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The Earl Grey Whistle Test: The Writer's Wardrobe

Reflecting on his near-40 years spent working as a music journalist, David Hepworth discusses the dress code for the creative homeworker.

In a week of Essays, David Hepworth and Mark Ellen reflect on their nearly 40-year partnership as music journalists and TV presenters and what they've learned along the way. On the legendary 麻豆社 music show The Old Grey Whistle Test and on numerous magazines from Smash Hits in the 1980s to Q to The Word Hepworth and Ellen worked so closely together that they still get mistaken for each other.

Today, The Writer's Wardrobe - David Hepworth on the dress code for the creative homeworker.

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  • Wed 29 Jun 2016 22:45

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