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  1. Gary L
    Never have I ever drunk a cup of coffee. woops wrong group 😜
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    Wow, you guys did your Shakespeare! In Sixth form (17-18) in uk we only did three subjects for A levels during two years ( now a bit broader). Guys doing double maths and physics had 16 hours a week of maths and 8 of physics. I didn’t do English A but was allowed to go on English outings to see Shakespeare plays at Chichester theatre. I was so lucky
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    I was a student at a a UK grammar school (state school but entrance via exam at 11). Looking back it was an amazing school, except for the English dept still stuck in pre/post WW2 style. Friday morning poetry test: lose 0.5 for punctuation error, 1 point per word error. This guy destroyed any possible love of poetry. This was back in 1969-70 and I can recapture my hatred of him in a flash. luckily I had a rebel teacher for O level (16 yrs old) and we did Richard III, Chaucer’s Prologue to Canterbury Tales (in Medieval English) and 7 Victorian short stories. All line by line. Tough but a great learning experience.
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    We went to Cabo prioriño near Ferrol ( NW Spain) this morning. Wonderful crashing Atlantic waves below us. And the sun finally came out for a couple of hours! As for rest of the week, don’t ask!!!
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    Not sure you will like this, though, Tim: on news today only 35% of Spanish women now consider themselves to be ‘feminists’. The adjective “feminista” is frequently used as an insult by followers of certain political parties and also by ignorant high school lads. Shameful.
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    Another packed chp. Martin’s head must be swimming, mine certainly is just keeping up with the events! A great read, thank you 🙏
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    In my humble, but correct, opinion, this story is a great read by a fav author on GA. 😀
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    I think ‘Master’ is the correct title, as in ‘Master of the GA universe’!!!
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    Prologue

    Gary L commented on Topher Lydon's story chapter in Prologue

    My family live in nearby Redditch and I fear the last train would be v similar. I’m old enough to remember the glue sniffing habits of years ago with kids off their heads on trains. It was pretty unpleasant, although the passing fumes were enjoyable!!
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    Apropos of nothing, we drove past a place called Talleres MYR (MYR workshops) this pm in A Coruña, NW Spain. I nearly crashed the car!! @Myr is everywhere!
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    Prologue

    Gary L commented on Topher Lydon's story chapter in Prologue

    Not my usual genre but as it’s by Topher and I’m guaranteed excellent writing, here I am! Seriously, a great start and a reminder of the awfulness of uk trains at night.
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    BTW, Robert, congratulations on your ever-increasing popularity as revealed in Myr’s latest statistics. Mere neophytes like I bow in your presence!
  13. Gary L
    This phrase sums up so much about why I so enjoy @Robert Hugill’s stories: We had each drawn pleasure from exploring the other’s art.
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    Hi, his series about uni students in London as AIDS hit in the 80’s was brilliant, I thought, especially as I was a student there at the same time but luckily as it happened I was too closeted to try anything and so escaped unlike many friends. 😢
  15. Gary L
    And Queer as Folk!
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    I saw the ‘title’ ref and was intrigued as to how he could inherit given Bertrand and Dorothy weren’t married… Quick research shows that it’s not a problem. WOW. And yet a “legitimate” daughter still cannot inherit eg Duke of Rutland has three daughters, no sons, and the title, castle etc will go to a cousin…. Crazy Another interesting chp that made me homesick. Thank you 🙏
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    El Ferrol

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in El Ferrol

    Interestingly, Elaine Paige didn’t sing on the soundtrack album, which was released first to get interest going, but she got the lead in the show. Julie Covington was much better.
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    Seven continuous days of rain for our trip to Galicia . Tomorrow sixhour journey to Ávila, home of the first female doctor of the Catholic Church. (Doctrine not medicine!). An amazing woman in a man’s world. Then on Friday six more to edges of the Bay of Biscay which fans of Mark Arbour’s Bridgemont novels will know well! Dogs will have a garden of over 1,000 sq metres to play in… in the rain 😭
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    Slowly preparing for our escape from Las Fallas noise on Thursday. Overnight in Ávila and then another long drive to NW Spain. All this for Greta’s sake. We had to go away last year as well. She is traumatized by the noise of the bands, firecrackers at all hours etc etc. Lilibeth is totally uninterested and unaffected by her sister running hysterically around the apartment. Weird, no? have a good week everyone xxxx
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    El Ferrol

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in El Ferrol

    No I haven’t seen it but the staging looking v impressive. Last musical I saw was Evita with original cast nearly 50 yrs ago!
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    Can’t wait!
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    V interesting developments. And a v good story. A couple of points: is Christian the head of a firm of solicitors, or even a full partner? He seems v young for the reputation he has, which normally take a good few years to acquire. For the innocent amongst your readers, an established top London solicitor would charge, as a minimum, £1,000 an hour plus VAT, plus their slaves’ hours as well. My best friend, who retired as a leading employment lawyer, is now enjoying life to the full on the profits. (ps, I’m pretty sure London taxis have flip down backward-facing seats to avoid being uncomfortably close on the back seat 😁) looking forward to more asap x
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    The Makeover

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in The Makeover

    A fabulous treat for the weekend. I need Jeremy here to do a makeover asap and Stef to pay for it, please. 🙏
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    El Ferrol

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in El Ferrol

    You sound like Oliver Twist!
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    El Ferrol

    Gary L commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in El Ferrol

    Next week I will be in El Ferrol happily treading in Mark’s literary footsteps, as it were.
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