Digital Journalist of Year 2017; 14; 12; 11, O2 Yorks & Humber. Commercial Content Editor for NationalWorld titles including The Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Evening Post and The Star. Celebrity, music, film, theatre, interviews, news and technology specialist. Email graham.walker@nationalworld.com
EXCLUSIVE: Scouting for Girls star Roy Stride reveals 2026 tour and album details celebrating special reissue of iconic release
British pop-rock favourites Scouting for Girls are marking the 15th anniversary of their platinum-selling second album Everybody Wants to Be On TV with a special re-release, a 22 date 2026 UK tour and a brand new eighth studio album with fans no onlt able to gain early access to new material, behind-the-scenes updates and priority tour ticket booking, but the chance o influence how the nex album turns out, reveals - frontman Roy Stride in this exclusive podcast chat with Graham Walker.
He says the 2026 tour will be a nostalgic celebration of their beloved second album, which includes chart-topper This Ain’t A Love Song, bu will also include all her greatest hits including She's So Lovely, Elvis Ain't Dead, Heartbeat and more - plus a teaser or two from the forthcoming new material.
"We'll be doing most of Everybody Wants to Be on TV, because it was only half an hour - so it'll also give us time to do all the big hits, which everyone loves. We'll play one, maybe two new songs. The whole night is about taking people on a really fun sing along nostalgic ride."
BUY ANNIVERSARY ALBUM: 15th anniversary edition Everybody Wants To Be On TV is out now - order here (https://sfg.lnk.to/TV15).
PRE-ORDER NEW ALBUM: Scouting For Girls’ new studio album is coming in 2026 and a limited Wolfclub edition, with signed lanyard and access to a ticket pre-sale for the tour is now open - click here (https://scoutingforgirls.os.fan/).
Any remaining tour tickets are on general sale fom 10am GMT on Friday, May 3 - click here (https://tix.to/SFG).
14 Apr 2025
No Greater Love: It even made me cry, says author Margaret Dickinson about her new tearjerker
When best selling author Margaret Dickinson releases a new novel it’s it’s more than just another chapter. It’s an event. And her latest, No Greater Love, published by Pan MacMillan, proves exactly why – this gripping, heart-rending tale that tugs at the heartstrings and transports readers to another time, is full of love, loss and emotional triumph.
No Greater Love, is set in rural Derbyshire in 1904, leading up to World War I.
It’s Margaret Dickinson at her best – emotionally rich, historically vivid, and deeply human. You'll be gripped from the very first page.Yes, it’s time to get out the box of tissues . Here Margaret talks to Graham Waker about the book, what inspires her to keep writing in her 80s and gives an exclusive preview of her next novel.
No Greater Love, published by Pan MacMillan, is out now in hardback and will be available in paperback and as an audiobook from April 24, 2025, visit https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/margaret-dickinson/no-greater-love/978103502463.
10 Apr 2025
PARKY ON PARKY: Sir Michael Parkinson's son Mike pays tribute to late chat show king with charity show for Barnsley Civic
Yorkshire’s late chat show king Sir Michael Parkinson will be back interviewing global superstars in a special hometown charity tribute show featuring TV clips hosted by his son, Mike.
Parky On Parky will celebrate the life and career of the iconic Barnsley broadcaster and national treasure in a fundraiser for the Barnsley Civic at the town centre venue on Friday, April 25, as Mike explains here in this excusive chat with Graham Walker.
BUY TICKETS: Tickets for this show start at £22.50 and are available at barnsleycivic.co.uk/event/parky-on-parky (https://barnsleycivic.co.uk/event/parky-on-parky/), by calling 01226 327000 or visiting the Barnsley Civic, Eldon Street box office, open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm.
Mike, who worked with his father for over 20 years, until his death in 2023, has agreed to donate all ticket sales to support the venue’s creative health and well-being work in Barnsley’s communities.
Cudworth born Sir Micheal was a proud patron and supporter of Barnsley Civic, a registered charity, and had appeared at the venue in his ‘an audience with’ shows.
Parky on Parky will give fans a funny, thoughtful and often surprising insight into what made Sir Michael tick both as a man, a journalist and the doyen of television interviewers.
Mike said: “In 2015 my dad and I did a show together at Barnsley Civic and he so enjoyed the experience that he made a promise to return to do another show to raise money for this lovely venue. But our busy schedule and latterly his ill health means that 10 years later I am coming back, sadly without my dad, but safe in the knowledge that he would want me to fulfil his promise.”
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