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THINGS WE FORGOT TO MENTION in September

not only have we lost two great female country artists this month but we have also lost Mac Davis, a charismatic performer.
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LENNON LAID BARE.

It is eighty years since John Lennon was born and, come December, it will be forty years since his murder.
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LET POETRY UPLIFT AND CONSOLE

LET POETRY UPLIFT AND CONSOLE by Norman Warwick We often think of our poets and writers as living a life of solitude and recluse but we would do well to remember that Wordsworth for instance, was a man of the world, engaged with its…
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VERY EXPENSIVE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY´S

VERY EXPENSIVE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY´S BY Norman Warwick The Beverley Hillbillies Breakfast at Tiffany's  was a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and written by George Axelrod, loosely based on Truman…
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BAUM ZOOMS IN ON WORLD PEACE DAY

´´It is time put armed conflict in lockdown.
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Words from a writer: DAISY JOHNSON

folk-lore terror shoves up against the contemporary and eternal terro of domestic and sexual abuse.
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FAMILY HARMONY

music makers new to Sidetracks: Kanneh Mason  FAMILY HARMONY by Norman Warwick In a recent post here on Sidetracks & Detours, we previewed how the book industry is trying to ground lost to coronavirus by a huge publication…
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THE ARTS REFLECT

THE ARTS  REFLECT By Norman Warwick It is, indeed, a very ill wind that blows nobody any good, as author Keith Lowe might acknowledge. His book, Prisoners Of History, looking back on world war two monuments, suddenly seems very prescient…
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THINGS WE FORGOT TO MENTION

THINGS WE FORGOT TO MENTION By Norman Warwick Today we remember a John Prine commemoration and celebrate Sue Devaney´s return to Coronation Street, and hear from some friends among Rochdale´s artists, including a book shop owner, a…
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Had I Heard Of…

HAD I HEARD OF GEORGE THE POET? by Norman Warwick Steve Bewick I am pretty ashamed to say that until reading an extensive article in The Times about him, accompanied by a large photograph of him performing on stage, I had heard of…