Results tagged “Byrds” from Birmingham Post - Lifestyle Blog

Lots of debate over a literature exam at Cambridge in which final year students were asked to compare an Amy Winehouse lyric to a poem by Sir Walter Raleigh.

I can vividly recall the horror and/or amusement of commentators and critics in the late 60s when it became known that the words of Bob Dylan (right) songs were being subjected to academic analysis and postgrads were doing MAs and doctorates based on his work and cultural significance.

I'm not sure if it's impulsive, compulsive or simply a case of obsession, but I'm beginning to get serious withdrawal symptoms.

Think of something that adds a frisson to your life, that little bit extra that gives you a lift every now and then. You won't die without it, but life suddenly smiles if you can indulge.

It might be a menthol cigarette once a week, a bar of chocolate, an expensive wine, sex with a stranger. Actually, ignore that last one, I just put it to make me sound cool and dangerous, which all of us need to feel every now and then, and I'm just a tad fragile at the moment.