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A Friendship: The Letters of Dan Rowan and John D. MacDonald, 1967-1974
One of the downsides of people communicating with each other through Twitter, texting and email is that it has all but destroyed the art of letter writing. I have just finished reading A Friendship:...
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Dan Rowan and John D. MacDonald’s Idea for a Television Show
Recently I wrote a post about a wonderful book of correspondence, A Friendship: The Letters of Dan Rowan and John D. MacDonald 1967-1974. Dan Rowan was a nightclub comedian who found tremendous success...
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Jubilee Special: Dan Rowan, John D. MacDonald and a Royal Encounter
As it is Jubilee year, I thought I might share with you a charming anecdote by the American comedian Dan Rowan about his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II in 1972. I only discovered who Dan Rowan was...
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Birthday Blog
WordPress have notified me that it has been five years since Chris Routledge and I started the Venetian Vase together. At first the stats were low. It wasn’t until I wrote a piece on the wonderful book...
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