Category Archives: grief

Tony Wilson remembered

Posted on July 22, 2009 by blogmywiki

On the Culture Show on BBC2 tonight, sometime Durutti Column drummer, old man Bruce Mitchell had this to say about Tony Wilson: Every crisis he had a positive take on. There wasn’t a negative bone in his body and I … Continue reading →

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Farewell, then, Ken Campbell

Posted on September 2, 2008 by blogmywiki

I can’t believe that Ken Campbell is dead, or that he was only 66. But it says so in his obituary, so it must be true. I saw two of his live performances, one-man shows… one in Deptford and another … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Mizen, day 2

Posted on May 11, 2008 by blogmywiki

There’s a very odd atmosphere in our community today. It’s never been so quiet, even on a Sunday. Especially on a Sunday. Very odd seeing the priest that baptised my daughter being interviewed live on the BBC News Channel. I … Continue reading →

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In the midst of a party, death

Posted on May 10, 2008 by blogmywiki

We were on our way to a friend’s 40th birthday party on the bus and really hacked off that the bus was diverted. There had been ‘an incident’ on Burnt Ash Hill, road closed, we spent 90p on a bus … Continue reading →

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All Cornwall is latent and the remoter west

Posted on April 16, 2008 by blogmywiki

I read this fine passage from E M Forster today, on the train appropriately enough, and wished I’d spotted it in time to add it to my essay on train travel between Paddington and Slough. Somehow it is made even … Continue reading →

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