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Lydia Hardy – largely remembered in the endnotes of history books.
Thomas Hardy, a Scottish-born shoemaker and dissenter, now residing in London with his wife Lydia, founded the London Corresponding Society (LCS) in 1792. Its aims were to extend democracy to working men by establishing universal (male) suffrage and annual parliaments. … Continue reading
A Preston egg rolling ritual and a Manchester Passion
Easter Sunday, like Christmas and New Year’s Days, is unusual in that we can count on one thing – the supermarkets will be closed. Good Friday has, in recent years, escaped this consumer curfew and nowadays is very much like … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter egg rolling, Easter rituals, Manchester Passion 2006, Preston
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Deluded – the music
The DELUDED playlist. Continue reading
My Desert Island Discs
It’s ten years since I last compiled my desert island discs. It began as a dinner party game and then some close friends created a CD for my birthday. A thoughtful gift. I would happily listen to them all on … Continue reading
Where were you then? A tribute to David Bowie
Farewell David Bowie Continue reading
Synchronicity in the City
The pitch at a night match always seems more green, more vibrant than that of an afternoon game, as if the flood-lit grass has been preened specially for the television cameras. In contrast the tiers of the mammoth dark stadium … Continue reading
