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Proms debut

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Michael Stuart in Arts, Blogs, Britain, Music // 0 Comments

Here’s a worthy piece that appears upon the website of The Guardian today – an article by former Labour politician Alan Johnson about his first ever visit(s) to the Proms, see here – THE GUARDIAN

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