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ALCOHOLIT Re: Olivia Laing – The Trip to Echo NOT PITCHING IN Re: Wild camping recommendations
Spring: Why Writers Drink (●●●●●) (714)
This subject has always intrigued me. Are writers and other artists more predisposed to becoming alcoholics? Or is there something in the nature of this creative work that later lures artists into this affliction?
This succinct, enticing review has introduced me to a book that I might have otherwise overlooked and I will now seek it out on publication. Many thanks. Comment posted by pete mowat on list.co.uk
Please, please do not publicise precious wild places to a worldwide audience. They will become unregulated campsites with no wild qualities left. Everyone should find their own wild camping places and then keep them a secret. Comment posted by K Mawson on list. co.uk
We understand your concern K, but our mentioning her would have been a bit
intention was to promote enough wild of an oversight.
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camping spots to spread the incoming
global masses over a wide area. We
can’t imagine there’s going to be a sudden, overwhelming influx of . . .
We reached a new level in wild campers on Saturday night at Treshnish. A Belgian helicopter parked beside their tent. Comment posted by A.F-A
What have we done? THATCHER IN THE RYE
Re: Alan Bissett on 1980s pop music (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
Four mentions of Thatcher in the same article? Obviously written by a playground revolutionary stuck in the past. Comment posted by Ken Wyles-Thenoux on list.co.uk
Well the article was specifically about culture in the 1980s, Ken. We think not
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