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Hawkwind: the drummer’s naked pedicure (illustrated)
“My brother helped organise a Hawkwind gig at Watford Grammar School (!) in the early 1970’s. After the gig he had to go and explain to the band that they didn’t have enough money to pay the full fee.”
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Quordle “Achievements”: getting to 45/45
As far as I know I’m the first person on the planet to “achieve” this – please contact me or comment if you know otherwise.
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Ruby Turner, The Moonlight Club, July 16 1980
When she stopped there was a second of stunned silence followed by a roar of acclaim.
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Shakespeare’s Lost Years by Aelwyn Edwards
For many years my father Aelwyn Edwards was fascinated by William Shakespeare’s “Lost Years” – the period in Shakespeare’s life for which historians and biographers have little or no information. He believed that Shakespeare might have travelled to Italy – specifically Venice – during this time.
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The umbrella
It seemed Deloitte Haskins + Sells could no longer overlook my technical differences with, er, the examiners…
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Devinylisation
They were now tainted with a vague guilt, like distant elderly relatives I didn’t visit very often…













