Category Archives: nostalgia

Word association football

Posted on November 3, 2008 by blogmywiki

I was doing a bit of writing this evening and ended up at one point including the phrase ‘ee-ay-addio’ which had me wondering about its origins. Via Private Eye’s football reporter E I Addio, I ended up looking at football … Continue reading →

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Farewell, then, Ken Campbell

Posted on September 2, 2008 by blogmywiki

I can’t believe that Ken Campbell is dead, or that he was only 66. But it says so in his obituary, so it must be true. I saw two of his live performances, one-man shows… one in Deptford and another … Continue reading →

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I Want to Believe

Posted on August 5, 2008 by blogmywiki

Despite two awful reviews and a lacklustre one, and Mark Kermode on The Culture Show (see! I don’t just watch it because of his co-presenter!) saying in effect they have (warning! contains spoilers!) jumped the shark by getting Mulder & … Continue reading →

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Rear window

Posted on May 26, 2008 by blogmywiki

Years ago I used to share a large house with my girlfriend and her dad. It was a bit of an odd arrangement, but I think he was lonely and desperately wanted his daughter to move back in. She made … Continue reading →

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In watermelon sugar the deeds were done…

Posted on May 21, 2008 by blogmywiki

Just took my Richard Brautigan anthology off the shelf and it looks like I haven’t read it in a while. The bookmark is one of the strips of paper BBC World Service studio managers used to write their shifts down … Continue reading →

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