After completing a year's journalism course at Harlow College in 1992, Earls became a showbiz interviewer for "The Sunday People", a post he left in 1999. Two months later, he became a teen entertainment interviewer for Teletext, the successor to ORACLE. Earls became a writer for Teletext's music section, Planet Sound, 18 months after joining the company. He was named chief editor of the publication in 2001 and was at the post until its end in January 2010. He wrote the whole of the magazine, including news, single and album reviews, and features. Earls became synonymous with Planet Sound and his work was often cited by other publications. He wrote the Rated music column for the "News of the World" until its closure in 2011. During his career, Earls has interviewed many acclaimed musicians. He is considered by the BBC as one of the most influential and impartial UK-based music critics and broadcasters of recent times. Earls has set up a record label, WET, with friends. He also makes irregular appearances as a stand-up on the London comedy circuit, and has shared bills with comics including Brian Damage, Ross Noble, Paul Foot, Paul Chowdhry and Iain Lee. Earls lists the following albums as ones readers should own, apart from "the obvious great ones they'd already own":      List of Uruguayan records in athletics  The following are the national records in athletics in Uruguay maintained by its national athletics federation: Confederación Atlética del Uruguay (CAU). Key to tables:  ht = hand timing  NWI = no wind measurement  OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)   Bulbophyllum luckraftii  Bulbophyllum luckraftii is a species of orchid in the genus "Bulbophyllum". Bulbophyllum lumbriciforme  Bulbophyllum lumbriciforme is a species of orchid in the genus "Bulbophyllum". Drosera intricata  Drosera intricata is a scrambling or climbing perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus "Drosera" that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows in clay-sand soils on swamp margins, or other habitats that are seasonally wet. "D. intricata" produces small carnivorous leaves along a glabrous stem that can be tall. Its 3-12 yellow flowers emerge from September to October.