Melanie Gow

Do you remember when it was better?

I’m all about creating memories, a whole bank of them to draw on when I am old and on my stoop sipping a whisky sour for breakfast to stave off the pain of arthritis.

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Hair today, where tomorrow? – this month on Beat

Since Gillette made Pogonotomy (the art of shaving yourself) possible – even with a hangover – there has been no excuse for facial hair.

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What is this thing called Love, and other references?

Without the goal of explaining love we wouldn’t have most of the Beatles oeuvre or Sidney Carton’s wretched lines of sacrifice, and Shakespeare would have been an unhappy farmer.

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Jessica Ruston – The Book Swap Interview

I like all the height I can get. My favourite is probably a pair of pink satin Prada wedges, with Perspex heels.

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Emma Townshend – The Book Swap Interview

Darwinist and gardening writer, that’s a good summary of where I am now.

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Into The Light – The Quotes, a band step out of their hometown of Reading

This is an out-of-the-gate good band, with both a hard working soul and a towering romantic spirit.

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Milton Crawford – The Book Swap Interview

I once drank a famous Liverpudlian poet under the table after 13 tequilas.

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Maggie Gee – The Book Swap Interview

I think being kind and trying to be brave are the most important things in life.

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Three Russians and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a chapel

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Thoroughly drenched in notes I walked out into the late summer night appreciating that I have had the privilege of being there, it is one of the music world’s great shows.

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Windsor Emporium – details and dates

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Windsor Emporium – details and dates

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