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Monthly Archives: September 2012
A year ago today…
A year ago today I flew to Bangkok, to begin my 3-month odyssey in Asia. I wasn’t excited, I wasn’t happy – I was terrified and miserable. I had left my flat in Stoke Newington for the last time, said … Continue reading
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Party nights and neon lights: my love of Wham! explained
I was born in 1979 so I was a bit late for Wham! They were definitely there, lurking in the background of my eighties childhood– on telly and the radio, in magazines – but that was about it. I never had … Continue reading