One was promised as a child to significantly older uncle; she was dead by the age of 21. Another endured an arranged marriage to a womanising monster, whose mistresses lived in the family home. She died in pain in her …
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Column, originally published in the Times Education Supplement 7 March 2014 ‘How would you like to take an assembly’, asked my head, the day after I took over the reigns as chair of the school governing body. ‘Your predecessor, the …
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Based on the citation I delivered, conferring on Mike Holderness NUJ membership of honour. Mike Holderness might look like a mild-mannered, middle-aged anarchist – but the man we have before us is a warrior. For the past quarter century, he …
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Review of ‘Suitcase’, Harwich International railway station – 29 Nov 2013 Seventy five years ago – almost to the day – the first 196 ‘Kindertransport’ children arrived in Harwich, Essex. Most had been residents in a Jewish orphanage that was …
Railway children: escaping the holocaust by train Read more »
For as long as anyone can remember, Eddie Rose has promoted and fronted up his summer show in Pitlochry town hall. Accompanied by a piper, an accordionist, a dancer and a fiddle player, ‘A Scottish Night Out’ is a showcase …
Immortal refrains: in praise of the singing shortbread tin Read more »
Article, originally published in The Sunday Times on 17 September 2006 It is a quarter of a century since Lord de Saumarez last used his best tableware, but his memory of the occasion is still fresh. “We probably should not …
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Article originally published in the August/September 2013 edition of The Journalist A decade ago, Glasgow-based freelance Lucy Sweet, was one of Britain’s top-earning freelance journalists. Her tv reviews for The Sunday Express netted her £650 a week, and with regular …
From my seat behind the glazed front of ‘The In Plaice’ fish and chip restaurant, opposite Bradford Town Hall I have a good purview of the urban centre. The outlook is over Centenary Square, a relatively recently-engineered public space at …
It would be easy to imagine the autobiographies of Patti Smith and Tracey Thorn exploring common themes. The authors are among the relatively few women associated with punk, both apply a poetic sensibility to song writing and both have enjoyed …