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In a letter to the Morecambe Citizen, P Smith says: "Surely Cllr Ron Sands cannot be serious about placing a tribe of Eric Morecambes on our new sandy beaches. I cannot think of anything more ridiculous." (The Guardian on plans for a bizarre new tourist attraction in Morecambe comprising "up to 100 statues of the late comedian Eric Morecambe ( Read more... )

Birmingham poet Roy Fisher:Brick-dust in sunlight. That is what I see now in the city, a dry epic flavour, whose air is human breath. A place of walls made straight with plumbline and trowel, to desiccate and crumble in the sun and smoke. Blistered paint on cisterns and girders, cracking to show the priming. Old men spit on the paving slabs, little ( Read more... )

Rose is French for blue, at least figuratively. And I'd like to know why the French think soup with cream is more intemperate and aggressive. But kudos to the dictionary that translates chochotte as "la-de-da". Does this mean that la-de-da (or la-di-da) is a proper English word, then?

For Easter this year, the BBC are planning a musical version ( Read more... )