Question Time 7th October 2021 The Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Lisa Nandy (Labour) Minette Batters (NFU) Nick Ferrari (Broadcaster) Rosie Jones (Comedian) Venue: Aldershot We’re doomed, doomed I tell you, doomed, said first questioner Hassan [more…]
In May 1954 my uncle John Alldridge returned to Normandy. This is his second report for the Manchester Evening News. From Arromanches to Bayeux is only about seven miles. By car you can be there and [more…]
The air coming off the mountains was wonderfully cool. Because of its proximity to the equator, the mean temperature was a constant 27 degrees. It was an ideal country to grow crops, many kinds of [more…]
Monday Good morning, another week starts and despite it being bright it’s getting cooler, autumn is definitely setting in. Very quiet here this morning, almost like a Sunday. Bozzie went off with Liz Truss to [more…]
A mystery album has fallen into my possession. The photos suggest it belonged to a wealthy, well-travelled but thus far unidentified family. No doubt Puffins will help me to solve the puzzle but first, two [more…]
The alarm on Paolo’s phone pulled Jinnie out of her doze. She looked over at him, as he roused and turned off the alarm, feasting her eyes on what she saw. He stretched and reached [more…]
Question Time 30th September 2021 The Panel: George Eustace (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Amy Hart (Influencer) Lord Bilimoria (CBI) Ella Whelan (Journalist) Venue: Birmingham Post-Brexit petrol shortage, lorry drivers! We were warned, said Wesley Streeting [more…]
Another article from the Manchester Evening News by my uncle, John Alldridge, this time from April, 1955 Flying straight through from Nairobi to Zanzibar is like falling out of the first act of an early [more…]
I’m glad my account of Sweden and Norway in earlier articles revived memories for several readers who had been there themselves or, like Arthur Dent, had met Scandinavians in Britain. It is quite [more…]
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