Thanks to readers for their entertaining comments and emails on last week's PostScript concerning the delights of drinking tea. There were assorted inspiring tales of eccentric tea ladies, quirky tea-time habits and important song lyrics I had overlooked.
Experience: I was electrocuted on stage
I was singing live, literally, as a huge current travelled through me. It was like being hit by a bus
Stephen Brayne: ‘I hadn’t noticed the earth wire had come loose from my amplifier.’ Photograph: Mark Chilvers/The Guardian
Stephen Brayne: ‘I hadn’t noticed the earth wire had come loose from my amplifier.’ Photograph: Mark Chilvers/The Guardian
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Fri 21 May 2021 05.00 EDT
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I arrived back home in Brighton in 1968 after dropping out of university. I was riding the wave of flower power and the summer of love, so decided to form a band, called the Fox. I was the frontman, and we played only original material, a heady mixture of soul and psychedelia.
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A La Vergne couple is banking on everything going up in smoke with their new business. But it s a good thing.
Gatlin and Lancaster first met at a cigar bar in Nashville a couple of years ago. His dream of owning a cigar lounge, coupled with her business consulting and marketing expertise, put them on a path to opening their own establishment.
For more than six months, Lancaster did market research and came up with a plan. They searched for a location in South Nashville, but finally landed on Smyrna, an untapped market much closer to home.
Focusing on a vision
You’ve been enjoying a LOT of Auckland, it seems.
I’ve done everything! I get my nails done in Papatoetoe, I get my acupuncture in Windsor Park, I get my dance classes in Albany, I went to Dress Smart the other day, I went to Sylvia Park, I went to Kohe beach, I went to Waiheke. Literally, I am like Auckland 2021.
Moving onto Drag Race – it’s become this seminal queer text in the years since it launched, and has really shifted into a place where it has huge educational value even though it’s definitely entertainment. Is that a shift that you’ve seen?