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1/. #DidITellYouAboutTheTime I was in #Glastonbury trying to interview a mono-syllabic @billybragg
Frustrated, I tried a new tack
“You know Billy, my friend’s sister almost didn’t make it this year ‘cos she’s saving to get my buccal pads removed”
“Buccal pads? What are they?”
Frustrated, I tried a new tack
“You know Billy, my friend’s sister almost didn’t make it this year ‘cos she’s saving to get my buccal pads removed”
“Buccal pads? What are they?”
2/. “That’s what I said, Billy. Buccal pads? What are they”
“They’re are the bits of fat on top of your cheeks,” she explained
“But those ARE your cheeks!”
Billy liked the story
We started chatting about how #Glastonbury has changed but has also remained a deeply political.
“They’re are the bits of fat on top of your cheeks,” she explained
“But those ARE your cheeks!”
Billy liked the story
We started chatting about how #Glastonbury has changed but has also remained a deeply political.
3/. Glastonbury - like festivals throughout the ages - is about the gathering of the tribes
People from across the nation come together & create a pop-up society where they live & dance side-by-side
Building a Utopia is a political & politicising thing
huffpost.com/entry/glastonb…
People from across the nation come together & create a pop-up society where they live & dance side-by-side
Building a Utopia is a political & politicising thing
huffpost.com/entry/glastonb…
1/. #DidITellYouAboutTheTime I became Al Jazeera's Royal correspondent?
It was 2011 & I was scraping by as a freelance journalist
As preparations were underway for William & Kate's Royal Wedding, I got a call from @AJEnglish's interview producer
Would I be free on 29 April?
It was 2011 & I was scraping by as a freelance journalist
As preparations were underway for William & Kate's Royal Wedding, I got a call from @AJEnglish's interview producer
Would I be free on 29 April?
2/. "Absolutely! But why me?"
The producer explained how she'd spotted an article I'd done for @NewStatesman where I argued that the fawning media coverage & the "Cinderella story" framing was rife with negative gender stereotyping & ugly class prejudice. newstatesman.com/politics/2010/…
The producer explained how she'd spotted an article I'd done for @NewStatesman where I argued that the fawning media coverage & the "Cinderella story" framing was rife with negative gender stereotyping & ugly class prejudice. newstatesman.com/politics/2010/…
3/. I'd been drafted in to help decode some of the more curious aspects of our royal family to @AJEnglish's l audience
But surely, with the wedding coinciding with the Arab Spring & being on a Friday – the peak day for protests - I wouldn't be on for long
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
But surely, with the wedding coinciding with the Arab Spring & being on a Friday – the peak day for protests - I wouldn't be on for long
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
1/. #DidITellYouAboutTheTime I saved @wyclef's life?
It was in 2005, & I was in the stalls of a packed Hammersmith Apollo to see the Fugees reunion gig
@MsLaurynHill came out & did a solo of Lost Ones
Then @PrasMichel joined her & they did How Many Mics
But where was Wyclef?
It was in 2005, & I was in the stalls of a packed Hammersmith Apollo to see the Fugees reunion gig
@MsLaurynHill came out & did a solo of Lost Ones
Then @PrasMichel joined her & they did How Many Mics
But where was Wyclef?
2/. Before I go on, I should say that the pics (from the gig) are by Tabitha Fireman tabathafireman.com
This was the days when no one pulled out a smart phone during a gig 'cos smart phones didn't exist
But if anyone DOES have footage, please share
It would help the story
This was the days when no one pulled out a smart phone during a gig 'cos smart phones didn't exist
But if anyone DOES have footage, please share
It would help the story
3/. I should also say I thought it was a stonking show, unlike @TheCSullivan who gave it this 2-star review!
She also describes @wyclef as being "avuncular" that night
"Avuncular" wouldn't have been my adjective of choice
I'd have gone for "out of it"!
theguardian.com/music/2005/dec…
She also describes @wyclef as being "avuncular" that night
"Avuncular" wouldn't have been my adjective of choice
I'd have gone for "out of it"!
theguardian.com/music/2005/dec…
