Paul Simon's Graceland is 40 years old this year, which doesn't shock me as much as it might because I didn't get into his music until the early '90s, which have, of course, only just happened.

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I like to go to the Proms when I can and when there's something that interests me. It's such a British thing, a London thing, a summer thing.

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Such is my jetsetting lifestyle that a mere week and a half after returning from the US, I was off again. This time my destination was one of my favourite places, Berlin. (San Francisco is also one of my favourite places. Stacking them up, I think it's the 24-hour nature of the cities, how safe they feel, the public transport, and the 'alternative' feel.)

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"I dreamed you were late for your flight!" K greeted me the next morning. "Don't do that!" (Spoiler: I didn't.)

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On Sunday morning Kyell, Kit and Spark picked me up at the Oakland BART with a cheery "The shuttle for Galactic Camp is now departing!"

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