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4th August 2025 SharpieType301 0

A sunny Sunday in July, and it turned into a pretty special day. In glorious summery weather, we got to ride on a couple of beautifully restored vintage seafront bus services running from just outside [more…]

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A Potteries Idyll

9th March 2025 SharpieType301 0

This will be quite brief for a Sharpie article (I can almost hear the collective sighs of relief) but it acts as a bit of a paean to The Potteries, and one not only from [more…]

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The Return of the Native

30th January 2024 SharpieType301 0

Sorry to disappoint the diehard Thomas Hardy fans amongst you, but this has nothing at all to do with Clym Yeobright, Egdon Heath and the heathlands of Wessex, nor the love tangles and tragedies he [more…]

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A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise

3rd October 2023 SharpieType301 0

A Postcard from Petrolhead Paradise Well, Stone the crows! A sunny Saturday in September saw a bit of a surprise. Although we’d noticed the colourful banner advertising the event often enough as we wandered hither [more…]

21st Century

Postcard from Woke Central, Part Two

11th January 2023 SharpieType301 0

Part One of this postcard looked at the challenges I faced in making this once-in-a-lifetime trip to Cambridge. Boy, what a lot of fun I had but, despite all the angst, I made it. This [more…]

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Postcard from Woke Central, Part One

4th January 2023 SharpieType301 0

In September this year, I received an invitation to a symposium in Cambridge. This was to be held in December, in celebration of the decades of amazing scientific achievements that my old boss has initiated, [more…]

17th Century

A Postcard from the IFG Part Two

12th October 2022 SharpieType301 0

International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge, August 2022 In Part One, I just about managed to shoehorn two days of the fantastic Festival. Before I carry on telling you about the rest, a quick gallop though [more…]

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