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Julian Maclaren-Ross

I now have Seaford library's copy of Willetts, Paul  Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia: The Strange Lives of Julian Maclaren-Ross Dewi Lewis 2003 1899235698.
He gives the following bibliography:
The Stuff to Give the Troops Jonathan Cape 1944
Better than a Kick in the Pants Lawson & Dunn, jointly with the Hyperion Press, 1945
Bitten by the Tarantula Allan Wingate, 1946
The Nine Men of Soho Allan Wingate, 1946
Of Love and Hunger Allan Wingate, 1947
The Weeping and the Laughter Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953
The Funny Bone Elek Books, 1956
Until the Day She Dies Hamish Hamilton. 1960
The Doomsday Book Hamish Hamilton, 1961
My Name is Love the Times Press, 1964
Memoirs of the Forties Alan Ross, 1965

" She knows, you know...."

Little Britain is funny but those who voted "I'm the only gay in the village" the funniest catch phrase of all time should be locked in a room with Partridge until they know better.

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Cambridge, 8 January 2005

Photographs from Coe Fen, two days before my mother's 91st birthday.

Tolworth day

All at Sandown
205: Oneway
235: Wild Passion
310: Encompteur
345: Lou du Moulin Mas

Cat's pee on the nose

This is rather in the narcissistic vein of telling the world what's on in iTunes at the moment (Beyrouth Ecœurée by Clotaire K in fact) but I'm drinking a rather good Chilean sauvignon, which has that characteristic and startling cat's urine taste. The cat in question is under the radiator, baking his brains. So I have now become one of those  who posts pictures of his pets on a blog. Truly, there is no hope.

Plumpton: New Year's meeting

To Plumpton for the New Year's meeting; tardiness and traffic meant we missed the first three races, but in the remainder of the card:
220: Apple Joe
250: Shaman
320: Batswing
350: Prestbury Knight
The children's selections should also be recorded:
Will
320: Polish Cloud
350: Good Samaritan
Jo
320: Abalvino
350: Double Dizzy

Cheltenham New Year's Day

Today's selections
210 Cheltenham: My Will
245 Cheltenham: Chamoss Royale
320 Cheltenham: Redemption

Julian Maclaren-Ross

I'm thwarted by the university website being down, as I intended to give a summary of the availability of J M-R's works, but the trade bibliography I would use is down So here's a temporary stab at it, based on Amazon and a few other things:
Collected Memoirs Black Spring Press 2004 0948238305
Selected Stories Dewi Lewis 2005 1904587178
Of Love and Hunger Penguin 2004 0141187115
And the biography:
Willetts, Paul  Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia: The Strange Lives of Julian Maclaren-Ross Dewi Lewis 2003 1899235698