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...have a press pass, but I get there early. Jack, my truant brother, doesn’t show, so I sit on the pavement outside the Ballroom (a tiny, tired converted roller rink) in North London with a kid from Peterborough. His red hair is shellac-ed, and he talks about Welsh rap. He’s wearing white shoes shaped like elongated diamonds. He smokes rollies...
...never proved." You'd think Schickel was talking about a mollusk. By claiming that such intelligence can only be "imputed," he showed his ignorance of the complex creatures that surround us. This is an old, mechanistic view of animal intelligence that provides a pretext for cruelty. MARC SMITH Peterborough...
...LONNIE DONEGAN, 71, Scottish rock and blues musician who in the 1950s introduced Britain to "skiffle"--a precursor to rock 'n' roll that combines folk, jug band, country, jazz and blues--inspiring musicians like John Lennon, Van Morrison and Pete Townshend; after a long battle with heart ailments; in Peterborough, England. Among his hits were Rock Island Line and Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (on the Bedpost Overnight...
...World, whose reporters had infiltrated the cabal. The thwarted kidnapping allowed tabloid reporters to revert to more fan-friendly matters. First came reports that Victoria had signed a new recording contract in an attempt to restart her solo career. That was followed by news that she was battling Peterborough United, a Second Division soccer club, over rights to her nickname. For 68 years, Peterborough has been known as The Posh. The club's attempt to register the moniker as a legal trademark was halted by Beckham, who claims that when she joined the Spice Girls in 1996, the name Posh...
DIED. LONNIE DONEGAN, 71, godfather of British pop who burst onto the U.K. music scene in the 1950s with "skiffle," his unique rendition of American folk music; after collapsing midway through a tour; in Peterborough, England. Described by Paul McCartney as "The Man," Donegan swept the charts between 1956 and 1962 with 26 hits such as Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor (on the Bedpost Overnight), and Rock Island Line. Although his glory days ended with the Beatles, Donegan inspired generations of musicians including the Rolling Stones, and later continued performing in comedy and cabaret...