Briefest Encounters

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  • In
  • Briefest
  • Encounters,
  • pianist,
  • composer,
  • publisher,
  • ad-man,
  • TV
  • producer
  • and
  • businessman,
  • Pip
  • Burley,
  • reflects
  • upon
  • some
  • of
  • the
  • people
  • he
  • has
  • met
  • and
  • worked
  • with
  • during
  • a
  • jack-of-all-trades
  • career
  • -
  • including
  • the
  • stars
  • of
  • The
  • Darling
  • Buds
  • of
  • May
  • and
  • A
  • Touch
  • of
  • Frost.Mostly
  • he
  • describes
  • these
  • experiences
  • with
  • affection,
  • embracing
  • the
  • inevitable
  • highs
  • and
  • lows
  • as
  • all
  • part
  • of
  • the
  • illusory
  • and
  • sometimes
  • duplicitous
  • world
  • of
  • the
  • media
  • -
  • and
  • only
  • occasionally
  • dwelling
  • on
  • the
  • odd
  • unpleasantness
  • he
  • has
  • met
  • with
  • from
  • time
  • to
  • time.As
  • well
  • as
  • being
  • a
  • chronicle
  • of
  • some
  • of
  • the
  • best-known
  • celebrities
  • of
  • a
  • generation,
  • Briefest
  • Encounters
  • is
  • a
  • fascinating
  • insight
  • into
  • the
  • celebrity
  • mindset
  • and
  • what
  • it
  • is
  • like
  • to
  • be
  • behind
  • the
  • scenes
  • when
  • the
  • magic
  • dust
  • of
  • showbusiness
  • is
  • being
  • conjured
  • up
  • and
  • sprinkled around.
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