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Andy Kershaw’s journey has been described as one man's improbable rise through British media, from badly dressed political student to presenting Live Aid in front of a TV audience of billions; from being Radio 1's most belligerent maverick DJ, to being a war correspondent for the likes of Radio 4. This Friday, Andy comes to the Queens Hall, Narberth, presented by Span Arts to share his tales of back‐to‐back adventures of a full‐throttle life in an intimate ‘evening with’, complete with photos, as part of his new book tour. The pioneering DJ and unstoppable foreign correspondent is a passionate music enthusiast, and a man with an obsessive curiosity about the world. In his brand-new autobiography ‘No Off Switch’, Andy's words propel you through a life lived at dizzying speed with a moment‐by‐moment sense of vibrancy, outrage, wit, exuberance and searing honesty. As the title attests, Andy truly has ‘no off switch’. The maverick broadcaster’s CV is bursting at the seams. ...

Tenby Blues Festival & Span Arts present: The Jay Tamkin Band and Chris Quinn, Friday 7 June at the Queens Hall, Narberth. Running order: Doors 8pm. Julian Murphy & Marc Davies 8.30 - 9 .10 Chris Quinn 9.15 - 10.00 Jay Tamkin 10.15 - 11.15 Still in his early '20s, Jay Tamkin has achieved so much; as a singer, songwriter and versatile instrumentalist, he has been described as “a young Jimi Hendrix”. “Just what blues has been waiting for,” Green Man magazine A “congenital talent,” (Classic Rock magazine), Tamkin is blowing away critics with “instinctive guitar mangling and hip-bucking groove” on his latest album, Alibi. As well as having recently performed on Glastonbury’s main stage and at the BBC Maida Vale studios, this young British bluesman has shared the bill with a list of legends including Jools Holland, Roy Ayers, The Blockheads, John Mayall, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. Recent live video in the Netherlands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceDP2NAG8O4 C...