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Monday, December 30, 2013
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Reviving Long Barrows
A Wiltshire farmer is offering interment in his newly constructed long barrow.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Exclusive from the Grauniad
Top 10 Film Noir. I would have put Night of the Hunter on this list, though I don't really know if it fits the definition of noir.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
J.P. Donleavy on Desert Island Discs
He likes the Soviet Army Chorus and Drum Corps doing the Civil War ballad Annie Laurie.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
First Para, Chapter 10, One Odd Bird at Paddington, from To Save the Realm
Inside Paddington Station, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great barrel- vaulted temple dedicated to the worship of steam locomotive transport, the air was cold and wet, and it was laden with diesel exhaust floating in from the taxis queuing up outside on Praed Street. Martial marching music was blaring over the loudspeaker: The World Turned Upside Dowm. Britons hurried through the station, rushing to the Underground or to their trains, heads bowed in silent fortitude, or quiet desperation.
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