{"id":194,"date":"2024-01-11T12:23:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markandlard.com\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2026-03-04T19:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:31:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markandlard.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-23441af8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#39303b\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-02cb38a9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px;background-color:#39303b;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-42b58282 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"790\" src=\"http:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/stop.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/stop.png 792w, https:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/stop-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/stop-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/stop-768x766.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The 24th March 2004 saw the world heritage radio site of the Mark and Lard show come to an end with a resounding: \u2018STOP\u2026\u2026.\u2019!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now fully twenty years later we can finally complete that catchphrase with an equally resounding: \u2018&#8230;&#8230;.CARRY ON\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"787\" src=\"http:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/carry-on.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/carry-on.png 791w, https:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/carry-on-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/carry-on-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/markandlard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/carry-on-768x764.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the day Neil Armstrong stepped on to the moon (if you were born then, if not, skip this bit)&nbsp; or when Alan Bradley got run over by a Blackpool tram on Coronation Street (ditto) &#8211; everybody can remember where they were on that fateful day in Radio 1 history. Listening to the radio. Obviously.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, following high level negotiations after a chance meeting between Fat Harry White and Scoff Cruddle at a Bedford Rascal Enthusiasts rally, Mark and Marc have been coaxed back to wrestle once again on the sheepskin rug of light entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the success of 2 sell out shows in Manchester \u2018<strong>CARRY ON &#8211; AN EVENING WITH MARK AND LARD<\/strong>\u2019 is going on tour! The same &#8211; sex Krankies of the airwaves will reveal what went on behind the scenes of what Dave Bowie (of the Dave Bowie band) called: \u2018THE show\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The twenty year break in silence will&nbsp; also be complimented by an array of various items of tat\u2026.sorry &#8211; various&nbsp;items of&nbsp;<em>merchandis<\/em>e being made available&nbsp; which can&nbsp; be accessed&nbsp;using&nbsp;the link on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">See you all soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-cb1d26e2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:2px;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 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