Kate Clarke
The Dark End of The Street
The Dark End of The Street (for Alyce Guynn) Your sister, Alyce, reminded me what, in my grief, I had forgotten and later on, I came to...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Weymouth, Billy Fury, Ada
When Terry was a kid, on a week's holiday with his parents in Weymouth, his beloved gran, Ada, sent him a letter every other day. "I've...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Alan O'Leary Called
A friend of Terry's, a DJ on the Irish traditional scene, just called me. "I've got some recordings of some radio interviews I did with...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Rock & Roll Peacock
I've had another try at going through Terry's beautiful clothes. Since he owned so very many (he was a bit of a peacock, wasn't he?) I...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Hey Doll
I always called him 'doll'. "Hey, doll." I never had to explain why. He knew, of course, that it was a nod and a wink to his love of the...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Watching a Man Light a Smoke
Many people have used the word intense to describe me. They don’t mean it as a compliment. They're right. People have always backed away...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 25, 20201 min read
That time we wrote a song about Mickey Rourke.
Often, when we wrote together, I would be at my desk at work, and Terry would be at home. He'd email: 'Wanna write a song?' He'd give me...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Things We Talked About When We Were Drunk
Dion’s vocal bullets, those ricochets that killed us both. Your grandmother cooking you tea, while you sang her ‘Josie, hold on for me.’...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Tommy Steele
When Terry and I first met we spent a lot of time apart. I joked that we should get tattoos, as a sign of our belonging - perhaps half a...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Black Dogs We Have Loved
I found some faded photos in the loft of Terry in Palmer Park, Reading, in the 1970s, with his first dog, Bob. He never stopped talking...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 24, 20202 min read
The Jungle Book and Loyalty
You reasses things, don’t you? Here I was thinking we weren’t smart enough. But actually we did OK. When we got together - in the first...
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Kate Clarke
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Fearful and Vain
Grief is fearful & vain too, isn't it? You aren't just mourning an adored person, lost. You are also mourning the fact that they were...
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