Oh, do you mean Gwilym Tref Roberts, who is no long alive, though posting more recently than that apparently. 
Ah now thatās interesting: I was looking for a Welsh link so working on the presumed pseudonym I went from Baudrillard to his pal Burroughs and then William = Gwilym and a Burrough looks like a borough and a borough is a town =tref in Welsh, so it was a feeble joke.
No idea there was someone by the almost actual name.
The Google Gods thank you for sending them another visitor. 
And I believe Tref is short for Trefor (Trevor)
Are we both going to be searching for a local Welsh class now then? 
Please Miss, can I sit next to Vero? 
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Still very beautiful, her age is irrelevant.
Currently reading Colm Toibin, The Magician, I love his books, so beautifully written.
Just had a quick look in the mirror, youāre right 
If you havenāt already read it, Iād recommend Robert MacFarlaneās 'The Old Waysā
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Ha ha. 
The diamonds help
Iām reading it now! Have read a couple of his books. Reading his books strips away all the nonsense of everyday life.. much like a piece of orchestral music can, Vaughan Williams comes to mind.
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MacFarlaneās a poet, an academic and most importantly, all his beautifully written and observed books are rooted in direct physical, phenomenological experience of his subject>
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I love VW, used to live down the road from Down Ampney (roughly between Cirencester and Fairford, for those who donāt know it)
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My father used to participate/compete in the Leith Hill Festival held each year in Dorking. He had a very fine tenor voice, with a touch of rich baritone - to my ear much more attractive than some of the somewhat reedy tenor voices around at the time. During the early/mid fifties Mum, my baby brother and I used to take a picnic and spend the day watching the competitions. Vaughan Williams was the conductor (and, I thought, one of the adjudicators?) and my father loved his advice and contribution to the 2 days.
My reading?
Iām working my way steadily through all Ursula Le Guinās books. Iām currently reading āThe Tellingā. Iām reluctant to call them SF or āfantasyā as they are so much more profound than those categories imply. Her books are a place for her to explore all the richness of different forms of society, relationships, geographies - her worlds and universes and time spans are immense.
Some I read many years ago (and have reread for comfort) like The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea series. When I am stressed (as at the moment) I go back to books and authors I know and love.
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Thereās definitely a category of books classed as comfort reading, what they actually are being subjective of course - so nice if you have flu or something too. Ursula le Guin is amazing and so interesting and I completely agree with it being reductive to put her in an SFA or fantasy pigeonhole.
How marvellous to have a father who sang, and that memory of picnics listening to singing competitions. So nice.
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Bloody Dangerous by Colin Bell.
Colin was a World War 2 fighter pilot and still going strong at 105 years old.
Great biography.
Dancing To The Precipice, by Caroline Moorhead.
A biography of the life of Lucie de La Tour du Pin, before, during and after the French Revolution.
It gives an insight into that period as recorded by a lady that was lucky to escape a date with M. Guillotine.
And in his later years starred for Man Cityā¦ or am I mistaken?
Was he about 50 at the time then?
At least50 Iām sure, funny though you never hear about Summerbee and Franny Leeās war time exploits. And where was Denis Law when all that was going on?
I have never wasted my time following football so cannot abswer your question.
My only memories of attending a few football matches was in the mid 60s when my father would insist I went with him to Bramall Lane to watch the Blades.
I didnt get much chance to watch and games as back then everyone stood up and I wasnāt tall enough to see above them which orevented me from gaining any interest in the game which has remained with me.
When our boys attended school Rugby was the favoured game, such was the school they attended and that got me hooked,