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THIS CULTURAL LIFE ELIZA CARTHY: Is there honey still for tea? Is it a Goth? Is it a farm girl? No, it's our favourite folk singer and she's got a powerful hunger for the good stuff

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From: The Independent on Sunday
Date: 20050403
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What are you currently reading in bed?

I've just finished King Solomon's Mines, by H Rider Haggard. I really fancied an old-style adventure. It's good, actually. I've been trying to get back into classic literature. I was right into reading when I was younger but I left school at 16 and I've been on the road for a long time - you can't read when you're on the road because you get car sick.

What was your main cultural passion when you were 14?

Bob Dylan. I used to lie on the floor with a speaker on either side of my head. I was quite a private person at that stage. Me and my best friend had ...

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