Nicholas Laird (born 1975) is a Northern Irish novelist and poet. Laird was born in Cookstown, County Tyrone, where he attended the local comprehensive...

Nick Laird-Clowes (born 5 February 1957, in London, England)[citation needed] is an English musician and composer, best known as the singer, guitarist...

Guardian, 3 July 2024. Smith, Zadie; Laird, Nick (2021). Weirdo. Puffin. ISBN 978-0241449608. Smith, Zadie; Laird, Nick (2022). The Surprise. Penguin Young...

and Nick Cave, while Ben Folds also performed a newer version of his single "The Luckiest" for the film. It also featured a song from Nick Laird-Clowes...

band consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist and primary songwriter Nick Laird-Clowes, woodwinds player and pianist Kate St John, and keyboardist Gilbert...

Ellie Goulding, Amy Winehouse, Sugababes and Nick Cave, a new version of Ben Folds' song and Nick Laird-Clowes' score suite. "About Time". British Board...

Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and Nick Laird-Clowes. "Life in a Northern Town", written as a tribute to the musician Nick Drake, became the Dream Academy's...

French in space." Novelist Nick Laird co-wrote the screenplay for the film along with Denis, Fargeau and Geoff Cox. Laird's wife Zadie Smith also contributed...

studio album, The Dream Academy. Written by Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel, the song was produced by Laird-Clowes and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour...

daughters, Annie and Hallie, but she and Nick divorce soon after with each gaining custody of one daughter. Nick raises Hallie on his vineyard in Napa,...

Mark Miwurdz (Mark Hurst), Michel Cremona, Felix Howard, Tony Fletcher, Nick Laird-Clowes and Mike Everitt. The show was directed by Gavin Taylor; Geoff...

was written in just two four-hour sessions at Patrick Leonard's home. Nick Laird-Clowes was inspired to write "In Exile" after reading an article in The...

Henri de Pierrefeu. Janice Ginsberg is credited as music supervisor and Nick Laird-Clowes as music consultant. The soundtrack was released in February 2004;...

of an Old West-themed suite. Among the album's guest contributors were Nick Laird-Clowes, Jeff Lynne, Elliot Easton, Philippe Saisse, Christopher Cross...

Other musicians Simon mentored include Nick Laird-Clowes, who co-founded the band the Dream Academy. Laird-Clowes credited Simon with helping to shape...

Laird (born 1970), Scottish curler Brandon Laird, baseball player Bruce Laird (American football) (born 1950), American football player Bruce Laird (born...

novelist and poet Nick Laird-Clowes (born 1957), English musician and composer Nick Lampson (born 1945), American politician Nick Land (born 1962), English...

Albums of All Time. The guitar Drake holds on the album cover is owned by Nick Laird-Clowes of The Dream Academy, whose "Life in a Northern Town" was written...

Unstrung, The Boxer Rebellion, Beachbuggy, Pure Reason Revolution and Nick Laird-Clowes as Trashmonk. In May 2007, McGee wound down Poptones for financial...

record with David, somehow we never got 'round to it". Lead vocalist Nick Laird-Clowes noted that Tarney brought some "real special techniques" to the...

the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a member of The Dream Academy with Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel. In 1985 they had a worldwide hit with "Life...

Colaiuta – drum programming (9) Jerry Jordan – backing vocals (2, 5) Nick Laird-Clowes – backing vocals (2) Valerie Pinkston-Mayo – backing vocals (3)...

business areas experience. British astronaut Tim Peake together with Nick Laird, director of Bombardier, are board members at Skyrora . In August 2018...

Gilmour Roger Waters Non-album single 1968 "Poles Apart" David Gilmour Nick Laird-Clowes Polly Samson David Gilmour The Division Bell 1994 7:03 "The Post...

the film "becomes by turns portentous, violent and finally very silly." Nick Schager of Slant Magazine wrote that the film "is structured around the type...

Convention, Sandy Denny who was in Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, R.E.M., Vashti Bunyan, John and Beverley...

co-producer Bob Ezrin, with lyrics by Gilmour, his wife Polly Samson and Nick Laird-Clowes. Guitarist David Gilmour used an E-bow on a Gibson J-200 acoustic...

personhood in the age of social media." Smith borrowed the title from Nick Laird, her husband, who has also published a collection of poems by the same...

Maguire in 2004. Its work has been championed by such British poets as Nick Laird, and it is one of the Arts Council England's regularly funded organisations...

Lasted All Day was compiled, annotated, and remastered by lead singer Nick Laird-Clowes. Of the album's 24 tracks, 6 were previously unreleased. These...