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Category Archives: nostalgia
Ill of the dead
I was frantically searching for a long-lost piece of information last night, and I stumbled upon an old notebook. More than ten years ago I wrote this about a colleague, who has now shuffled off this mortal coil of quarter … Continue reading
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Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?
Sesame Street is 40 years old, and I did wonder this morning why my children can’t see it. Could this PBS show that aims to reach out to so many people, not be on free-to-air TV in the UK? But … Continue reading
Posted in children, family life, media, music, nostalgia, TV
Tagged HTV, Sesame Street
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How many dragons did you kill today?
by Giles Booth, (then) aged 19 and three quarters ‘How many dragons did you kill today?’ Asks Philip Larkin in his turtle-like way, Scarcely believing he’s worse off than most Imprisoned by toads and his library post. But last night … Continue reading
Whirl up, sea
I was clearing out some of my old stuff from my mum’s house – my name’s Alex Drake and this box of old papers has taken me back to 1989 – and, amongst other things, I found this untitled poem … Continue reading
If you like music and you like graphic design…
…you’ll love these.