for music performances across the weekend, and will lead a songwriting workshop. As his astonishingly prolific work in radio is worthy of an event in itself, Pete will be In Conversation with festival co... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1777144806;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1777144806;start=0#025 Apr 2026 20:20:06GigsS J Birkill Sorry, I'm a bit late announcing this, but in case you're in the London area tomorrow -- | https://www.peteatkin.com/images/timbenton.jpg | Tickets are still available, HERE . The show begins at 6 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday, 26th April) in Greenwich Theatre 's 'Studio', and Tim will be accompanied by our... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1777136627;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1777136627;start=0#025 Apr 2026 18:03:47GigsS J Birkill Thanks Steve. If it's of interest,I would mention that Al Steele is an ex-pat Aussie (as Clive James was,of course) who as well as being a member of The Korgis (best known for their hits Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime and If I Had You as well as other songs such as Something About The Beatles and... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1776630419;start=3#3https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1776630419;start=3#321 Apr 2026 13:56:07GigsPaul_Griffin Yes, friends, on Thursday that magnificent venue will host a performance of Igor Stravinsky's ballet music Le Sacr du printemps , played entirely from memory by the Aurora Orchestra. | https://www.peteatkin.com/images/pheascab.jpg | However, if your preference is for a one-time game-bird shop, scho... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1775947547;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1775947547;start=0#011 Apr 2026 23:45:47GigsS J Birkill I mentioned this to Steve and he 'encouraged' me to let y'all know that but, first, a pre-amble. | On the 7th of May 2001 I went to The Vortex (Jazz) Club in Stoke Newington Church Street in order to see Pete. Before the gig, I chatted to a guy, who gave the impression that this evening was (mainly... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1775821529;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1775821529;start=0#010 Apr 2026 12:45:29GigsRichard Whiting Many thanks for this info Steve - although I am sorry to be out of town again - oh well here's hoping for more! :https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1770328854;start=1#1https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1770328854;start=1#118 Feb 2026 08:09:30GigsSean Kelly I have my older brother to thank. However, I wondered if the topic title "Westminster Charing Cross Record Library" might be a long lost Kinks track?https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=members;action=display;num=1770217916;start=1#1https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=members;action=display;num=1770217916;start=1#106 Feb 2026 15:05:59MembersTerry_Caster One of the greatest treats for us one-eyed eighty-year-olds is to be able to stand up (yes, that's an achievement in itsef) in front of a jam-packed selection the classiest audience members to be found anywhere and sing 'em a bunch of songs that most of the rest of the population have never heard of... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1769861767;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1769861767;start=0#031 Jan 2026 12:16:06GigsPete Atkin Hi. I was very pleased to be at the Pheasantry last night for another great gig by Pete & Simon and thought I'd provide the set lists for the benefit of those who couldn't be there. They played several songs I hadn't heard them do before together with a fair few classics. As before, I have added... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1763947039;start=4#4https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1763947039;start=4#430 Jan 2026 18:09:50GigsPaul_Griffin I'm not a new member but as I last posted in about 2010, at which point I was fifteen and didn't have a beard yet let alone one with grey streaks in it, I felt I should say hello again somewhere. I was tinkering with trying out a folksy version of Tenderfoot while trying to play a mandolin recently ... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=members;action=display;num=1120416491;start=73#73https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=members;action=display;num=1120416491;start=73#7309 Dec 2025 14:19:57MembersJubal Barca Dear Facebook user, you might be wondering why I'm boycotting you by not announcing Pete's new Pheasantry gig in January. Well, fact is it's Facebook that's boycotting me . | I posted a message yesterday with full details of the gig. Nothing controversial there. Today I discovered it hadn't appeared... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1764453305;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1764453305;start=0#029 Nov 2025 21:55:05NewsS J Birkill Pete's latest Newsletter went out today... or should have. It appears our hosting service, Dreamhost, may have had a hissy fit and chewed up Pete's message before it hit the wires. I'm investigating, but for now, and just in case any of our email-only (and possibly Web-phobic) newsletter subscribers... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=newsletter;action=display;num=1764384876;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=newsletter;action=display;num=1764384876;start=0#029 Nov 2025 02:54:36NewsletterS J Birkill Yes, it has been a while since I added anything to my Clive James Website Archive . Lots to be done, but here's something I couldn't keep back. | In 1980 Clive contributed to the BBC TV series Shakespeare in Perspective , an adjunct to the epic "BBC Television Shakespeare" series produced by Cedric ... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=Words;action=display;num=1762109142;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=Words;action=display;num=1762109142;start=0#002 Nov 2025 18:45:42WordsS J Birkill Late thanks for this report Paul - Much appreciated - and yes, let's hope for more! https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1754080204;start=4#4https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1754080204;start=4#413 Oct 2025 21:18:45GigsSean Kelly Downstairs at the Mermaid turned out to be an excellent spot for a bit of troubadouring, so many a thank to Steve Brown for having the idea in the first place, for setting the whole thing up, and for organising and running it all so helpfully and well with the help of his team. | I'm guessing that b... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1759143614;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1759143614;start=0#029 Sep 2025 12:00:14GigsPete Atkin Hi Derek | Interesting. The only mention of the Intimate Theatre I can find in the MV archive is in MV5566, a post from Bob Kingston on 7th February 2001. Bob writes: | Think of my excitement when I discovered that PA was playing at The Intimate Theatre in Palmers Green, London, supported by Mama Fl... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1758564218;start=1#1https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1758564218;start=1#122 Sep 2025 21:09:54GigsS J Birkill Final chance to get tickets for Wednesday's solo gig by Pete ... | https://www.peteatkin.com/userpics/319908-steve_ab-Last_Few_Tickets_copy.jpg https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1754247984;start=4#4https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=App;action=display;num=1754247984;start=4#419 Sep 2025 23:12:16GigsSteve Brown | https://www.peteatkin.com/images/WallaceBirthday850.jpg | Stay safe! | -- MV | https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1755818440;start=0#0https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1755818440;start=0#022 Aug 2025 00:20:40NewsS J Birkill Hi Steve and Pete | I'm ridiculously excited to have booked two tickets for my wife and myself for the Exeter gig. | I'm trying to remember but I think the first time I saw Pete was a the Jesus College Ball in Oxford in 1975-ish and the last time was the last time he played The Stables in MK. | Glad... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=newsletter;action=display;num=1754634279;start=1#1https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=newsletter;action=display;num=1754634279;start=1#112 Aug 2025 16:24:47NewsletterStradageek Terrific - a real pleasure to hear this. I keep thinking subconsciously that it's the lead track from a new album (I wish!). I'd be very interested to hear what anyone makes of lyrics that seem a bit impenetrable to me - but I love the line about the first flakes talking the others down - another ... [continues]https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=Music;action=display;num=1751484718;start=2#2https://www.peteatkin.com/cgi-bin/mv/YaBB.cgi?board=Music;action=display;num=1751484718;start=2#207 Aug 2025 09:16:18MusicSean Kelly