In August 2022, Coles appeared in the Channel 4 documentary Good Grief with Reverend Richard Coles, discovering some of the different ways people deal with bereavement. [38] Godfrey, Chris (9 March 2020). " 'My life is not over. But it feels like it is sometimes': the Rev Richard Coles on losing his partner". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

An Evening with Rev. Richard Coles". St Ives Cornwall. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020 . Retrieved 28 March 2020.Martin, Laura (28 February 2015). "Jimmy Somerville Interview: "I Wanted People To Love Me" ". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022 . Retrieved 14 August 2021. Brit Awards > History > 1987". Brit Awards. BPI. 9 February 1987. brits.co.uk . Retrieved 6 June 2023. Best British Group (only winner published)

Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1988" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015 . Retrieved 18 February 2021. European Hot 100 Albums – Hot 100 of the Year 1986" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.3, no.51/52. 27 December 1986. p.35. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History.

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Coles is a member of the Labour Party. [53] He is also a member of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), having become enthusiastic about GAA sports through watching the 2020 TV series Normal People. Family ties led to Coles selecting Cork, Ireland as his county and St Finbarr's as his club. The club responded by sending him a membership card. [54] Coles has appeared seven times as a guest on the topical television news quiz Have I Got News for You, in 1994, May 2009, May 2013, April 2016, June 2017, April 2020 and May 2021. He presented a special edition of Songs of Praise in January 2010. [1] He was a guest on the Children in Need special of the BBC quiz Only Connect in November of the same year. In 2011, he presented a four-part Radio 3 series called Out in the World: A Global Gay History.

European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.4, no.48. 5 December 1987. p.18. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. James William Somerville (born 22 June 1961) [1] is a Scottish pop singer and songwriter. He sang in the 1980s with the synth-pop groups Bronski Beat and the Communards, and has also had a solo career. [2] He is known in particular for his powerful and soulful countertenor/ falsetto singing voice. Many of his songs, such as " Smalltown Boy", contain political commentary on gay-related issues. [3] Early life [ edit ]Queerties > Categories". Queerty. Q.Digital. queerty.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014 . Retrieved 6 June 2023. Earworm of the Year (see the listed nominees) Gallup Year End Charts 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror. 23 January 1988. p.37. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2023 . Retrieved 8 February 2022– via World Radio History. Martin, Laura (28 February 2015). "Jimmy Somerville interview: 'I wanted people to love me' ". The Independent . Retrieved 13 June 2022. In 1983, Somerville co-founded the synthpop group Bronski Beat, [1] [7] which had several hits in the British charts. Their biggest hit was " Smalltown Boy", which reached No. 3 in the UK charts. [1] In the music video Somerville plays the song's titular character, who leaves his hostile hometown for the friendlier city, reflecting Somerville's own experiences when he moved to London. [6]

A new single, "Dark Sky", was released in 1997 and peaked at No. 66 in the UK. In the same year he provided vocals on " The Number One Song in Heaven" for the Sparks album Plagiarism with production by Tony Visconti. His third album, entitled Manage The Damage, was released in 1999 via Gut Records, but failed to chart. A companion remix album, Root Beer, came out in 2000. His dance-orientated fourth solo album, Home Again, was released in 2004, again not charting.In 2014, the first volume of his memoirs, Fathomless Riches, was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. In 2016 a follow-up volume, Bringing in the Sheaves, was published.