Arts
How to learn guitar
Spurred on by the feast of music that is FF, your fingers are itching for some axework and you’re ready to pick up that six string and play it ’til your fingers bleed. First, you [more…]
Arts
20th Century
Rievaulx Abbey And Robin Hood’s Bay
My grandparents’ and father’s 1935 summer holiday in Redcar allowed for a day trip opportunity to Rievaulx Abbey which sits about the halfway point in the fifty or so miles that separate the North East [more…]
Arts
Throbbing Gristle – DOA The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (1978)
In order to understand 1978’s DOA the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle by Throbbing Gristle (Yorkshire slang for, well, a pulsating male member) it’s important to have an understanding of TG and their [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 23rd November 2023 The Panel: Andrew Griffith (Conservative) Alison McGovern (Labour) Patrick Grant (Fashion Designer) Isabel Oakshott (Author and Journalist) Venue: Stevenage Andrew John Griffith is the Conservative Party MP for Arundel and [more…]
Arts
Flounce !!!
To some, this article will come as a major surprise as my demise has been exaggerated somewhat. For those of you who were concerned as to my well-being, a big thank you and a hug. [more…]
Culture
A View (A Good Few Miles) From The Greenhouse; Cancel Culture….innit?
The year rolls on, it doesn’t seem two minutes since I was setting the tomato seed and it’s now only five weeks until Christmas Day! Where on earth does all that time go? There’s less [more…]
20th Century
’59 Trail, Part Nine
Final part of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Whitehorse, Yukon Territory My problem now was to get out of Alaska and back into [more…]
Arts
Zatoichi (2003)
Hands up who wants to watch a tap dancing, comedy, Samurai flick? No? Well, you should do. Zatoichi is such a breath of fresh air in the action genre that I came away with a [more…]
20th Century
Bright And Breezy
Redcar is a northeast of England seaside town located for administrative purposes at times in North Yorkshire and at times in Cleveland. It is renowned for its long sandy beach and seafront esplanade, making it [more…]