@voyou A good day to remember the time I accidentally punched Peter Hitchens in the face https://twitter.com/ClarkeMicah/status/1634533139249786887 12 Mar 23 Reply Retweet Favorite

Or, the mockney Charles Trenet

Listening to Lily Allen’s “Littlest Things,” it occurs to me that her mildly urban beats are all a smokescreen; what she really wants to do is become a chansonnier. And why not? London could do with a female Jacques Brel; well, maybe more of a calypso Peter Sarstedt, but either way I approve.

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