Ah ceramic poppies, you never fail to disappoint. I last saw them in Weeping Window at St George’s Hall in Liverpool in December 2015 where they cascaded from the windows of the neo-classical monolith, a vivid splash of red...
Read MoreThis is a tale of stupidity beyond belief. It’s 25 years to the week since Grange Lido in the Cumbrian coastal town of Grange-over-Sands was shut. I first reported on the campaign to save the lido back in 2011 while at The...
Read MoreWhen I realise that Adam Rowe’s award-wining Edinburgh Fringe joke came at the end of a long rant about a job centre, I tell him my story about the humiliation of signing on after redundancy and complaining to the member...
Read MoreThe window of opportunity is slender. I’m usually on holiday or working, but this year I got lucky. I saw the Minton tiles at St George’s Hall in Liverpool. I travelled by train as I wanted to step out of Lime Street...
Read MoreIt’s no surprise that the coast of Northumberland is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. I feel conflicted telling you about it if you’ve never been. This is because it’s the kind of place you want to keep to yourself, to...
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