Reviewing “Clean –– One woman’s story of addiction, recovery and the removal of stubborn stains”, by Michele Kirsch (Short Books, ISBN … Continue reading "they laugh a lot (behind t...
https://dubdobdee.co.uk/2019/08/28/they-laugh-a-lot-behind-the-clean-door/
This is a lightly edited extract from a piece I wrote for Frank Kogan’s fanzine WHY MUSIC SUCKS (#11, pub.June 1997). … Continue reading "when the gang chooses you: or how the puffin club ...
or NOTES ON A NOBLE IDEAL UNDONE BY ITS OWN WARRING FLAWS… (I wrote this up to place somewhere grown-up and get some traction, but no joy for one reason or another — the Camelot theme not ent...
https://dubdobdee.co.uk/2016/07/25/dont-let-it-be-forgotthat-once-there-was-a-spot/
“During the Conservative government of Edward Heath there were five declarations of emergency under this Act , by far the most any government. The first was in July 1970 over a dockers strike, ...
“It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan.” Quite apart from anything else, the past — even the very recent pas...
https://dubdobdee.co.uk/2015/06/02/whalers-on-the-moon-curious-despatches-from-an-old-dream/
In which I take a break from organising a quasi-historical not-very-academic (but very exciting) conference (at Birkbeck, 15-16 May) and reflect on the ways your personal backpages as a hack begi...
https://dubdobdee.co.uk/2015/04/10/you-can-never-go-back-back-baack/