Recently, when I was looking for something else, I found a yellowing typescript at the bottom of an old box file — a transcript of an interview with Wynford Vaughan Thomas made 40 years ago, for an almost instantly defunct magazine that closed even before its second issue. For those who don’t know of him, Wynford Vaughan… Continue reading Dylan Thomas’ Last Train Ride and a Long Lost Poem
Work permits are not even half the story
by Nick Gammon | 7 Aug 2021 | The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport issued a statement on Wednesday headlined, “Visa-free short-term touring allowed in 19 member states”, and went on to proclaim somewhat breathlessly, “… we tabled ambitious proposals during negotiations with the EU… 19 Member States have confirmed UK musicians and performers do not need visas or… Continue reading Work permits are not even half the story
The Old Lady and the Sea
To put it bluntly, in the late 60s early 70s as far as the public at large was concerned, surfers were simply bums. But some of those, en route to Taghazout for the surf and sometimes the hash, stumbling on the Cote Basque, found beyond the obviously perfect waves, the faded grandeur of a glorious… Continue reading The Old Lady and the Sea