Re: George Orwell died (21-1-1950)

On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:39:59 +0000, Aidan Kehoe wrote:

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 Ar an triú lá déag de mí Lúnasa, scríobh LionelEdwards:
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 > [...] Irish music is loved the world over. This is one of our
favourites in
 > this group, played on a traditional Irish bouzouki:
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 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OALDX4kcjuI
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Wow, Paul Brady in his twenties! Great song that I hadn’t seen, thanks
for
that.
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 > This is my personal favourite:
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 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4v6aNjGFFk
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My go-to example in explaining liver disease to people was always George
Best;
I suppose I should switch to Shane as the more cautionary tale.

George Best would have been a poor example. At the height of his
alcoholism, he was interviewed by a tabloid journalist, who found
him in in bed in a top London hotel with a Miss England and drinking
champagne for breakfast?
"George, where did it all go wrong?"
Something like that. The Victoria in Surbiton and the Chequers in
Walton on the Hill were his stomping grounds around here, and he
seems to have enjoyed a pretty good life.