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Mo Ti Sọ Temi

I can’t resist posting a link to this song on Spotify, written and performed by my son-in-law Dupé (the singer), and my son Dom (who played most of the instruments). So proud of them both!

I gather the title literally tra...


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"Progressive”

This word, used in a political sense, grates on my nerves in the same kind of way as the word ‘problematic.’ It sounds smug to me. If someone calls themself a progressive, they are implying that they’re on the ‘


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Wild is the Wind

I was playing some music while I ate my breakfast. It was a playlist of the songs I’d listened to most often this year and it happened that ‘Wild is the Wind’ by David Bowie came up (here it is on Youtube,


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A Certain Captivated Feeling

Cover of Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

I started reading this book -and I can no longer remember why I did – with certain prejudices about Sally Rooney’s work, which I must admit were probably largely based on the envy of an only very modestly successful writer for a very successful writer indeed. I would sum up my prejudices by saying that my impression, from reading reviews...


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Toughness

I mentioned in my last post that I like talking to fellow passengers on trains.  There’s a particular kind of intimacy in conversations with people you’ll never meet again.  (I do always make sure I give them a get out if they don’t feel like...


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