The weekly arts magazine

Strumpet City
James Plunkett's novel of Dublin life at the beginning of the century, published this week, was ten years in the writing. It is tipped as the likely bestseller of the year, if not of the century, as the publishers claim; and advance sales have already set new records for a first novel.
Release filmed Plunkett in his native Dublin and the Wicklow Mountains, and talked to others involved to discover what it is that has given Strumpet City the smell of success.
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Fanfare for the Duke
Kenneth Tynan pays tribute to Duke Ellington for his seventieth birthday, and Stan Tracey and the Big Brass play their tribute, We love you madly, composed to celebrate the occasion.

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