Ranking Roger autobiography
I Just Can't Stop It: My Life in the Beat Ranking Roger with Daniel Rachel Omnibus Press June 2019
A celebration of Ranking Roger & The Beat
A celebration of Ranking Roger and the music of The Beat Hosted by Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers/The Specials) with special guests Ranking Junior + Daniel Rachel (author) Wednesday, 26th June 2019 Rough Trade West Doors 5:30pm On-stage 6:00pm Signing after show ENTRY WITH PURCHASE I Just Can't Stop It: My Life in the Beat (Paperback) Ranking Roger [...]
A celebration of Ranking Roger & The Beat
A celebration of Ranking Roger and the music of The Beat with special guests Ranking Junior + Daniel Rachel (author) Wednesday, 3rd July 2019 Rough Trade Bristol Doors 6:30pm On-stage 7:30pm Signing after show ENTRY WITH PURCHASE I Just Can't Stop It Ranking Roger BUY TICKET / BOOK £60.00 BUY TICKET / BOOK £14.99 Share this [...]
The Moncrieff Show, Newstalk
Daniel will be in conversation with Sean Moncrieff at 12.30pm From the bizarre to the intellectual, this multi-award-winning show is the most eclectic on Irish radio. Covering politics, history, popular culture, sex, farming, parenting, religion, psychology, international news, science, philosophy and pretty much everything else, Moncrieff will make you think and laugh - and throw [...]
PUBLICATION DATE – Don’t Look Back In Anger: The Rise & Fall of Cool Britannia
Don’t Look Back in Anger: The Rise & Fall of Cool Britannia by Daniel Rachel The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the ‘Swinging Sixties’ had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national self-confidence. It [...]
Don’t Look Back In Anger: the rise & fall of Cool Britannia publiction
'God, this book made me miss the Nineties...I tore through it, savouring every high and low point of this hazy, hard-to-define epoch.' EVENING STANDARD A who’s who of the 90s – SHAUN KEAVENY, BBC 6 MUSIC A rollicking read....a tale of hedonism and opportunism, of great hope and dashed expectations. - MAIL ON SUNDAY A [...]
Talk Radio, Europe
Daniel will be live on air at 9.30 am
Word In Your Ear presents the Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia
WIYE presents the Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia 11 September 2019 at 19:00 The Islington The Islington - 1 Tolpuddle St - London Borough of Islington N1 0XT Daniel will be talking to David Hepworth and Mark Ellen About Why do people call this London’s best night out? It’s a unique opportunity to hear [...]
Don’t Look Back in Anger in East London
In conversation with Paolo Hewitt ( Getting High: the adventures of Oasis)
BBC 6 Music Shuan Keaveny
Ep 186 - Author Daniel Rachel joins Shaun Shaun is making some noise in between songs so the emergency tape doesn’t kick in. Plus, author Daniel Rachel joins to chat about his new book Don’t Look Back in Anger Book. Shaun give another caller a chance to tell their brilliantly daft Claim to Fame on [...]
BBC Radio 4 Start the Week
Tom Sutcliffe will present the programme which will look broadly at culture in a political context: the ways in which Brit Pop, football and YBA art related to 90s politics. Daniel will be joined by conductor Charles Hazlewood discussing minimalism and its 20th-century political context. BBC Radio 4 Start the Week Weekly discussion programme, setting [...]
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
Daniel in conversation with Adrian Chiles on the Emma Barnett Show. Features big-name interviews, original journalism and news-making stories
Cheltenham Literary Festival with Alwyn Turner
Don't Look Back In Anger Quickfind L063 Sat 5 Oct 2019 8:15pm - 9:15pm The Inkpot £8 plus booking fee* This event goes on sale to Members on Wed 28 Aug at 10:00am. Public booking opens on Wed 04 Sep at 10:00am Details Relive the epic highs and crashing lows of one of the most eventful periods in British [...]
One Track Minds
OneTrackMinds returns this autumn with another vibrant selection of writers, thinkers and musicians, each presenting a thoughtprovoking story about that one song that changed their life, and is about to leave a lasting impact on yours. 12th October Daniel Rachel - Author Julian Knox - Poet Freya Mallard - Comedian Polly Bennett - Movement Director/Choreographer Rob Watt - Theatre Director Ingrid [...]
Talk Radio with Giles Coren
Discussing Don't Look Back in Anger. 7pm Join Giles Coren this Sunday night for a unique blend of comment, culture, food, drink and humour.
Rolling Stone Music Now on Volume SXM 106
Daniel speaking with Nik Carter and Lori Majewski
BBC Radio London with Robert Elms
Daniel will be talking with Robert about his new book Don't Look Back in Anger
Isle of Noises Masterclass
At BIMM, London Noel Gallagher: Without doubt the finest book I've ever read about songwriters and the songs they write. Annie Lennox: It makes for a fascinating read...Especially if you're trying to get a sense of what it takes to write songs… Joan Armatrading: I think you will enjoy this book. It's a good read [...]
Louder Than Words Festival, Manchester with John Robb and Phill Savidge
The epic highs and crashing lows of the UK’s most creative and hedonistic period. The nineties were the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Saturday 9 Nov | 2.15pm Not since the ‘Swinging Sixties’ had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming [...]
In conversation with Ranking Jnr and Rhoda Dakar
The honest and compelling autobiography from British music legend Ranking Roger. As the enigmatic frontman of the multicultural band The Beat, Ranking Roger represented the youthful and joyous sound of the post-punk 2 Tone movement. As well as his illustrious career with The Beat and General Public, this absorbing book explores Roger’s upbringing as a child [...]
Monocle 24 – Meet the Writers
Georgina Godwin talks to Daniel about his background as a musician, writing books and his latest publiaction Don't Look Back in Anger Repeated in the evening. Meet the Writers Want to know more about the authors behind your favourite books? Tune in to discover the methods of – and inspiration behind – some of [...]
Fanzine Culture From The Mod Revival with Eddie Piller and Steve Rowland.
Join us for this fascinating in conversation with Eddie Piller and Steve Rowland, focused on their recent publication Modzines – Fanzine Culture From The Mod Revival – an original book that documents the fast living world of fanzines. Sunday 10 Nov | 4.15pm Published by Omnibus Press, Modzines is illustrated in full colour with original artwork and photos, and contains insights from leading [...]
Tring Book Festival
TRING BOOK FESTIVAL DANIEL RACHEL - DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER: THE RISE & FALL OF COOL BRITANNIA The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of [...]
Isle of Noises masterclass
Isle of Noises Masterclass At BIMM, Bristol 11 am and 12.30pm Noel Gallagher: Without doubt the finest book I’ve ever read about songwriters and the songs they write. THE DEFINITIVE WORD ON CLASSIC BRITISH SONGWRITING – AS TOLD BY THE SONGWRITERS THEMSELVES Twenty-seven of the UK’s finest musicians revealed the secrets behind their art in a [...]