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Ben’s World: Listing why my mates should live in Bedford
ALAN might be moving to Bedford!
This might not mean much to you. But it means a lot to me. Alan’s brilliant. He’s one of my best mates. And he lives very far away.
Currently Al is a Leeds resident. But he and his fiance are looking to head south.
I was up in Leeds at the weekend, visiting him with our mutual friend Morrissey Man.
And so it came to a great face-off: Who could offer the best reasons to get Alan to live in their home town?
Here’s what I came up with for Bedford - well, first there was me. Obviously.
Then there’s the best pub quiz around, at the White Horse on Sunday nights (“I do like a good quiz!” “Really Alan?”)
Noble Rot (“I liked it there too!”), a great music scene, and the best furniture shop I’ve been to outside of London (that’s the Coolhaus if you were wondering - even Morrissey Man had to admit he loved it there).
Plus there are some great restaurants (Reem and Spaghetti John’s are my current faves), Alan could join me and the Bedford Hospitals Charity runners as they train for the marathon, and my favourite comic book shop in the world (Close Encounters).
At this point I had to pause for breath. Plus it was Morrissey Man’s turn to try to convince Alan why, in fact, he should move to live near him in Milton Keynes.
I can’t pretend to have been listening too closely - the Snowdome, Centre:MK and some big machine that slingshots people into the air were the best he could muster.
But it got me thinking - Bedford is actually pretty great. I really do love living here.
So if any readers have their own reasons that they reckon I should offer to Alan as to why he should move here, let me know!
> Later that weekend.
Alan’s girlfriend: “I see they dropped that thing in Parliament last week.”
Alan: “What?”
Alan’s girlfriend: “That bill. They were trying to change how we do sex education. They wanted to make it so that when they teach sex education they’d teach girls to Just Say No To Sex.
“But they’d only teach girls that. Not boys. Brilliant. What sort of fool thinks that will solve anything? Politicians are idiots.”
Me: “Erm....”
It was time to change to the topic quickly.
After all, if Alan does move down here, he could end up living in Mid Beds. And that particular idea was put forward to Parliament by... Nadine Dorries.
Hey ho.
> Alan won’t move to Bedford within the next fortnight. He’s selfish like that.
But the excellent Lovegun are playing the White Horse this Friday night.
Robbie and Fergus are both back from doing their rock and roll thing in LA, Sean will be joining them on drums.
There will be lycra, guitar solos, and some of the best (and occasionally tongue-in-cheek) rock and roll you’re likely to see any time soon.
Also, next Sunday (that’s February 5, calendar fans) my little bro will play Esquires.
I cannot wax lyrical enough about how excellent his new album is. But I’ll give it a good go in next week’s Guide music page.
So forget Nadine’s campaigns, pub quizzes, furniture shops, and anything else Bedford has to offer. Music - and Esquires to be precise - is the reason that Bedford is the place to be next weekend.
So if you want a treat, put it in your diary and I will see you there.
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