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	<title>ALAN ASHTON-SMITH</title>
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	<description>This website acts as base camp and storage area for the online presence of London-based writer         ALAN ASHTON-SMITH</description>
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		<title>Home brewing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the absence of anything else that’s piqued my interest enough that I want to write about it, I’ve decided to write a few words about the homebrew I currently have on the go.

These eleven bottles constitute my second attempt at brewing my own ale.  The first might be worth remembering as an interesting experiment, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2012/02/home-brewing/</link>
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		<title>Hatchet job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago The Guardian’s website proudly announced that Adam Mars-Jones’ review of Michael Cunningham’s latest novel, By Nightfall, published in its sister paper The Observer, had been awarded the inaugural Hatchet Job of the Year award.
The prize, which in its material form consists of a golden hatchet and a year’s supply of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2012/02/hatchet-job/</link>
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		<title>Must it always be rampant?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I went to see Shame, a movie that makes you feel like you’ve been hit in the head with an iron bar and then left to think about the implications of what has happened to you.  Plenty of films manage the iron bar part, but not the left to think part, so I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2012/01/must-it-always-be-rampant/</link>
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		<title>East European Museums</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although my knowledge of museum studies is very rudimentary, I do know that the relationship between the museum and its visitors is an important part of the field.  Of course, this is something that becomes apparent upon visiting a museum or gallery.  I’m not just talking about the visitor’s perception of their own experience at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2012/01/east-european-museums/</link>
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		<title>Going Public</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This will be the first blog post that I actively publicise.  I’m writing that not just as a statement of fact, but as an instruction to myself.  Yes, I have to tell myself to solicit readers, so slight is my natural inclination to do so.  It’s not that I don’t want anyone to read what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2012/01/going-public/</link>
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		<title>Lexical Exercise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In early January the back doors of the blogging sites are as crowded as gyms, full of people who will probably have fled from them before spring.  Despite the time of year at which I’m writing this, I feel entitled to pass such a remark, or at least to attempt some kind of self-justification.  That’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2012/01/lexical-exercise/</link>
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		<title>December music reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below are my most recent reviews for Shout4Music, and this will be the last blog post detailing such reviews.  I&#8217;ve decided to create an additional page collecting links to my reviews, with a view to using the blog page for more in-depth and hopefully more interesting posts.  So keep an eye out for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2011/12/december-music-reviews/</link>
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		<title>2011 in Music at PopMatters.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve made a few contributions to PopMatters.com&#8217;s review of the past year in music.  My blurb on PJ Harvey&#8217;s very successful year can be found in the Artists of the Year section, while in the piece on the 75 Best Songs of 2011 I have two write-ups, one on Elbow&#8217;s &#8216;Lippy Kids&#8217; and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2011/12/2011-in-music-at-popmatters-com/</link>
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		<title>November music reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy month&#8230;
The Good The Bad Q&#38;A
Smokey Bastard &#8211; Tales From The Wasteland
The Miserable Rich &#8211; Miss You In The Days
Hello Bear &#8211; &#8216;Indulgence&#8217;
The Minutes live @ Kentish Town Forum
The Super Happy Fun Club &#8211; Go Fun Yourself
The Kinks &#8211; The Kinks In Mono
Serge Gainsbourg &#8211; Histoire de Melody Nelson
Sigur Ros &#8211; Inni
Dusty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2011/12/november-music-reviews/</link>
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		<title>October music reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are my Shout4Music reviews for the month just gone:
Meg Baird: Seasons on Earth
Little Fish: &#8216;Wonderful&#8217;
Andy Burrows: &#8216;If I Had A Heart&#8217;
The Wonder Years: Suburbia I&#8217;ve Given You All And Now I&#8217;m Nothing
Paley &#38; Francis: Paley &#38; Francis
Emika: Emika
Big Deal @ The Scala, London (live review)
The Good The Bad:
Sonic Youth: Hits Are For Squares
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		<link>http://www.alanashtonsmith.co.uk/2011/11/october-music-reviews/</link>
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