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John Bratby Billy Childish Juvenal

David Trimble Corporal Trim Bill Barber

The entanglements of the plot defeated me on this one, so gave up after 100 pages.

First time to Manchester Fopp today since they emerged from the HMV debacle. Great to see them alive and kicking! As if to celebrate, they had a large display of classic jazz albums on Atlantic for £3 each.

Captain Webb Brownie Siné

I recently read All That Is. Here's my Goodreads review: I had two reactions to All That Is - the narrative/story line wasn't much - basically a man who thinks that the next woman is going to be "the one", with a nasty bit of revenge thrown in. That gets three stars. I would never reread the novel for that. I may return to it because of the craft with which Mr. Salter writes. There are innumerable sentences, paragraphs, and scenes which I would like to reread just in order to study what the author has done. The revenge passage, for example, was so well written that I was almost able to forget about the evil involved. Five stars for the craft of the writing. I have read two novels and a short story collection by Salter: The Hunters, A Sport and a Pastime and Dusk and Other Stories. I was very impressed by the novels, particularly the first, Korean War one. I'm just about to start All That Is, which has just been published in the UK and which has been supplied by my public library.

Bobby Shew Freeman Hardy & Willis Oscar Treadwell

John Stalker Teddy Tail Shadow Dancer

Posted yesterday under "What are you listening to ..."

Olive Oyl The Virgin Sturgeon Alex Salmond

Bomber Harris Whispering Bob Harris Jumpin' Jack Flash

Ozzy Osbourne Alexander Chancellor Ed Balls

Wim Kok Bill Crow Early Bird

You're just cool!

Midnight Cowboy Cowboy Roofer Margaret Thatcher

Walter Gilbey Gilbert the Filbert Paulie Walnuts

MG Tanya Gold Bob Berg

Leonard Chess Barbara Castle Jean Rook

Rush Limbaugh Dr John Reid Mack Rebennack

Ron Mathewson Saul Bass George G Ale

Happy Birthday!

Grandma Moses Mose Allison Mousey Alexander

Roger Beaujolais Quartet on Jazz Line-Up on BBC Radio 3

The Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens Cat Ballou Baloo