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27 Nov

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

 

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Posted in America, comedy

 

18 Nov

My article on the Beatles visit to Dublin in November 1963 is in the Irish Times today, here.

 

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Posted in America, articles, dublin, history, ireland, Irish Times, London, music, New York, rockundroll, Sixties, Travel

 

11 Nov

The last few days have been along these lines: drudge, drudge, drudge, sick, sick, doctor, hospital, doctor, hospital, drudge, drudge, positive meeting with my supervisor about recently submitted chapter. So it’s not all bad, then.

 

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Posted in Academic, dublin, Love and Death, Paris

 

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