{"id":11405,"date":"2024-11-23T20:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T20:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/?p=11405"},"modified":"2024-11-23T20:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T20:08:37","slug":"11405","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2024\/11\/23\/11405\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:1263,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk\\\/products\\\/my-old-man-a-personal-history-of-music-hall-john-major-9780007450145&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20241105105030\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk\\\/products\\\/my-old-man-a-personal-history-of-music-hall-john-major-9780007450145\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 22:41:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-08 14:44:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-12 00:46:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 07:38:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 18:06:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-27 20:45:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 22:22:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 01:12:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 09:57:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 19:53:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 15:52:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 02:53:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 11:39:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 16:42:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 18:21:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-02 23:19:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-08 15:41:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-22 12:58:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-28 07:30:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-28 07:30:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span>\n<p>\ud83d\udcda Finished reading <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-old-man-a-personal-history-of-music-hall-john-major-9780007450145\/\" title=\"Williams Collins Books: My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall by John Major\">My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall<\/a><\/em> by John Major. A book on this topic is a difficult concept, trying to convey the essence of acts that in many cases can\u2019t be seen on film or heard on audio recordings. The photos and illustrations in the book go a little way to bringing things to life. At times it felt quite dry and textbook-like, but it would then pick up again when the next chapter took a different angle. Aside from the music hall, what stays with me is the author\u2019s childhood memory of accidentally injuring his father and believing that he had caused him long term damage. What a thing to carry with you through your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DraggedImage.png\" class=\"wp-image-11404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DraggedImage.png 1400w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DraggedImage-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DraggedImage-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DraggedImage-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DraggedImage-700x394.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2024\/11\/23\/11405\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to \"><div class='e-content p-summary'>\ud83d\udcda Finished reading My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall by John Major. A book on this topic is a difficult concept, trying to convey the essence of acts that in many cases can\u2019t be seen on film or heard on audio recordings. The photos and illustrations in the book go a little [&hellip;]<\/div>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federate","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-status","6":"category-snippets","7":"post_format-post-format-status","8":"h-entry","10":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10766,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2024\/03\/17\/10766\/","url_meta":{"origin":11405,"position":0},"title":"\ud83d\udcda Finished reading Judy Garland\u2019s\u2026","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"17 March 2024","format":"status","excerpt":"\ud83d\udcda Finished reading Judy Garland\u2019s Judy at Carnegie Hall by Manuel Betancourt. 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