Monday, April 12, 2021

Interring the state with the bones of its leader’s husband

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I don't believe in disrespecting any public figures at the moment of their death. However I was appalled that Prince Philip, who held no...
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Monday, March 29, 2021

A Labour leader with intellect and passion who advocated defence, patriotism and peace

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Michael Foot's reply to Margaret Thatcher in the emergency House of Commons' Falkland Islands debate in April 1982 was the speech ...
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Saturday, November 7, 2020

Necessary Animals: The indefinability of 'Dark Jazz'

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The beating heart of Necessary Animals , its nucleus and core creative partnership, are the musician, composer and musical auteur Keith Rodw...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Pilgrimage to Penge

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Penge East no longer seemed like a dream to me now. The first time I returned here as a middle aged man it was as if I was in my own movie; ...
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Friday, September 18, 2020

Bury Bus Station and beyond

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I arrived at Manchester Victoria station from the sleepier denizens of Whittle-le-Woods near Chorley. Specifically I’d departed for the big ...
Friday, August 28, 2020

Schitzoid Joe - Lost No More

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That journal of 'Swinging London', the International Times, has published my profile of the lost classic album, 'Schitzoid Joe...
Friday, July 24, 2020

The Well House Laurie Anderson portal

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This morning I was in a Well House near Tockholes in Darwen Moor. It’s reputed by some to be based on an ancient spring that nearly a mille...