Issue #241

‘Your sartorial splendour is legend but are there secret trakkie daks and uggies? As a woman at the wrong end of 50 my greatest joy is arriving home taking off my ...’

Issue #240

‘I don’t know who I am. My childhood with a father who was a clever multi-instrumentalist but in his heart was sad and angry at what had happened to ...’

Issue #239

‘My oldest child just turned 19.

When they were born, she was called Maisie. They are now calling themself Claude and using male pronouns. I struggle with it out ...’

Issue #238

‘I must confess I got to know you just today. One of my classmates said this website inspired her, and I got interested. We are at an art school in ...’

Issue #237

‘I just heard that Andy Rourke, the bassist of the Smiths, has died. I’m not sure why I’m mentioning this to you… it just makes me sad. I ...’

Issue #236

‘Do you ever take holidays?’

Issue #235

‘Why the fuck are you going to the King’s coronation?’

Issue #234

‘Marilyn Manson said in an interview:
‘I was in a drug rehab program once, but they kicked me out. That bored me to death. I asked the therapist if ...’

Issue #233

‘Many years ago I remember watching a short Channel 4 film where you described the impact of We Are All Prostitutes by The Pop Group. I listened and then obviously fell ...’

Issue #232

‘What do you see as the purpose of The Red Hand Files? What’s their point?’

Issue #231

‘I’m a big fan of yours blah de blah… my daughter, Emily, got murdered in a park [ ] …she got her throat slit by a paranoid schizophrenic…I wouldn’t ...’

Issue #230

‘Happy Easter Sunday, Nick! [ ]’

Issue #229

‘Do you like raisins ?

I have always disliked them. As a character trait, I am not sure of much, and I have few strong opinions about stuff in ...’

Issue #228

‘I lost my dad a few years ago, in somewhat traumatic circumstances. I still feel him here with me, but sometimes it’s a bit too much and it makes ...’

Issue #227

‘Do you ever find that you don’t have time to do your Red Hand File because you’ve spent all week writing songs that are starting to sound really ...’

Issue #226

‘I’ve always believed in, and yearned for, a soul-mate kind of love: passionate, joyful, uplifting and inspiring. And I have found it, although quite late in life. However, he ...’

Issue #225

‘My son died almost a decade and a half ago. I don’t have nearly as many dreams about him now but when I do, as when I had many, ...’

Issue #224

‘I’ve recently been listening to your duet of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” with Johnny Cash, on repeat. Whilst it’s melancholy, the harmonising that’s happening ...’

Issue #223

‘I’m 13. In a world ridden with so much hate, and disconnect; How do I live life to its absolute fullest, and not waste my potential? Especially as a creative. ...’

Issue #222

‘I was dismayed to hear that my namesake, Tom Jones has had his murder ballad, Delilah cancelled by the Welsh Rugby Union, and roundly condemned by Police Chiefs and Politicians, ...’

Issue #221

‘I was recently listening to “Hollywood” and finally recognized the connection between the “cougar that roams these parts / with a terrible engine of wrath for a heart” and P-22, the ...’

Issue #220

‘When did you become a Hallmark card hippie? Joy, love, peace. Puke! Where’s the rage, anger, hatred? Reading these lately is like listening to an old preacher drone on ...’

Issue #219

‘[ ] What is joy? Where is it? Where is love in this world that is such an evil mess. [ ]’

Issue #218

‘I asked Chat GPT to write a song in the style of Nick Cave and this is what it produced. What do you think?

Verse 1:
In the ...’

Issue #217

‘Two questions. What’s it like to wake up and know you have written so many wonderful songs? What are your plans for 2023?’

Issue #216

‘I love the song Night Raid. When you played it in Perth you said some words about it before you began but I didn’t really understand what you meant. ...’

Issue #215

‘Yesterday, I was listening to your BBC interview, and the interviewer asked you to discuss the distinction you make between spirituality and religion – I’m interested in this distinction too, ...’

Issue #214

‘How do you feel when you stand before the mirror? Do you like your tattoo?’

Issue #213

‘Do you have tinnitus? What do you do when the ringing gets loud? I have had it for 15 years and have adjusted but as I get older and seek more ...’

Issue #212

‘Is it better to keep quiet, or to speak one’s mind?’