Spotlight: Françoise Hardy

*Cue French Music* (play below) Françoise Hardy is one of my favourite French singers, and I've liked her from many years ago, when she did a track with the band Blur ( To The End, a la Comedie ). However, recently I watched an old video of Françoise recording a track, and I was struck by how eleg…

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Spotlight: Polaroids

I've been inspired by some recent finds on image sharing websites to do a spotlight on the good old polaroid picture. I'm sure all of you have come across "polaroid-typed" photos before, or have heard of this term, but did you know that originally these were used mainly for the mo…

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