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Author: Mark Fisher

MARK FISHER is a freelance theatre critic and feature writer based in Edinburgh and has written about theatre in Scotland since the late-1980s. He is a theatre critic for The Guardian, a former editor of The List magazine and a frequent contributor to the Scotsman and other publications. He is the co-editor of the play anthology Made in Scotland (1995), and the author of The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide (2012) and How to Write About Theatre (2015) – all Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. While at school, he set up the XTC fanzine Limelight, which he republished as The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls (2017). He followed that with What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book (2019). In 2020, he launched What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast.
Making Plans for Nigel by XTC

Making Plans for Nigel: What Happened Next

January 1, 2021

More than 40 years after its release, Making Plans for Nigel is still haunting the imagination. In this episode of What Do You Call…

What Do You Call That Noise? T-shirt designed by Mark Thomas based on What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book

What Do You Call That T-shirt back in stock

December 17, 2020

I’ve just received a fresh supply of What Do You Call That Noise? T-shirts, which means they’re available in all sizes once more. Featuring…

A Merry XTCmas: part two

December 4, 2020

A second serving of Christmas songs with XTC’s Andy Partridge and Chris Butler

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A Merry XTCmas: part one

December 4, 2020

Prepare for a feast of seasonal excess with the first of two festive episodes of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast….

Dan Barrow of XTC cover band X-sTatiC

X-sTatiC: the XTC cover band story

November 6, 2020

Between 2002 and 2005, X-sTatiC performed 61 XTC songs in the course of eight gigs. Along the way, they picked up famous fans and…

XTC fans Rachel Treffry, Mark Fisher, Huw Thomas, Margaret Brown, Myles Parsons and Laura Wade

Young generation takeover

October 2, 2020

All the guests in this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast are in their 20s. None was even born when Nonsuch was released….

Stewart Lee with English Settlement and No Thugs in Our House

Why comedians love XTC

September 25, 2020

In this special edition of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, recorded live as part of the online XTC Convention on…

Black Sea at 40 with Hugh Padgham and Dave Gregory

September 4, 2020

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Sea on 12 September 2020, Hugh Padgham joins guitarist Dave Gregory for a special 90-minute edition of What Do You…

Gonwards by Peter Blegvad and Andy Partridge, designed by Andrew Swainson

Andrew Swainson: Designs on XTC

August 7, 2020

Now out: episode six of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast featuring illustrator and graphic designer Andrew Swainson.  Andrew has been collaborating…

Swindon Works – XTC 1978 by Jill Furmanovsky

Swindon Works – XTC 1978

July 24, 2020

Delighted to have received my copy of Swindon Works – XTC 1978 by Jill Furmanovsky courtesy of Hanging Around Books. Lots of candid backstage…

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Mark Fisher, Mark Reed, David White in What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast
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