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I Have A Dream
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Of course I have dreams. We all do. There is however a curious phenomenon which I am sure is far from unique to this particular industry but which is something that virtually everyone who has been in a radio studio in a professional capacity has in common – perhaps without realising it.
As we [...]
King Of Books
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I don’t think I’m alone in observing this. In pursuit of quick payoffs and the easy profits so beloved of middle management, the publishing industry has in recent years contrived to devalue one of its most worthy genres. Once upon a time the celebrity autobiography was a lovingly crafted work, [...]
The Men Who’ve Got The Best Music
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Christmas time. A time of traditions and annual rituals. The decorating of the tree. The shopping for presents. The gratuitous overconsumption.
Plus in my case the attending of and writing about the annual Radio Academy Music Quiz, an assemblage of the great and the good (and often the not so good) [...]
Anatomy Of A Scam
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It was never this hard at car boot sales.
I bought a new laptop earlier this year, a celebratory purchase with the winnings accumulated on a variety of bets on the Cheltenham Festival thanks to some informed tips from my racing loving colleagues. Said computer was christened KAUTO on installation, [...]
Where The Sun Shines Brightly (Part 3)
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Dinner Tales
The hotel we stayed in was a large, very well appointed and fantastically run four-star affair. Indeed it was so good that it deserves a plug, so consider the Hotel Principe Palace at Lido Di Jesolo to be far and away the best places to stay in that particular resort.
Despite a rooftop [...]
Where The Sun Shines Brightly (Part 2)
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Beach Babies
Before this holiday I don’t think I’d actually sunbathed properly on a beach in years. Sure as a Londoner the occasional trip to Brighton is more or less compulsory, but aside from a quick sit on the pebbles and a walk along the pier, you don’t really go there to soak up the sun unless [...]
Where The Sun Shines Brightly
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Now let us all be truthful with one another here. In years gone by the biggest dread of greeting friends who had just returned from holiday was that they would instantly break out the souvenir snaps and subject you to 30 minutes or more of “this was me, just moments before I fell into the town [...]
Malcolm vs. The System
0April 17, 2009
Clearly I should have had a drink last night. Things would have worked out so much better.
Normally I’m quite the shy type. This may sound odd coming from someone who devoted much of his life to performing in one way or another and who has spent the rest of the time engaging in pursuits that [...]
No Balancing
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We may well live in a world that is surrounded by signs, instructions and interdictions of all kinds, but just occasionally you come across one which makes you stop and ponder for a short while.
Such is the case with the posted signs that have proliferated around the Docklands Light Railway [...]
