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A Hitchhikers Guide to Freeloading

by Mark Simpson
June 29, 2014December 22, 2020

Mark Simpson fondly remembers when he depended on the kindness of strangers When an ambulance rushing to Plymouth General Hospital with a man suffering from a life-threatening blood clot stopped to pick up a couple of hitchhikers, one of whom engaged the man, writhing in agony, in chit chat it made… Read More »A Hitchhikers Guide to Freeloading

‘Get Your Filthy Hands Off Me!’ Gorgeous George’s Glamorous Legacy

by Mark Simpson
August 9, 2012March 15, 2024

Rather than watch the Olympics, and all that noble, serious sporting uplift, I’ve been reading a book about a carny, corny, shameless 1940s-50s American wrestler: Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture, by John Capouya. My American chum Chris Supermarky recommended it to me, thinking it would… Read More »‘Get Your Filthy Hands Off Me!’ Gorgeous George’s Glamorous Legacy