Needle Time

Half Man Half Biscuit - Back In The D.H.S.S. [PROBE 4 UK 1985 24-Bit FLAC] Unless you were growing up in mid-eighties Britain with a love of John Peel or the Liverpool pub circuit, Half Man Half Biscuit would make no sense. According to Google statistics, a significant proportion of this blog's readership come from outside the UK, so in a brief and probably disastrous attempt, here is the unofficial Needle Time Half Man Half Biscuit glossary of terms, brands and personalities. D.H.S.S. :  The Department of Health and Social Security better known as the dole, or for our American friends, just Welfare. God : the late Bill Shankly, former manager of Liverpool FC, John Peel's favourite football team, not that the Biscuits cared - they supported minnows Tranmere FC, or old man with a beard. Una Stubbs : stylish twee English actress whose fame waned as the years progressed. Nerys Hughes: bland Welsh actress who featured in bland TV sitcoms after original success as a Live...