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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>101011</title>
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		<title>More Telegraph Poles</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking about messy telegraph poles at Dungeness made me think of these biro sketches I did in a Beijing back street about four years ago. Every time I see one I get an ache to draw it. I dread to think why. What this reminds me of more than anything is the sound of people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talking about messy telegraph poles at Dungeness made me think of these biro sketches I did in a Beijing back street about four years ago. Every time I see one I get an ache to draw it. I dread to think why.</p>
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<p>What this reminds me of more than anything is the sound of people hacking and gobbing in the street.</p>
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		<title>151007</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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