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12 Oct–18 Oct 2026
01 · RADIO 72 tracks played 2 shows broadcast
02 · RADIO Most-played artist The Kinks · 2 plays
03 · BOOKS 1 book finished The Catcher in the Rye · J.D Sallinger
04 · BOOKS 192 pages read Across books finished during the week
05 · GIGS 1 gig attended Jimmy Nail

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Sunday, 25 October5 items

🎸2025
Gig

Boomtown Rats

Gig · Cambridge Corn Exchange

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📻2025
Radio

Tamara and The Rats

The Saturday Show

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💿2024
Record

Fleetwood Mac — Live In Manchester 1990

Original release

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🎸2024
Gig

Squeeze

Gig · The Regent, Ipswich

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📚2023
Book

His Last Breath

Finished reading · Jay Nadal

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