Thursday, 28 February 2019

This is not recommended unless you are confident wielding a hammer

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Before they are cooked, quinces are rock hard. They are perfectly easy to peel, but coring can be difficult and even dangerous. Recipes whi...
Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Revolutions are for China. The Chinese have dynasties. Japan has one royal family, going back the beginning

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Japan had a revolution in 1867-68. The Shogunate was overthrown - really it collapsed - and control of the state returned to the emperor in ...
Tuesday, 19 February 2019

Kids were given two choices over which form of heavy rock they liked

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Metal had been born at the start of the seventies, when kids were given two choices over which form of heavy rock they liked. In Britain, t...
Monday, 18 February 2019

The elephant in the discotheque is the Bee Gees.

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The elephant in the discotheque is the Bee Gees. Their dominance of the charts in the disco era was above and beyond Chic, Giorgio Morodo...
Saturday, 16 February 2019

Had a voice like John Lennon screaming down the chimney of the QE2

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They became the most beloved group in the country. Dickensian singer Noddy Holder had a voice like John Lennon screaming down the chimney o...
Friday, 15 February 2019

Short on custard pies, high on Genet references

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The Bowie/Roxy glam axis - short on custard pies, high on Genet references - fitted the seventies rock critic's post- Sgt Pepper  world...
Thursday, 14 February 2019

Looked just like a coke fiend from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novella

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[Bryan Ferry] looked just like a coke fiend from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novella, which was entirely the idea. Eno's full name was Brian...