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I dream of trains
I’ve had flu for a bit, which has led to a lot of snot and a few fever dreams. I can’t define the subtext of snot, but a lot of the dreams have been anxiety ones set on trains. This makes sense. I’ve spent a lot of time on trains recently, racing from cat to… Read more
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Cycling London to Berlin, Day #2: Tooting to Harwich International
“Once you’re tired of London, you’re tired of life,” as my Dad once told me, quoting Samuel “L” Johnson out of Blackadder. He didn’t tell me this was a quote, of course. I found this out much later. And I didn’t know the full quote until now: “When a man is tired of London, he… Read more
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Cycling London to Berlin, Day One: London St Pancras to Tooting via Westminster, Vauxhall and New Malden
Day #1: St Pancras to New Malden via old haunts, then New Malden to Tooting. 23 miles in total. Legs: fine. Butt: pretty much fine. I’m cycling to Berlin to raise money for the RNLI, in memory of my Dad, Adrian, who died this summer. Dad loved the sea, and never quite made it to… Read more
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Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage + David Cronenberg’s Wife, The Crescent, York
This review first appeared in The Morning Star In a working men’s club turned community venue in Old York, indie kids young and old are out in force to see Jeffrey Lewis: New York’s finest, and possibly only, comic book artist, perma-touring troubadour, DIY garage-rock musician, and anti-folk songwriter. What is anti-folk? Tom, singer in… Read more
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Audition
I had an audition yesterday. It was for a Brighton-based topical and satirical sketch show, which has been running for 24 years. More on that in a bit. Earlier in the week, I had my first coffee ‘n’ chat with Chris, a musician, writer and songwriter of significant repute. He is beta testing his plan… Read more
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A (very belated) list of stuff to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
I’m not at Edinburgh this year, but a friend asked for recommendations and I cobbled this list together. Old favourites abound – and pretty much all are on Joz Norris’ own, much more comprehensive list. I’m not sure how I feel about that particular Fringe these days. But so many people I know and love… Read more
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You are now leaving the American Sector (aka: three nights in non-tourist Berlin)
Berlin was excellent. I continue to adore it, though I have no idea what it makes of me. I was there to catch up with wonderful Halie [1] rather than to do tourist things. We enjoyed many excellent conversations [2], catching up on love and life and academia. It had been a while: we last… Read more
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London to Berlin, via Harwich Ferry and European Sleeper
Last time, I came to Berlin via the night ferry and then a day train from Amsterdam. It’s now possible to flip reverse it: the day sailing from Harwich, and then a sleeper from Holland. [1] My journey started at 5:25am in Furzedown, near Tooting Common, with Murphy the dog forlornly watching me get underway.… Read more
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