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The Faint Aroma of Performing Seals

Url:	http://spencro.blogspot.com
Author(s):	Facebook User
Language:	English
Tags:	Literature, Academia, Life
Description:	A blog about books, culture, politics, art, music and whatever else takes my fancy.
Ratings	(2 Ratings)
Popularity:	7 Followers

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The real Henry Higgins

Reading this obituary took me back thirty odd years to a lecture theatre in a brutalist concrete building in Leeds. The first year English students were being lectured about accent and dialect by the

2009-11-19

Visitors

Too busy to blog much of late, but thought I would mention a gig by The Visitors. They were at The Studio in Manchester to launch their new CD, and a small but select band were there to see it. The...more

2009-11-17

Ah, friends eclectic

More music on this allegedly literary blog. People often claim to have very broad musical tastes, but this is often not borne out in fact. When some starlet or reality TV show participant says some...more

2009-10-26

Thirty Year Man

Clive James was 70 this week. When he was a mere stripling in his thirties, I discovered the work he had done with Pete Atkin on a series of albums just coming to a premature end in the face of ind...more

2009-10-09

It's nice to be recognised...

...especially by the mighty Normblog. Thanks Norm!

2009-10-09

Last Chance to See...

Anxious as ever to be present at the cutting edge of vibrantly youthful popular culture, I hied me to the Bridgewater Hall on Friday, accompanied by 'er indoors and the man also known as the Silver...more

2009-09-27

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