Was it the slightly-slurring cockney Bowie? I think Adam Buxton is about the best these days: youtu.be/9Gcabr_09e4?...

ADAM BUXTON BOWIE AUDITION

YouTube video by Adam Buxton

These people put on great book events in the Yorkshire area of England (Leeds, Sheffield, Huddersfield): to-be-read.co.uk/magical-even... They're an independent book store with extras...apposite for D'Ancy, perhaps.

Magical Events - Read Bookshop - Holmfirth

Come to one of our events in our gorgeous dedicated event space!

Quite correct- the AI is deliberate - perhaps representing a gas pioneer from the past. You’ll need to ask the editor. Mark appears in the article, in all his magnificence.