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A Dark Place, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Like the Faroe Islands: cold and remote. Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Grant Shapps called me 'politically motivated'.
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Thursday, 26 April 2012
Getting the goatee
After taking
some pictures
of the very stylishly goateed poet Fred D'Aguiar, I took one today of my colleague Steve, who isn't dissimilar.
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