Jacob Allen, better known by his musical alias
Puma Blue, is softly spoken. This hushed sensibility is apt in many ways; his music has often been likened to a âvoicemail balladâ - a term affectionately coined by a close friend - its lo-fi quality creating a shared point of connection for his listeners.
âI like the intimacy, the closeness of the lips on the phone, the static in the background.â As he tells me, vulnerability is something heâs always strived for - a sensitivity he feels he got from his father.â¨â¨ Yet Allenâs debut album âIn Praise Of Shadowsâ marks a transition, with a cleaner and smooth sound. He hopes his listeners notice that itâs one of maturity. âI strive for balanceâ, he says.â¨
Alan Titchmarsh was left very cross that breaking his ankle while gardening this autumn caused him to put back on half a stone, having lost this weight earlier in the year during lockdown.
The TV gardener, 71, slipped on the grass in September and had to put his feet up for six weeks.
Yet, seeing the bright side, he revealed he discovered Netflix reality show Selling Sunset, and became hooked.
Alan Titchmarsh was left very cross that breaking his ankle while gardening this autumn caused him to put back on half a stone, having lost this weight earlier in the year during lockdown
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Even with this most turbulent year nearly at an end, we continue to lose many true greats. One of the greatest in baseball in the ‘60s and ‘70s was Richie (Dick) Allen. According to Tyler Kepner, writing in his On Baseball column in the New York Times (NYT), between 1964 through 1974,
Henry Aaron, Willie McCovey, Frank Robinson, Willie Stargell, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Carl Yastrzemski, Billy Williams, Reggie Jackson “were 10 of the top 11 hitters in the major leagues in on-base plus slugging percentage, with a minimum of 1,000 games. The unlisted name is Dick Allen. He ranked second in O.P.S. for that era at .940, just one percentage point behind Aaron. Yet Allen was never inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.”