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1 month ago | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |Matt Goodwin |Nathan Slake |Rebecca Holden
Greetings!I am at least a day behind in publishing all my regular articles. What can I say? Sorry. But enough of this persiflage! On with the newsletter. TerryLast week I announced a competition to win a copy of Gay Talese’s new book, A Town Without Time. I’m extending the deadline to Friday. If you’re eligible, ie resident in the UK and a subscriber to this newsletter, you really should enter, because I can absolutely guarantee that if you don’t then you won’t have any chance of winning.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |Nathan Slake |Rebecca Holden |Daniel Piper
Including a brand new Inside Freedman Towers and Sax Chronicles update, with a guest appearance by Dr TelGreetings!I was going to write a brilliant introduction, but as I’m suffering from a post-prandial plummet I can’t think of anything. So, enough of this persiflage, and on with the newsletter!Every so often we think about moving, mainly because of all the high-rise apartment blocks springing up around us, which makes the traffic heavier and heavier.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |Rebecca Holden |Nathan Slake |Joel Miller
Every Monday I publish a round-up of videos, articles, news and thoughts that I hope will prove both interesting and chortlesome. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Greetings!Today’s STW has loads of good stuff in it, so let me not waste any of the time that you could be actually reading it. In other words, enough of this persiflage! On with the newsletter. TerryYesterday we visited the conservatory in the Barbican, which is in east London.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |Nathan Slake
One of the things I love doing in Eclecticism is rewriting a bland story in different styles. In these ‘Extra’ posts I go into how a particular version came about, and how I executed the idea. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The articles in this section (Experiments in Stle Extra) are usually for paid subscribers only.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |Rebecca Holden |Jillian Hess |Nathan Slake
Greetings!Spring is definitely here. The crocuses are coming out, and the dafodils. Yesterday Elaine rescued a queen bee who had woken up. She was in danger of being eaten by one of our feline ne’er-do-wells. Not Elaine, the queen bee. We put her (ditto) on a flower in the sun and well away from feline curiosity. Last year we saved a bee from a similar fate. The photo on the left shows one of my girlfriends, sitting on a towel I was about to use, so we’re no longer on speaking terms.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |Nathan Slake |Sherman Alexie |Victoria Powell
Greetings!I’ve spent ages putting this together, so I need a cup of tea. I hope you enjoy reading. But enough of this persiflage! On with the newsletter. TerryLast week I wrote about Brick Lane, but there’s more. Turn right when you come out of the Beigel Bake. Walk towards the Brick Lane Bookshop, and you will encounter this:You have to admit that’s pretty cool, because look at the trouble somebody went to in order to create and install a completely pointless item of street art.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Rebecca Holden |Terry Freedman |Thomas J Bevan |Nathan Slake
Greetings! Apologies for the lateness of this newsletter — although, in fairness to myself, I didn’t specify which week this is supposed to be the start of. I’ve been trying to get a technical issue sorted out, and it’s taking up quite some time. This newsletter is a bit longer than usual because I’m hoping to have a break next week, if the four books I have to review (see below) will allow me to. I’m hoping to bash out craft another post or two and schedule it/them, so all may not be lost.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Terry Freedman |Nathan Slake
As you may know, I’ve been running a series called Experiments in Style. Each week I take the very simple story I started with, and rewrite it, or reimagine it, a different way. Last week I published a synchysis version. Writing the other versions has taken some thought in each case, but the synchesis one was very difficult. Indeed, I did it in two parts, because I gave myself a break of around a week or so after I’d written some of it.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Rebecca Holden |Terry Freedman |Nathan Slake
Greetings!I think we should delve right in and not have any persiflage at all. Here goes!TerryOur vet practice had an open day on Saturday, and they were giving way treats for pets, so I picked up a couple of bags for Elaine. Here are a couple of behind the scenes pics, including an x-ray of a pregnant bitch and a doggie skeleton, and an operating table:One of my favourite songs from my youth was Gloria, by Them.
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Aug 12, 2023 | 
terryfreedman.substack.com | Nathan Slake |Terry Freedman
We’ve enjoyed the green delights and cycling in other parts of London, such as Chiswick and Hammersmith in the west, and Tottenham to the north. But now we dally in the London Borough of Redbridge in the east, just touching the county of Essex. Redbridge sports a number of parks, each different from the other. In this chapter I’d like to consider Fairlop Waters Country Park. As I rounded the bend directly into a headwind and a slight but noticeable incline, I wondered if I'd made a terrible mistake.
