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Title: Guardian article
Post by: LASteve on March 23, 2022, 02:44:13 PM
Article in the Graun today - usual mentions of Rod the Mod, Pete Waterman and Neil Young.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/mar/23/im-proud-to-be-called-a-nerd-the-pop-and-rock-greats-who-love-model-railways (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/mar/23/im-proud-to-be-called-a-nerd-the-pop-and-rock-greats-who-love-model-railways)

Title: Re: Guardian article
Post by: zwilnik on March 23, 2022, 03:22:48 PM
Bit more detail than the usual and a few more names on the list at least :)
Title: Re: Guardian article
Post by: Phoenix on March 23, 2022, 03:38:08 PM
Hi Steve,

Thanks for posting that .... A great article, and as zwilnik says, a few names I didn't realise had the same hobby as us :thumbsup:

All best wishes

Kevin

:beers:
Title: Re: Guardian article
Post by: crewearpley40 on March 23, 2022, 03:40:41 PM
Thanks from me too. Guess these artistes needed a hobby to have private downtime from the limelight etc.
Title: Re: Guardian article
Post by: OffshoreAlan on March 23, 2022, 07:19:39 PM
An interesting article, thanks for posting.

I wonder why some Hobbies/Leisure activities come in for mockery (e.g. model trains, Morris Dancing), yet others are more "acceptable".

There are a number of activities in the latter category which I regard as pointless, but that's no reason for me to mock them.

Title: Re: Guardian article
Post by: LASteve on March 23, 2022, 09:11:52 PM
I'm much less bothered by the perception of some hobbies than by the comments by people who spend their lives just HAVING to find something to be faux-outraged about, such as the ones hating Rod the Mod for spending come of his money on his hobby rather than feeding starving children or giving all their wealth to UNICEF.

The Graun is good for that.
Title: Re: Guardian article
Post by: martyn on March 23, 2022, 09:56:18 PM
Interesting article.

Wasn't another famous model railway enthusiast Hermann Goering?

Martyn

Title: Re: Guardian article
Post by: Bealman on March 23, 2022, 10:06:40 PM
Cool article. Thanks for posting, Steve!  :beers:
Title: Re: Guardian article
Post by: The Q on March 24, 2022, 07:48:29 AM
When the artists are young / new in the business, they keep their hobby quiet, so as not to seem "uncool"