This week we have been mostly ruminating on things horological. It is, in the UK at least, one hundred years since (some) men and (some) women got the right to vote. Also we are minded that this year marks the point at which the Berlin Wall has been down as long as it was up. Also someone sent a car into space. Progress we suppose.
Pick of the Political Pops: Fairport Convention “Who Knows Where The Time Goes”
What a wonderful selection. Sandy Denny had the most beautiful voice in British music and was one of the greatest of our singer-songwriters. From such a tragically short life she left so much. This has to be the best. Mick Houghton’s biography, of her ‘I’ve Always Kept a Unicorn’ is a fascinating read.