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A roam around my books 11 – the missing narratives from history
The scope of the historian is potentially everything which has gone before. If the scholar has any chance of recounting, or even understanding a fragment of the past, they must be selective in the remit of their research. Perhaps a … Continue reading
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Deluded, the gripping psychological thriller
Deluded, the gripping psycholigical thriller 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
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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
