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Human dancers

Posted on 19th October 2022 by 192.168.1.1

The drivetime news was so annoying that I put a CD on to play. The Killers – I saw them in concert in June and the music conjured memories of summer days. The Killers have become bracketed in my memory … Continue reading →

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The best of doctors

Posted on 16th October 2022 by 192.168.1.1

What age would he have been forty years ago? There is a photograph of Dr Michael Richards in Wetlands, Patrick Sutherland and Adam Nicolson’s 1986 book on life in the Somerset levels. Already his tight curls seemed more grey than … Continue reading →

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Destroying planets

Posted on 12th October 2022 by 192.168.1.1

The world’s end was flagged up by the departure of the dolphins in Douglas Adams’ So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. The dolphins disappear from planet, leaving no more than a note to humanity thanking it for the … Continue reading →

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A cartographic failure

Posted on 9th October 2022 by 192.168.1.1

The chief memory from the geography that I learned at High Ham Primary School is the time when I turned the country around. In those times when making photocopies was a rare phenomenon confined to large institutions where xerox machines … Continue reading →

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Not cool enough to dance

Posted on 5th October 2022 by 192.168.1.1

The rugby match kicks off at five o’clock on Saturday afternoon and will be over by seven o’clock, which means there is plenty of time to get to the gig – if I have the courage to go. It is … Continue reading →

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