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data-title="Alex James" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_James_(bassiste)" title="Alex James (bassiste) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Alex James (bassiste)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_James" title="Alex James – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Alex James" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%A0%89%EC%8A%A4_%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_(%EC%9D%8C%EC%95%85%EA%B0%80)" 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Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アレックス・ジェームス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_James" title="Alex James – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Alex James" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_James_(muzyk)" title="Alex James (muzyk) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Alex James (muzyk)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_James" title="Alex James – Portuguese" 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class="infobox-data nickname">Steven Alexander James</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1968-11-21</span>) </span>21 November 1968<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 56)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Boscombe" title="Boscombe">Boscombe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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music">Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Musician</li><li>cheesemaker<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>author<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument</th><td class="infobox-data note">Bass</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1988–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fat_Les" title="Fat Les">Fat Les</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WigWam_(duo)" title="WigWam (duo)">WigWam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Me_Me_Me_(band)" title="Me Me Me (band)">Me Me Me</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Steven Alexander James</b> (born 21 November 1968) is an English musician, best known as the bassist of the <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a>. He has also played with the bands <a href="/wiki/Fat_Les" title="Fat Les">Fat Les</a>, <a href="/wiki/Me_Me_Me_(band)" title="Me Me Me (band)">Me Me Me</a>, <a href="/wiki/WigWam_(duo)" title="WigWam (duo)">WigWam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bad_Lieutenant_(band)" title="Bad Lieutenant (band)">Bad Lieutenant</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_career">Music career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Music career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur (band)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Provinssirock_20130614_-_Blur_-_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Provinssirock_20130614_-_Blur_-_01.jpg/170px-Provinssirock_20130614_-_Blur_-_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Provinssirock_20130614_-_Blur_-_01.jpg/255px-Provinssirock_20130614_-_Blur_-_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Provinssirock_20130614_-_Blur_-_01.jpg/340px-Provinssirock_20130614_-_Blur_-_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2550" data-file-height="3400" /></a><figcaption>James performing with <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a> in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>James was born in <a href="/wiki/Boscombe" title="Boscombe">Boscombe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, and attended the state grammar school <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_School" title="Bournemouth School">Bournemouth School</a>, where he started playing in bands. He credits <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> with inspiring him to pursue music: "I was off school with <a href="/wiki/Chickenpox" title="Chickenpox">chickenpox</a> when <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> was shot in 1980. I spent the week watching a VHS recording of the Beatles film <i><a href="/wiki/Help!_(film)" title="Help! (film)">Help!</a></i>, which was broadcast on TV the day he died. I still watch it once a year. Then I bought a Beatles songbook and a guitar, figured out the chord shapes and started strumming and singing along. I never looked back."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, James met future bandmate <a href="/wiki/Graham_Coxon" title="Graham Coxon">Graham Coxon</a> at <a href="/wiki/Goldsmiths_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldsmiths College">Goldsmiths College</a>, where James studied French. Introductions with Coxon's old school friend <a href="/wiki/Damon_Albarn" title="Damon Albarn">Damon Albarn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_Rowntree" title="Dave Rowntree">Dave Rowntree</a> soon took place; at the time Albarn and Rowntree were part of a band called Circus. </p><p>In 1989, James joined Coxon, Albarn and Rowntree's new band, Seymour, which would later be renamed Blur. He has been in the band ever since, although in 2008 he described the days of being a constant band member as "a past-life".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Almost immediately after this, Blur got together with returning bandmate Graham Coxon to perform at <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival" title="Glastonbury Festival">Glastonbury Festival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxegen" title="Oxegen">Oxegen</a> and <a href="/wiki/T_in_the_Park" title="T in the Park">T in the Park</a> during the summer of 2009. They also played shows at Goldsmiths College, Essex Museum and other venues around the UK and mainland Europe. Blur headlined a show at Hyde Park for the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. In 2013, the band performed at the <a href="/wiki/Rock_Werchter" title="Rock Werchter">Rock Werchter</a> in Belgium,<sup id="cite_ref-Rock_Werchter_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rock_Werchter-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Spanish and Portuguese dates of the <a href="/wiki/Primavera_Sound" title="Primavera Sound">Primavera Sound</a> festival,<sup id="cite_ref-Primavera_Sound_Festivals_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Primavera_Sound_Festivals-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley_Music_and_Arts_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival">Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_–_Coachella_Announcement_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_–_Coachella_Announcement-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collaborations">Collaborations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Collaborations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blur_Newcastle_2009_Albarn_James.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Blur_Newcastle_2009_Albarn_James.jpg/220px-Blur_Newcastle_2009_Albarn_James.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Blur_Newcastle_2009_Albarn_James.jpg/330px-Blur_Newcastle_2009_Albarn_James.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Blur_Newcastle_2009_Albarn_James.jpg/440px-Blur_Newcastle_2009_Albarn_James.jpg 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="584" /></a><figcaption>Alex James in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Unlike Albarn, Coxon and Rowntree, James has not released any solo material, although he has been involved in other collaborative side projects. In 1998, James formed <a href="/wiki/Fat_Les" title="Fat Les">Fat Les</a> with actor <a href="/wiki/Keith_Allen_(actor)" title="Keith Allen (actor)">Keith Allen</a> and artist <a href="/wiki/Damien_Hirst" title="Damien Hirst">Damien Hirst</a>, releasing the unofficial theme song (excluding three others) "<a href="/wiki/Vindaloo_(song)" title="Vindaloo (song)">Vindaloo</a>" for the <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998 FIFA World Cup</a>, which reached number 2 in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>. He also worked on side project <a href="/wiki/Me_Me_Me_(band)" title="Me Me Me (band)">Me Me Me</a> with <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Duffy" title="Stephen Duffy">Stephen Duffy</a>, co-wrote songs for <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull" title="Marianne Faithfull">Marianne Faithfull</a> (appearing in drag playing a double bass in the music video for her single "Sex With Strangers") and <a href="/wiki/Jane_McDonald" title="Jane McDonald">Jane McDonald</a>, and worked with <a href="/wiki/Florence_and_the_Machine" title="Florence and the Machine">Florence and the Machine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Loves_Jezebel" title="Gene Loves Jezebel">Gene Loves Jezebel</a>. </p><p>James worked with <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Ellis-Bextor" title="Sophie Ellis-Bextor">Sophie Ellis-Bextor</a> on her solo debut <i><a href="/wiki/Read_My_Lips_(Sophie_Ellis-Bextor_album)" title="Read My Lips (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)">Read My Lips</a></i>, co-writing and co-producing "<a href="/wiki/Move_This_Mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Move This Mountain">Move This Mountain</a>", and co-producing "I Believe" with Ellis-Bextor and producer <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hillier" title="Ben Hillier">Ben Hillier</a>. He also played bass on both tracks. Ellis-Bextor's 2003 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Shoot_from_the_Hip" title="Shoot from the Hip">Shoot from the Hip</a></i> also featured James as bass player and co-writer on the track "Love Is It Love". He also joined his friend and singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Betty_Boo" title="Betty Boo">Betty Boo</a> in a band called <a href="/wiki/WigWam_(duo)" title="WigWam (duo)">WigWam</a> in 2005. In 2009, James appeared as bass player on debut <a href="/wiki/Bad_Lieutenant_(band)" title="Bad Lieutenant (band)">Bad Lieutenant</a> record <i><a href="/wiki/Never_Cry_Another_Tear" title="Never Cry Another Tear">Never Cry Another Tear</a></i>. The band consists of <a href="/wiki/New_Order_(band)" title="New Order (band)">New Order</a> lead singer <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Sumner" title="Bernard Sumner">Bernard Sumner</a> and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Phil_Cunningham_(rock_musician)" title="Phil Cunningham (rock musician)">Phil Cunningham</a>, along with Jake Evans of Rambo And Leroy. In 2013, James co-wrote the song "Did I Lose You?", performed by <a href="/wiki/Giorgia" title="Giorgia">Giorgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olly_Murs" title="Olly Murs">Olly Murs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_ventures">Other ventures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Overly_detailed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-overly_detailed" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may contain an excessive amount of intricate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DETAIL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DETAIL">detail</a> that may interest only a particular audience</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking#Article_spinoffs:_.22Summary_style.22_meta-articles_and_summary_sections" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking">spinning off</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Handling_trivia#Recommendations_for_handling_trivia" title="Wikipedia:Handling trivia">relocating</a> any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia's inclusion policy</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alex James is a food writer for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> and has a weekly column, 'Alex James on All Things Food'; as well as a regular column on farm and family life in The Sunday Telegraph titled 'Mucking In'.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also writes a monthly column on cheese for Esquire Magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alex contributes to a number of other British newspapers including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">The Observer</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Q_(magazine)" title="Q (magazine)">Q</a></i> magazine, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Idler_(1993)" title="The Idler (1993)">The Idler</a></i>. An autobiography of James's experience with Blur, <i>Bit of a Blur</i>, was published in June 2007 by <a href="/wiki/Little,_Brown_%26_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Little, Brown & Company">Little, Brown & Company</a>. It has since been described as "the definitive guide to Britpop".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James published a follow-up entitled <i>All Cheeses Great and Small: A Life Less Blurry</i> in September 2011, charting his transformation from rock star to cheesemaker as he moves to a farm in <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_appearances">Television appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Television appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001, James and <a href="/wiki/Graham_Coxon" title="Graham Coxon">Graham Coxon</a> appeared in the Channel 4 <a href="/wiki/Pixies_(band)" title="Pixies (band)">Pixies</a> documentary "Gouge". James represented <i>The Idler</i> on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/University_Challenge:_The_Professionals" class="mw-redirect" title="University Challenge: The Professionals">University Challenge: The Professionals</a></i> in 2005 with <a href="/wiki/John_Moore_(British_musician)" title="John Moore (British musician)">John Moore</a> of <a href="/wiki/Black_Box_Recorder" title="Black Box Recorder">Black Box Recorder</a>. They secured a heavy win over the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> in their heat, but did not score highly enough to return for the tournament's later stages. In 2007, James was a judge on the <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> show <a href="/wiki/Orange_unsignedAct" title="Orange unsignedAct">Orange unsignedAct</a> and, in November 2007, appeared as a panellist on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> satirical news quiz, <i><a href="/wiki/Have_I_Got_News_for_You" title="Have I Got News for You">Have I Got News for You</a></i>. He also appeared in episode #3.4 of Gordon Ramsay's <a href="/wiki/The_F_Word_(British_TV_series)" title="The F Word (British TV series)">The F Word</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TV series as a participant in the Recipe Challenge which occurs in each episode. In August 2008, James appeared in reality TV series, <i><a href="/wiki/Maestro_(British_TV_series)" title="Maestro (British TV series)">Maestro</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC080523_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC080523-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was voted out in the fourth episode of the series. </p><p>In September 2008, a documentary television series, <i>Cocaine Diaries: Alex James in Colombia</i>, premiered on <a href="/wiki/BBC_America" title="BBC America">BBC America</a>, in conjunction with the BBC America Reveals program. As the documentary progresses, James – who admits to having used cocaine extensively during Blur's Britpop heyday – learns about Colombia's violent drug export trade.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2009, James presented an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Never_Mind_the_Buzzcocks" title="Never Mind the Buzzcocks">Never Mind the Buzzcocks</a></i> and, in January 2010, he participated in the <a href="/wiki/ITV1" title="ITV1">ITV1</a> reality television programme <i><a href="/wiki/Popstar_to_Operastar" title="Popstar to Operastar">Popstar to Operastar</a></i>. On 4 March 2012, James appeared on <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)"><i>Top Gear</i></a> as a guest for their 'star in a reasonably priced car' segment, clocking in at 1:45.2.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 December 2011, he appeared on <a href="/wiki/The_Chase_(British_game_show)" title="The Chase (British game show)"><i>The Chase</i></a> with <a href="/wiki/Sara_Cox" title="Sara Cox">Sara Cox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ann_Widdecombe" title="Ann Widdecombe">Ann Widdecombe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Holmes" title="Eamonn Holmes">Eamonn Holmes</a> against chaser <a href="/wiki/Anne_Hegerty" title="Anne Hegerty">Anne Hegerty</a>, but he was caught by the chaser. On 16 March 2012, James appeared on <a href="/wiki/The_Bank_Job_(game_show)" title="The Bank Job (game show)"><i>The Bank Job</i></a> and made the final, where he was beaten by <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Riley" title="Rachel Riley">Rachel Riley</a>. He is also the first Bank Job contestant to find two "bankrupts" in a single game. James has been a participant in <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> programme <i>10 Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 December 2014, he appeared as one of the celebrity homeowners on <i><a href="/wiki/Through_the_Keyhole" title="Through the Keyhole">Through the Keyhole</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Keith_Lemon" class="mw-redirect" title="Keith Lemon">Keith Lemon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2015, he won the Channel 4 programme <i>[Celebrity Fifteen to One]</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2016 documentary titled <i>Alex James: Slowing Down Fast Fashion</i> examined the fashion industry and how "consumers' seemingly unquenchable thirst for cheap clothing is having a huge effect on the environment and workers, both at home here in the UK and abroad".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, James presented the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> programme <i>On Your Farm</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He presents <i>Alex James's Date Night</i> on <a href="/wiki/Classic_FM_(UK)" title="Classic FM (UK)">Classic FM</a> every Saturday at 7-10pm.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>James presented <i>The A-Z of Classic FM Music</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show was named Commercial Radio Programme of the Year at the Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards on 5 June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also contributed to the show's accompanying memorabilia, writing the foreword to both the book and CD box set, published by <i><a href="/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest" title="Reader's Digest">Reader's Digest</a></i> in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cheesemaking">Cheesemaking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cheesemaking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Promotional plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Advert" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, 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He purchased a farmhouse in the <a href="/wiki/Cotswolds" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a> and renovated it into a cheese farm. His 200-acre cheese farm in <a href="/wiki/Kingham" title="Kingham">Kingham</a>, Oxfordshire, now produces cheeses including Good Queen Maude, Blue Monday (named after his favourite <a href="/wiki/Blue_Monday_(New_Order_song)" title="Blue Monday (New Order song)">New Order song</a>) and Goddess.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James made two cheeses with New Zealand cheese expert <a href="/wiki/Juliet_Harbutt" title="Juliet Harbutt">Juliet Harbutt</a>: Little Wallop (2007) and Farleigh Wallop (2009);<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the latter won the Best Goat's Cheese award at the 2009 British Cheese Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, James launched a range of everyday cheeses through at <a href="/wiki/Asda" title="Asda">Asda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with flavour combinations include 'cheddar and tomato ketchup', 'cheddar and salad cream', and 'cheddar and tikka masala'.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tim Chester, writing in <i>The Guardian</i>, described James's cheese as "bizarre flavour mash-ups in sliced, processed, plasticky form".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_and_food_festivals">Music and food festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Music and food festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James announced he would open his <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> farm to host an annual food and music festival. The event, Alex James Presents Harvest,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ran from 9 to 12 September 2011, in conjunction with promoter Big Wheel Promotions. The event had a shaky start when Big Wheel Promotions went bankrupt leaving the ticketing company out of pocket and stallholders and performers unpaid.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The local primary school, Kingham Primary, were also owed £7000 for the entertainment they organised,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the headteacher telling <i>The Guardian</i> that "We are either going to have to lose the music teacher or take it from other budgets which will reduce other parts of the curriculum".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian1_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2011, a concert was staged locally to settle the debt. "I pledged to match the funds raised from my own pocket ... I was very happy to do that" said James.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Big Wheel Promotions, the company behind Harvest, then abruptly ceased trading even though it had already taken ticket fees for 2012. Alex James Presents Harvest was also notable for a photograph of James with <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson" title="Jeremy Clarkson">Jeremy Clarkson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2012, James, along with <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Oliver" title="Jamie Oliver">Jamie Oliver</a>, has hosted <i>The Big Feastival</i>, an annual food and music festival, on his Oxfordshire farm. On joining forces with James, Oliver said "The Big Feastival was a great success in South London last year and I cannot wait to take this celebration of the greatest chefs, the best local produce and suppliers and some fantastic entertainment to a more rural location at Alex's."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with live musical performances from <a href="/wiki/Paloma_Faith" title="Paloma Faith">Paloma Faith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaz_Coombes" title="Gaz Coombes">Gaz Coombes</a>, The Cuban Brothers, <a href="/wiki/Noisettes" title="Noisettes">Noisettes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Razorlight" title="Razorlight">Razorlight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_(band)" title="Texas (band)">Texas</a>, and Sahand,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were cooking demonstrations, masterclasses, Q&As and book signings with well-known chefs, as well as family entertainment from <a href="/wiki/Peppa_Pig" title="Peppa Pig">Peppa Pig</a>, Slow Food Kids' Taste Adventure and Chipping Norton Theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Big Feastival returned to James's farm on 31 August and 1 September 2013 with a line-up including <a href="/wiki/KT_Tunstall" title="KT Tunstall">KT Tunstall</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Feeling" title="The Feeling">The Feeling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rizzle_Kicks" title="Rizzle Kicks">Rizzle Kicks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basement_Jaxx" title="Basement Jaxx">Basement Jaxx</a>. The festival attracted over 30,000 attendees in 2014, and has continued to be held annually on <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Public holidays in the United Kingdom">August Bank Holiday</a> weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 June 2019, James visited Bledington Primary School and invited the children to submit a fun, colourful, festival-inspired design. The winning entry was displayed as a stage backdrop at The Big Feastival.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most recent iteration of The Big Feastival took place on 23–25 August 2024. The music line-up included <a href="/wiki/Snow_Patrol" title="Snow Patrol">Snow Patrol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Becky_Hill" title="Becky Hill">Becky Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Nash" title="Kate Nash">Kate Nash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Marr" title="Johnny Marr">Johnny Marr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scouting_for_Girls" title="Scouting for Girls">Scouting for Girls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ella_Henderson" title="Ella Henderson">Ella Henderson</a>, with DJs including <a href="/wiki/Jax_Jones" title="Jax Jones">Jax Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judge_Jules" title="Judge Jules">Judge Jules</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Healy" title="Jeremy Healy">Jeremy Healy</a>. Food stages and stalls hosted chefs including <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Blanc" title="Raymond Blanc">Raymond Blanc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andi_Oliver" title="Andi Oliver">Andi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miquita_Oliver" title="Miquita Oliver">Miquita Oliver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_La_Manna" title="Max La Manna">Max La Manna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cherish_Finden" title="Cherish Finden">Cherish Finden</a>. Entertainment acts included <a href="/wiki/Rhys_James" title="Rhys James">Rhys James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoe_Lyons" title="Zoe Lyons">Zoe Lyons</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Buckley_(actor)" title="James Buckley (actor)">James Buckley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Fletcher" title="Justin Fletcher">Justin Fletcher</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James's father, Jason, was sales director of a company selling <a href="/wiki/Waste_compaction" title="Waste compaction">waste compactors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baler" title="Baler">baling machines</a>. James married Claire Neate, a music video producer, in April 2003 in <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham" title="Cheltenham">Cheltenham</a>. They have five children. The family live near <a href="/wiki/Kingham" title="Kingham">Kingham</a> in Oxfordshire on a 200-acre (0.81 km2) cheese farm; James is considered by the press to be a member of the <a href="/wiki/Chipping_Norton_set" title="Chipping Norton set">Chipping Norton set</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TelegJul11_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegJul11-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his book, James describes a long period of decadent lifestyle. To celebrate his birthday in São Paulo one year, he got the <a href="/wiki/Tour_manager" title="Tour manager">tour manager</a> to find him a <a href="/wiki/Wine_bottle_sizes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wine bottle sizes">balthazar</a> of champagne, which he shared with the five prettiest groupies who were at the hotel door. James estimated that he spent about 1 million pounds on champagne and cocaine; in 2015, however, he said that this story was not true.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He mentions a long list of favourite bars, including the <a href="/wiki/Groucho_Club" title="Groucho Club">Groucho Club</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Colony_Room" class="mw-redirect" title="The Colony Room">The Colony Room</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bournemouth University presented James with an honorary doctorate in November 2010. He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Gloucestershire" title="University of Gloucestershire">University of Gloucestershire</a> in November 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Bit of a Blur</i>. London: Little, Brown. 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bit+of+a+Blur&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Little%2C+Brown&rft.date=2007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlex+James+%28musician%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>All Cheeses Great and Small: A Life Less Blurry</i>. London: Fourth Estate. 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=All+Cheeses+Great+and+Small%3A+A+Life+Less+Blurry&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Fourth+Estate&rft.date=2012&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlex+James+%28musician%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/41px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/55px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cheesemakers" title="List of cheesemakers">List of cheesemakers</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_James_(musician)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDunworth2024" class="citation web cs1">Dunworth, Liberty (30 May 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/blurs-alex-james-is-attempting-to-make-a-giant-frazzle-for-the-big-feastival-3760932">"Blur's Alex James is attempting to make a giant Frazzle for The Big Feastival"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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