Jeremy Miles
Writer, photographer and art Historian
Welcome to my blog. I am a writer, occasional photographer and former arts and theatre publicist. I have many years of experience as a journalist and know the newspaper and magazine business inside out. I have written for countless regional, national and international newspapers, magazines and online publications and have a reputation for delivering fast, accurate and interesting copy.
I am an accomplished arts and travel writer and often work with my wife the photographer Hattie Miles. Our work has taken us around the world with published features from India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Greece, Israel, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia, America coast to coast and, of course, the UK. This blog explore many of my fields of activity, offering comment, opinion and analysis. With pieces about music, theatre, art, travel and social history, I am a seasoned reviewer with an academic and journalistic interest in the visual and performing arts.
Hi Jeremy. Just came across your wonderful project(s). I’m a musician. I’m trying to get in touch with Graham Rankin who helped me recording historic organ pipes for my PhD back in 1996. Is there a chance you could pass my email on to him? Thank you, Robert Webb
Good morning Jeremy … just discovered your site from a link on Expecting Rain …. Are you still around Bournemouth Area as we met & spoke many years ago when Bmouth Echo was a proper newspaper and you wanted as a reporter my take on how I briefly exchanged words with Dylan in the foyer of the Royal Bath Hotel …must have been 2002 ish as he signed my CD of “Love & Theft” begrudgingly … I have just been Cincinnati to see him with Willie & Mellencamp & I have 2nd row at Wolverhampton on the Saturday nite …. Will be going down the BIC on night to see if I can get a good single seat … if you around still and going yourself please WhatsApp me on 073681296586 & perhaps we can share a glass or 2 before the gig ?
Have you discovered the St Margaret’s School website? Do explore http://www.smogs.org.uk which I created about 18 years ago. We still hold annual reunions, occasionally getting 100 Old Girls together. Alas COVID-19 has stopped that….. for now ….
Jeremy, thanks for the superb article on the blue plaque unveiling, particularly since it’s so well-researched. I’ve added a link to it on my music site and shared it on the Hampshire and Dorset Musicians Past and Present page on Facebook. I hope that’s ok with you. Cheers, Al Kirtley
Hi Al,
Thanks for the kind words. So pleased you like the piece. I enjoyed writing it and I’m only too happy for you to share with anyone who might be interested. Having only arrived in Bournemouth 28 years ago I missed the days of the Downstairs Club and Le Disque A Go! Go! but understand totally what a special place it must have been in its heyday. My own memories of those days are of the almost identical scene on the south east coast in my hometown of Folkestone where Tofts Club fulfilled precisely the same function as The Downstairs Club in Bournemouth. Where acts like John Mayall, Graham Bond, Alexis Korner, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Geno Washington and even (as a special favour to club owner Harold Toft) Derek and the Dominoes would satisfying our need for ‘real’ music. I’m sure Zoot must have played there too, though I can only recall seeing him at the larger corporation run venue the Leas Cliff Hall. Happy days!
My name is Jeremy miles too. I’m from Arkansas and I’m 37.