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Thinking of my Dad on New Year’s Eve

By Ray Bennett My late older brother Roland phoned from England on New Year’s Eve to tell me that our Dad, Alexander Bennett, had died. I thought it was 35 years ago but another year has slipped by and I … Continue reading

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THEATRE REVIEW: Ringwood players’ ‘Allo, ‘Allo

By Ray Bennett On any given weekend, enthusiastic players from more than 2,500 amateur theatre companies around Britain get together to put on a show and last weekend, I went down to Hampshire by the New Forest to see the … Continue reading

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MUSIC REVIEW: Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris

By Ray Bennett LONDON – If the pairing of rock’s Mark Knopfler and country’s Emmylou Harris seemed unlikely, you wouldn’t have known it from the crowd reaction at their tour stop at Wembley Arena where the twangiest country and purest … Continue reading

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