Profiles
Jack (Lord) Ashley Sir John Barbirolli Melvyn (Lord) Bragg Donald Campbell Sir Neville Cardus and John Arlott Ronald Carter, blacksmith, Violet Carson (Ena Sharples) Dame Catherine Cookson, Les Dawson, Fred Dibnah, Dudley Doolittle (comic), Earls, Dukes and Godly Men Dame Gracie Fields Ronald Fraser
Maureen Lipman Dame Thora Hird Lionel Jeffries (Railway Children) Russell Harty L S Lowry Selwyn Lloyd Lt Gen Sir Oliver Leese Theodore Major Sir John Moores Albert Modley Beatrix Potter Frank Randle Bill Shankly Peter Stringfellow Sir James Scott Douglas (gossip columnist), Eddie Waring
Characters galore - Joe Tomlinson, Jack Higgins (great jumper), Edna the Traveller
There we were, then, halfway up the leg of Italy, poised like a human suspender, absorbing culture, and we ended in the foremost musical academy in Europe.
Blaster Bates Fearnley the pearl hunter RSM Lord Concert Secretary Champion eater Witch woman The Crown and Kettled
Essays
Cricket:
Mrs Almond's sky was probably full of balls, and they hurtled in her direction when she was washing up. One narrowly missed their Vera. "You're not getting your ball back," she used to shout. "You'll kill somebody, you lot." Now I ask you, what would S. J. McCabe or S. G. Barnes have made of that?"
"Don what?" she would no doubt have said, if afflicted by Bradman. "You can tell him I'll be round at his mother's."
Barbers Soccer language Trousers The crucible (climbing) Caps Osvatweest Billiards halls Wash-houses Holy fizz Snuff TV to do Easter Christmas St George's Day Grannie Morshead Pub Talk Pubs and landlords
Wing and a prayer Footie Genius Famiuly Lancashire pride Accrington Observer Observed Is democracy dead? The elusive sweetener The best of whimsical fiction North-South divide The pleasures and agonies of Spring, George Best at 20 Sundays The Queen's Speech that never was Summer of 2006
Philosophy
Buddhism (Manjushri, Lake District) Life and Living 1 Life and Living 2 Life and Living 3
Be sure to keep some great man thy friend, but trouble him not with trifles; compliment him often with many, yet small gifts, and of little charge; and if thou hast cause to bestow any great gratuity, let it be something which may be daily in sight; otherwise in this ambitious age, thou shalt remain like a hop without a pole, live in obscurity, and be made a football for every insulting companion to spurn at.
Media
Arthur Christiansen became editor of the Daily Express in October, 1933, a position he held for 24 years until 1957. During his editorship sales peaked at two million in 1935, over three million in 1944 and four million in 1949. Each day he wrote a bulletin. It was compulsory reading for members of editorial staff. Here are many of them.
The newspaper crisis
+ Maxwell's House (scroll down for content when you get there!)
Current
Rant: rumbles and grumbles. Lancashire affairs. Snippets: Bits and pieces.
