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Stephen Haberman asked this question about The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island:

I loved your new endeavor, but what the hell is Little Dribbling?

Alex Upon the 30% mark of my reading of the book, I came upon the realization of the meaning of "Little Dribbling": As in the game of soccer/football, or m…moreUpon the 30% mark of my reading of the book, I came upon the realization of the meaning of "Little Dribbling": As in the game of soccer/football, or more precisely, in basketball, "dribbling" the ball means to bounce as in advancing or keeping control of it; in this case, BB's trek across the "Small Island".
Moreover, a revisit to his beloved and adopted country, 20 years after his first book "Notes from a Small Island", BB summed up the sentiment all too well—judging from some of the comments in this column—at the disappointing end to his brief visit of his former residence, in Christchurch/Lyndhurst/Bournemouth/Purewell/Burton, "...It really doesn’t pay to go back and look again at the things that once delighted you, because it’s unlikely they will delight you now." (less)

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Sandy That's really reaching. Wish we could just ask BB himself. Knowing BB, I'd say Harmien and others are closer to the target... looking for a facility a ...more
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