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And here's chapter 8, Dr Johnson's Homes and Haunts, the shortest so far, at under three minutes. It mentions him living in Gough Square. Looking at the map, Gough Square, where Johnson spent part of his life, seems to be in an area that I've never wandered round. I'll have a look today or tomorrow....

Thanks, Laura. I hadn't realised we were both talking about the same anecdote! I've uploaded chapter 7 - Club Life at the 'Cheese' But I've no idea of what was meant by the line "If Fashion's forms its current freeze..." in "Envoi" at about 1430, so I may have the emphasis/intona...

Thanks, Sonia; I've PM'd you my attempt.

Peter

Could someone help me with the pronunciation of "Ein Guter Trunk Machtalte Jung", please?


Peter

Here you go. An odd last line .... it feels much less sensitive than the rest of the poem.

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/eagleandtheflower_musgrove_py_128kb.mp3
(1.40)

Peter

I'd like to suggest "The Watched Pot", a three act play by Saki. The only problem is the date of the copy on archive.org, but it looks okay to me. Wikipedia link for play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watched_Pot Text of play is in ... The Novels and Plays of Saki, Vol. 1 Source: http...

Thanks for catching that, Laura. Chapter six has been edited and re-uploaded.

I think my favourite was the manageress's "Only two gentlemen making a few masonic signs under the table".

Peter

Thanks, Laura; I've uploaded chapter six. The quotes aren't as funny in the cold light of day as they would be beside the Cheese fire!

Peter

Laura; I've uploaded chapter five. The pudding's contents are uncomfortable these days. I had sort of assumed that it would be steak and kidney.

Peter

Ambulance 464 (the author was driving an ambulance during world war I in Verdun and the Argonne https://archive.org/details/55311000R.nlm.nih.gov/mode/2up Published 1918 The wikipedia article on the author is interesting:- Author Julien H. Bryan (1899-1974) - and so, still in copyright in Life+70 co...

Thanks, Laura; I've edited chapter four and re-uploaded. I think you're right about Sundays ... remember in Wonderful London, there was a chapter about the rag-fairs in Shoreditch, with diamond selling in a couple of pubs, which the author mentioned must have been illegal but ignored by the authorit...

Thanks, Laura; I've uploaded chapter four. There's an interesting little essay from a middle/upper class lady being exposed to The Cheese.
I've corrected a typo at 12.05: "hard cushionless sets" I've recorded as 'seats'.

Peter

I'm sorry to have missed doing the intro properly; author added, chapter 3 uploaded.

Peter

I've edited and re-uploaded. I hope this sounds okay. Intro - from 0.04 "One of them" repeat removed - 3.59 Replaced paragraph - 10.41-13.22 (includes the second repeat that you found). Beginning "Issuing from this room, which embalms the memory of “William,” and ending with "Eac...

Thanks; I do find her short stories to be very well-written and easy to read. I'll be doing some more when I've finished my collection of Victorian London books.

Peter