Libertines’ Pete Doherty lands unlikely job at French university despite never completing his degree
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HE dropped out of uni 26 years ago and became the raucous face of Noughties music in the UK. But Libertines frontman Pete Doherty is now going back to school — not as a student, but as a lecturer. The Can’t Stand Me Now singer said: “I was asked by a French university, actually, to lecture - something to do with fame and social media - and I didn’t really feel I was equipped.
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“But I had already cashed the cheque, so I’m going to have to do something. “I’ve got a year and a half to write four, 45 minute essays, so I might have to get myself a phone. I’ll do my best to educate and entertain. “But I’ll be strict with the coursework. Anyone listening who thinks it’s going to be a breeze doesn’t know Professor Doherty.”.
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He spent a year studying English Literature at the University of London as a teenager but is now thinking of enrolling in another degree. Speaking on Tracks of My Years, which will air during Vernon Kay's Radio 2 show each day this week, he said: “I’d love to do that.
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"I think about that quite a lot. "I don’t think I’ve got the time right now. “To actually give myself to full time study, not yet, not while I’m still on tour. "But I do think about that.”. BRAZILIAN singing sensation Anitta wheely puts the work in as she poses in a diamond encrusted skateboarder outfit featuring wings and chaps.
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