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Subterranean Homesick Baroque – after Dylan

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Johnny’s in the basement, mixing up the medicine. I’m on the toilet, downloading Handel operas.

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Interview(ed)

Thursday, June 9, 2011

(for the British School in Colombo yearbook 2010/11) 1. So, what’s with the beard? After I graduated from the War Studies Faculty at KCL I rather fancied myself as a war correspondent, so I grew the beard. Then I just rather fancied myself. 2. We somehow get the impression that you are always very sarcastic […]

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