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Bowie bows out

January 12, 2016 John

One particular news item reporting on the death of David Bowie harked back to an interview he did with Jeremy Paxman on BBC2’s Newsnight programme, which you can see here. As probably everyone knows by now, Bowie changed his name from David Jones  early on his career but what was fascinating about his meeting with… Continue reading Bowie bows out

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