Following our mention of Dr Martin’s Boots and Peter Capaldi’s costume for Doctor Who, which was unveiled last week, we can now mention that the Loakes brand of boot were bought by Mr Capaldi himself. And where from? In none other than The British British Boot company in Camden Town …

Although there’s been no official announcement, it looks like plans for a 2014 tour are now underway. What evidence do we have? Well, if you skip down to the first article in our Sign of The Times section you’ll see that The Literacy Trust charity are currently running an online …

We begin this week’s MIS with news that’s sure to interest subscribers with iPhones, iPads or the iPod Touch. Why? Well, thanks to many, many hours of effort from MIS web site designer and maintainer Simon Roberts we are pleased to announce the release of the Madness Information Service app. …

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Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the MIS Online newsletter. In this issue we bring you a mass of additions to the Showtimes section as The Magic Brothers announced a mass of gig dates at Camden’s Dublin Castle. Taking place over March and April tickets for these events …

We’re only a couple of weeks into the new year and already we’re seeing new dates being added to the Showtimes section of the MIS. This week we bring news of four new May dates to Suggs’ 2014 tour, and also details of the first Near Jazz Experience gig of …

Hello, and a very warm welcome to this first MIS of 2014. We trust you managed to see in the new year in appropriate fashion. A fair number of you managed to catch the band when they brought in the new year over in Dublin as part of a live …

Hello and very warm welcome to this final MIS of 2013. As is tradition at MIS Towers at this time of the year, this week’s issue features the first part of our annual look back on the last 12 months. Naturally, we can’t include everything that took place in the …

Hello and very warm welcome to this week’s edition of the MIS Online newsletter. The end of 2013 is almost upon us, and the festive season is now in full swing. While we’re unable to send out a Christmas present to you all we instead point you in the direction …

Hello, good evening and welcome to this week’s edition of the MIS Online Newsletter. In this issue we bring you news of various Specialized releases, details of an updated release date for Bangarang, a review of the recent Ska Orchestra gig at the Black Horse Pub and Brewery, and even …