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Trying to remember the years BC

In so many conversations these days the point arrives where somebody says something like: "but that was before Covid". Yesterday it was somebody talking about the new travel gear they bought before the pandemic stopped travel. The day before it was somebody else describing how their childrens' career plans were upended by the virus. The day before that it was something else, then something else again. I'm calling that remembered time the BC years: Before Covid. Not that I can really quite recall all the detail now. So many other shocks have followed. And it's not…

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It's all in the look, right? This band was called Cutaway.

Band photography: a visual language

Seems just about everybody fantasizes at some time or another about being in a band. The limelight. The sense of belonging. Adoring audiences. Sex, drugs, glamour, fame. Or maybe some people just like playing music. I don't know really. I mean, I'd have liked to be in a band too, except I can't sing or play any musical instruments. Not that that stops some people. Anyway, I was thinking about this recently when I was given a couple of big boxes of band photos that used to be in a newspaper library, along with thousands of…

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Hate, war, politics and chess

Opinion by Greg Ray I stand with the victims of this and other wars and massacres. Whether they are Jewish, Muslim or of any other faith and irrespective of the colour of their skin or the language they speak, I wish with all my heart that their lives could be restored and made whole. I do not stand with terrorism and I will not stand with warmongers. I will not stand with Hamas and I will not stand with Israel's Netanyahu government. I stand with those who want peace and I salute those who, against the…

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