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Tony Barrell's Adventures in Music and Mystery
‘Holiday-maker’ is a stupid phrase, argues Tony Barrell
How David Bowie invited an old schoolfriend to travel the world
How Jane Fonda discovered Europe, landscape gardening, and saucy sci-fi
Did Bob Dylan give a London couple a big surprise?
The Turner-prize winner Keith Tyson seeks the meaning of life
The day Bryan Ferry played tennis with Tony Blair
What was the Beatles' "butcher cover" really about?
Did Valerie Singleton shack up with Joan Armatrading?
Tony Barrell makes a pilgrimage to a Roxy Music photo location
What links Brian Eno with Philip K Dick? Actually, quite a lot