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Malcolm Hardee 10 years gone.
Malcolm Hardee 10 years gone. This is what I wrote about him in my memoir anything you do not understand please regard as significant (Arnold Brown) …..But the most striking example of the overlapping of venue and person was to be found down the rough end of Greenwich, the natural habitat of one of […]
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Reminiscences of my first Edinburgh Fringe
Reminiscences of my first Edinburgh Fringe (extracted, and slightly amended, from my memoir ‘My Name is Daphne Fairfax’ In late summer it is the only thing to do. For two of the past 30 years I have missed it and both times I felt like all my friends were having a terrific get-together while I had […]
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10 Years Ago…
Balance March 2012 It was my first time in Geneva, that grand old town on the lake, but I cannot say I was enjoying myself; propped up on 3 pillows, I lay in my hotel room, desperately trying to ignore the pain in my stomach and the thought that this was going to be my […]
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Blog about my Dad – Syd in Venice
I think the most successful sections of my autobiography, My Name is Daphne Fairfax were those featuring my father – the letter of praise for Daphne I most cherished ended, “and thank you, above all, for introducing me to Syd.” At the age of 70, prompted by my brother Richard, Syd spent several months writing […]
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