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Hooking up with a couple of ne'er-do-wells in Mos Eisley...sorry the Ecuador / Peru border. We'd met a lovely Ecuadorian guy on the bus...

Totally agree with iviehoff's post re. Cyrano. It's one of my favourite films, particularly due to the fact that the subtitles are such an...

Just a quick pointer to an already very useful post, but do bear in mind that lots of countries nowadays have requirements that you show an...

There's another lovely story about an Englishman in Paris who was convinced everyone there was obsessed with The Smiths' guitar player...

I'm not sure if this is an apocryphal story or not, but I like it nonetheless....

Good point, well made. Too excited and a little too homphonic and literal with beverages...

Jerusalem's on Spotify as well - Royal Philly.

England, my England (...this could go on forever...)

First and foremost, no list is complete without a rousing rendition of William Blake's 'Jerusalem'

The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want / Sympathy For The Devil

The Beatles - A Day In The Life / Tomorrow Never Knows / While My Guitar Gently Weeps / The Long And Winding Road / Hey Jude

The Clash - London Calling / Rock The Casbah

John Lennon - Imagine

Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

The Smiths - This Charming Man

Stone Roses - Fools Gold (long version remix) / I Am The Resurrection

Happy Mondays - Hallelujah / Step On / Kinky Afro / Loose Fit

Blur - Parklife / Coffee & Tea

Oasis - Wonderwall

Radiohead - Paranoid Android / Karma Police

...and last, but by no means least (and by no means last either to be honest, but will do for now...) :

New Order - World In Motion (feat. John Barnes & England Football Team)

Camp Bestival Camp Bestival kicks off on Friday. Looking forward to some nice weather (puuurrrlleeeaaase), a well behaved baby and a bit of hedonism (in shifts!) thrown in. www.campbestival.net/