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“I met my husband through D&D and we are still playing regularly twice a week, some 16 years later.”
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“I met my husband through D&D and we are still playing regularly twice a week, some 16 years later.” — LJS, Stockport, UK
Clearly a lie. It must be. This is taken from comments on 30 Years of D&D on the BBC site. Less of a[…]

Maradona
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It was interesting to hear opinions on Maradona’s heart attack. There is an e-mail doing the rounds with a distorted photo and something along the lines of ‘Get well soon, you cheating fat midget’. Eighteen years on from that goal a[…]

Thank Me For The Music
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Thank Me For The Music: new MP3 blog! Very pop! Lead track currently is the stupendous “Never Felt As Good” by Belvedere Kane. If everyone goes there and hears it maybe I can play it at the next FT night and people will know what it is an[…]

Michael Hann on Gastropubs
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Michael Hann on Gastropubs: I started reading with scepticism but gradually this turned to head-nodding and by the time he finished I was ready to march behind him shouting his noble message Tango Blackcurrant Ad style. My only quibble really is that[…]

Eamon’s on the radio!
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Eamon’s on the radio! Good old Eamon with his novelty swearing. Of course it’s the ‘radio edit’, which reduces Eamon’s foul mouth to an impotent stutter – but it does make me think of how the technology of swear-re[…]

Better Late Than Never
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Better Late Than Never: Stereophonics ex-drummer says they were “a little bland”. Very perceptive of him.[…]

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