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The Ugly Club: A Toast to the Grotesque

Finding fellowship in the face of flaw — what The Ugly Club knew about joy, and the song they sang to celebrate it.

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Aug 04, 2024
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The Ugly Club: Two men, one with a very large nose, and the other with no nose at all, standing on stools, facing each other, in front of other disfigured men around table, at Williams's Tavern, Liverpool.
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