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Louise

By 6000 | 6000 | August 21, 2010

Because I’m addicted to his Made in Sheffield album at the moment, please enjoy some more Tony Christie as he covers the Human League’s 1984 Top 20 hit Louise, complete with Richard Hawley on piano, several gratuitous candles and a trumpet that could only be straight out of South Yorkshire. For the original, featuring a [...]

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Chasing the sun with Tony Christie

By 6000 | 6000 | August 13, 2010

Because of the timing of the flights on my recent trip up to Durban, coupled with the relative geographical positions of that city and Cape Town and with the addition of a pinch of the turning of the earth, I found myself chasing the sunrise east on the flight out and chasing the sunset back [...]

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How did I miss Richard Hawley?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 16, 2008

One of the most difficult things about emigrating is keeping up with things back home. Sure, you want to embrace the new lifestyle and the culture of your new home, but that doesn’t mean that you should completely lose touch with the land of your birth. And thus, when I find myself watching Sky News and finding [...]

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