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Blogger Takeover CXXV

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Gather round, come all ye, help yourself to a refreshment from the tables by the firepit, have a snack – meat ones on the table with the red table cloths, vegetarian ones with the orange table cloth, vegan and gluten free on the table with the green table cloth – and please tell us all what you have been reading, watching, listening and generally getting up to in the last month

Blogger Takeover CXXII

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Roll up, roll up! It’s May! Here in Glasgow in recent weeks we have had false spring, summer, November again, and can-you-really-trust-that-this-is-spring-this-time. Rain is currently battering down.

So I am staying indoors listening to records and reading books – the garden can wait.

What have you all been listening to, reading, watching, or otherwise using to divert yourselves from THE STATE OF IT ALL ?

Blogger Takeover CXXI

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Come all ye, gather round the picnic table, have some food (vegetarian options in the orange cooler, vegan ones in the green cooler), have a drink, (non-alcoholic options are clearly segregated over there in the blue cooler) and tell us all what you have been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise using to help you pass the time since we last met.

Blogger Takeover CXV

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Come all ye! I’ve got a blazing bonfire in the back, there, potatoes baking underneath, mind your hands if you try to pull one out. There’s hot drinks in the flasks over by, cold beers and assorted soft drinks in the cooler under the table, wine on the table itself. Please, dig in, make yourselves at home, grab a stick to roast some marshmallows and then tell us all – what have you been up to this last month ? and is there anything coming up we should know about ?

Blogger Takeover CXIV

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First Friday of a new month, you all know the drill – HUT! HUT!!

(Bilko reference because I remembered describing my organisation of work travel across Southern England so that I could go to see Wilko Johnson at a Word event at the Lexington as “Bilko-ing my way to see Wilko)

What have you been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise indulging in this past month ?

Blogger Takeover CXII

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Come away in, please leave your wet boots on the newspapers there, take off your oilskins and hang them on the drying rack, then help yourself to a cup of soup and sit by the fire to tell us – where the hell has summer gone ? And, what have you been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise distracting yourself with since we last caught up?

Blogger Takeover CX

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Cautiously, I think we can agree that we are not entering Literally Spring – the daffodils have been and gone, the bluebells are out, and there is more than a rustle in the hedgerow.

So, gather round the picnic table, help yourself to some cider or some apple juice – it’s a little too early in the day for Calvados but that will be along soon enough – grab a bite to eat from the hamper and please tell us : what have you been up to this month ? And is there anything coming up we should be aware of ?

Blogger Takeover CIX

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Welcome to this special False Spring edition of Blogger Takeover. Actual Spring will be with us, in the fullness of time, but in the meantime batten down the hatches, put sandbags out to help minimise the impact of impending floods, and please tell us all – what have you been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise using to distract yourself from waves hands ALL THIS?

Blogger Takeover CVIII

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Welcome to a very special Saint David’s Day Blogger Takeover. Please come in, help yourself to a cup of tea and some Bara Brith, or a glass of Brains if you’d rather, and tell us all – what have you been listening to, watching, reading, or otherwise using to divert yourself from grim reality ?

As today is a special day, an optional bonus question – what’s your favourite record made by people from the Principality ?