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EH UP VERA, THE WIFE´S BACK

They are all over Lanzarote: When we first came to live here, five years ago now, they somehow seemed to be telling us not to come too close, as they stood in spiky clusters by the roadside. These long, four-metre stalks tilt at a 45 degree angle on hillsides; in their sparse little clusters they are the closest the island gets to a forest.
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THE WEEKEND WALKABOUT: Pass It On (volume 4)

come walk with us,... from ireland to Lanzarote, to Reading and North to Hot (Manchester) Biscuits to rapping, brainstorming . Join with folk on the move.
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THE WEEKEND WALKABOUT (volume 3) Pass It On

Last weekend, when I sent details of my Hot Biscuits mix-cloud programme for the week I also included details of a couple of jazz albums that had caught my attention of new albums by emerging artists that might attract a few of  Sidetracks And Detours´readers as well as my radio audience. I was pleased to see that Norm had published a piece about these albums immediately on receipt, and had also e mailed  Dominic, who had provided me with that information. Dominic immediately responded to Norm and thanked him and offered to include Sidetracks and Detours on all his mailing lists in future. This is how synergies are formed, and audiences are built !
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INSIDE RIGHT LEFT OUTSIDE

I truly believe that Jimmy Cricket should be celebrated far and wide. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!

FINAL CURTAIN CALL AT COLISEUM

´Another hole has been blasted in the fabric of arts and culture´, Steve Cooke wrote..´The loss of the Coliseum will be mourned not only in its immediate environment but across the whole creative arts community.
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NIGHT MUSIC FOR STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Sondheim had a tell-tale influence on a certain kind of modern songwriter, the piano-playing, storytelling singer/songwriter.
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WHAT HYPHENATED REALLY MEANS is Ellen Foley

that's Ellen volleying Meat's come-ons right back at him in "Paradise By The Dashboard Light."
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PLACE POETS IN POSITION TO HELP US: Write Out Loud

With the public’s help Write Out Loud wants to be equipped to enable, champion, inspire, and connect poets – and organisations and schools - no matter what happens during the pandemic, and continue that once it’s over.´
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EVITA revised, re-shaped, reformed

What a production this was, though, by a small provincial theatre company here on Lanzarote.
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MIME, MIMICRY AND MUSIC by Michael Higgins

no English traditional dancing team had the same Romantic clout, or visible presence, as the black-faced, skirt wearing, clog dancing ‘Coco Nut Dancers’ of Bacup in Lancashire just to the north of Rochdale.