Brighton Breezy
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jazzy_daveA day in Brighton going down to the Evening Star and then onwards to have a meal at the Brighthelm .
In the pub I had a pint of Oakleaf Piston Porter (4.6% ABV). Saw Brighton Phil with his spanking Porsche car. He wants a hardback copy of the Shortwave Guide I sold him last time in paperback.
Had lunch at the Brighthelm. Opted for the pork Sunday roast. It was delicious.
Bought a paperback from Waterstones and then went down to the funky record shop Rare Kind and put by a single as I am going to sell some records tomorrow at Monkey Music.
The paperback was -
Sarah Bakewell “How To Live, A Life Of Montaigne in One Question and twenty attempts at an answer” (Vintage)
Long title for a biography/philosophy book!
David Mitchell, whose book “Cloud Atlas” ,one of the 25 titles given away last night, suffers from stammering and believes that “The Kings Speech” is the best portrayal of the problems a stammered handicapped person goes through. His alma mater is the University of Kent in Canterbury.
Tim, my cousin, believes that the My Life In Books series on BBC2 hosted by Ann Robinson is elitist. Maybe he is right since , as far as I am aware, none of the commentators talking to Ann have had a degree or at least some level of academia behind them. Melvin Bragg’s “Read All About It” was accessible and informative and the range of lively guests moved from footballers to actresses, and it never took itself too seriously, nor talked down to the audience either. It is that kind of book programme on TV that we sorely miss right now.
In the pub I had a pint of Oakleaf Piston Porter (4.6% ABV). Saw Brighton Phil with his spanking Porsche car. He wants a hardback copy of the Shortwave Guide I sold him last time in paperback.
Had lunch at the Brighthelm. Opted for the pork Sunday roast. It was delicious.
Bought a paperback from Waterstones and then went down to the funky record shop Rare Kind and put by a single as I am going to sell some records tomorrow at Monkey Music.
The paperback was -
Sarah Bakewell “How To Live, A Life Of Montaigne in One Question and twenty attempts at an answer” (Vintage)
Long title for a biography/philosophy book!
David Mitchell, whose book “Cloud Atlas” ,one of the 25 titles given away last night, suffers from stammering and believes that “The Kings Speech” is the best portrayal of the problems a stammered handicapped person goes through. His alma mater is the University of Kent in Canterbury.
Tim, my cousin, believes that the My Life In Books series on BBC2 hosted by Ann Robinson is elitist. Maybe he is right since , as far as I am aware, none of the commentators talking to Ann have had a degree or at least some level of academia behind them. Melvin Bragg’s “Read All About It” was accessible and informative and the range of lively guests moved from footballers to actresses, and it never took itself too seriously, nor talked down to the audience either. It is that kind of book programme on TV that we sorely miss right now.
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