In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley goes all arty, does art, talks about art, becomes young at art, and has a fine old time sloshing paint on canvas and graphic pencil to cartridge paper. He also takes a couple of nice Walks with Chili-Palmer whilst braving a couple of storms, takes a couple of trips to Chatham whilst braving the locals, talks redundancy, retirement, and the never-ending fight to get out of this world unscathed!

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley, on the 4th year anniversary of the death of his hero, gets back in the old mobile recording studio, where he talks all things David Bowie, art, prison, alienation, more David Bowie, Chili-Palmer, and life in general!

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley shares a drunken, pre-Christmas, night in the old micro pub with a podcast favourite, Margaret, who has come visiting South London from the 'Shires.' There's a couple of trips to deepest, darkest Bermondsey for a couple of Millwall matches, there's a nice Walk with Chili-Palmer, and live Irish set from the Celtic Hearts, who aren't even Irish! Happy New Year!

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley does his very best to ruin your Christmas with an 'Election Special,' when he talks voting anew, singing Christmas Carols, watching all night as the 'Red Wall' collapses, and sadly sitting there thinking "I told you so, but you wouldn't listen!"

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and Up the Workers!

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley takes a bitter-sweet trip back in time - 40 years - to 1979, with a visit to the Museum of London and the opening of The Clash - London Calling exhibition. En route, he also takes a trip to Postman's Park to look at the plaques commemorating all of those acts of heroism by ordinary Londoner's, who sacrificed their lives in order to save the live's of others. There's also a walk with Chili-Palmer, a trip to deepest, darkest Bermondsey for a Millwall match, and more of his thoughts about growing up, about David Bowie, about Punk, and those awful school years. Sad, lonely, angry times!

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley is all at sea after losing his Research Assistant to the Election Debate, between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. Drowns his sorrows at his local, where everyone mistakenly calls him, "Brad," reflecting on both his Research Assistant's absence from the house and the performance of the Prime Minister and the one in waiting. He also takes a couple of nice Walks with Chili-Palmer, one in the dark, when he talks about his week at work, teaching, meetings, and an encounter years back with his old professor, who never quite got to grips with his sense of humour!

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley attends his local Remembrance Day parade, attends a nice art class, takes a couple of Walks with Chili-Palmer, where he discusses strikes, students as customers, the bottom-feeders of this world, those who could care less about the 'fallen' and the sacrifices made on their behalf!

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley, joins the graduation celebrations for a newly-qualified NHS nurse, goes to see a play, takes a nice 'Walk with Chili-Palmer,' where he talks the upcoming election, the NHS, Brexit (inevitably), offers up another segment of The Great San Francisco Adventure, and takes a bus trip down memory lane, only to discover that those magical memories have been replaced by a version of hell on earth!

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley offers up the official book launch of Louise Stein's debut memoir: A Wardrobe on the Beach. There's a couple of readings from the author, a question and answer session, along with the hosts observations on the book, writing, his time working with the author, his own time as a struggling writer, and his determination to retain his own voice. There's also a passionate call to arms for budding Working-Class writers, with a warning that if we don't attempt capturing our stories, our family histories, the way we live, love and work, it will all be lost to time. Following the book launch he enjoys a well-earned pint in his local, messes up the recording, and laments with a drunken bus driver the loss of the 'good old days!'

In this weeks episode of THE LIKES OF US podcast, dedicated to Working-Class Life, Art, Politics and Culture, your host, Neil Bradley attends two funerals, one in London, one in Whitstable, gets all melancholy and reflective, and is forced to walk off and seek sanctuary with a bowl of jellied eels! There's a couple of rain-drenched Walks with Chili-Palmer, and the third and final instalment of the interview with his Dad, where they talk about unions, Brexit, retirement, and the current state of the Labour Party they both no longer recognise!