Malcolm Barr-Hamilton

Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.

It's the 29th today and I've yet to receive a single Christmas card. My popularity is definitely on the wane.

Top drawer.

YouTube video by TradArrDylan The Water is Wide - Bob Dylan - Live in Dublin 3rd June 1989

Bob Dylan sings Roud 87, live in Dublin.
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YouTube video by TradArrDylan The Lakes of Pontchartrain - Bob Dylan - Live at Jones Beach, Wantagh NY, 30th June 1988

Bob Dylan - The Banks of Pontchartrain (Roud 1836), live 1988
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keyboard the print screen button has the word bruce written on torn paper above it

Still makes me laugh

Illustration of the sinking made around 1307-1327.

On this day in 1120, the White Ship sank en route from Barfleur to Southampton. William Ætheling, King Henry I’s only legitimate son and heir to the throne, drowned whilst trying to save his half-sister, Matilda of Perche, who also perished.

1/4

I am, but first and foremost a trad folk song fan.

😃

Deservedly so.

RIP Jimmy Cliff

Was a great night

I painted my wagon, abandoned all hope,
And I crossed the River Cray.

Shifting sands at Maroubra Beach have revealed the wreck of the HEREWARD once again — a 19th-century iron clipper driven ashore during a fierce storm in May 1898. Though the crew survived, the ship never sailed again, slowly pulled apart by waves and weather.

Object number 00002278

Perfect.

Mat Green playing fiddle, and Andy Turner playing anglo-concertina.

I'm off to Lewes tonight, to play the excellent Lewes Saturday Folk Club with Mat Green:
Elephant and Castle, White Hill, Lewes BN7 2DJ.
8:00 to 11:00
www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org

Heading south...

Very excited about the current podcast episode.

The legendary Peggy Seeger!!!

Such a pleasure to chat ballads with her, and to hear her thoughts on this particular less known ballad too.

A map of part of Britiain and northern europe showing loads and loads of roman roads, picked out in red.

Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓

itiner-e.org

We might have to have a lie-down.

Thank God it's Tuesday

Looking to host a music or comedy event? We are offering FREE ROOM* HIRE at the Common Room throughout January & February 2026. Email us at events@thecommonroom.org.uk to see availability.

*Wood Hall and Lecture Theatre (music and comedy shows).

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOLS 1-18 : YOUR DYLAN BOOKS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

As a fan, you’re likely to have a valuable Dylan book(let) collection - The Bootleg Series book(let)s of liner notes.

Typically about 60 pages long, the booklets of the standard CD releases are a rich source of Dylaniana.

Black and white topical poster showing a group of men being held back by an aristocratic figure of a man in a coronet.

Our next Bristol Section talk is "Bristol and Lloyd George’s Land Valuation of 1909" by Richard Graydon 24 November www.bgas.org.uk/events/event...

A landmark moment. Supervisor Connie Chan led a unanimous San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution honoring the #InternetArchive & establishing Internet Archive Day.
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More ⤵️
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#Wayback1T

Great news!
The lovely Emily has shared this with me. To those of you who, like me, used the Bodleian Broadside Ballads Archive previously, it's gradually making its way back!

@jenniferballads.bsky.social, I remember you were wanting to know about the return too.

Thank you @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 😊

Lauren?

One of the best clips I’ve seen recently on this issue - a lesson for all interviewers

😁

Get well soon.

YouTube video by justgeorgeous SUBLIME Bob Dylan "Can't Wait" Milan 22 June 2011

SUBLIME Bob Dylan "Can't Wait" Milan 22 June 2011 youtu.be/KC9dnYVgFVE?...