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Melanie Tait

Melanie Tait

The Guardian

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I took up the ukulele after a chance encounter. It’s made me as happy as falling in love

I took up the ukulele after a chance encounter. It’s made me as happy as falling in love

Avowed ukulele lover George Harrison once wrote in a note to a friend “Everyone I know who is into the ukulele is ‘crackers’... you can’t play...

09.04.2026 6

The Guardian

Melanie Tait

The theatre police have endless grievances about audience behaviour. I’m just thrilled you’ve made the effort to be here

02.10.2025 10

The Guardian

Melanie Tait

Forty years later, Molly’s final farewells on A Country Practice remain a blueprint for a good death

19.06.2025 10

The Guardian

Melanie Tait