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Museums. Academics. These aren’t words you’d usually associate with punk rock. That all changes now though, because this week we’re joined by Dr Emma Parker, from the team behind Punk: Rage and Revolution.

 

It’s an exhibition celebrating the inception of Punk and how the city of Leicester welcomed (or not) the new subculture. This weekend (18th, 19th and 20th August) sees the exhibition’s grand finale with a weekend of gigs, Q&A’s with punk icons including (Viv Albertine) and much more.

 

Niallism is in hospital so Mark L Williamson joins Tom for this episode. We have perhaps bitten off more than we can chew with a new challenge we've set ourselves and we wish Niallism well.

 

Music this time comes from: NOFX, Spoilers, Diesel Boy, The Slits, X-Ray Spex, Stiff little Fingers, Buzzcocks, The Clash and Oh, 

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