Close-Reading the Cliff Richard Calendar: May & June.

During the months of May and June, Cliff's hobby of collecting obscure vehicles developed into a costly and painful obsession. Sadly, there was nothing very unusual about this behaviour – the calendars from '77, '78, '83, '89, '90, '98 and 2000 all testify to Cliff's troubled history of transport addiction and the tragic toll it took upon his career. More troubling, however, is the way in which Cliff found himself simultaneously drawn during this period towards the notoriously addictive pairing of alligators and critical theory.

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Close-Reading the Cliff Richard Calendar: March & April.

Sigh. I find it really hard to talk about this image.

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Close-Reading the Cliff Richard Calendar: January & February.

Every month of the 2012 Cliff Richard calendar provides its own unique delight. Taken together, they’re simply too much pleasure for the average human heart to bear without exploding down your chest. So, I’ll take them one at a time, or two at a time if I’ve been lazy.

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