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No! Not that "Pac Man"! This Pakman! The one pictured below - David Pakman the Argentinian-American political commentator. I have been fo…

MBGA = Make Britain Great Again. Perhaps that slogan sounds vaguely familiar? As I was walking up Carr Road, Walkley yesterday, I was startled to s…

Here in England the name "Hillsborough" is synonymous with a football crowd tragedy that happened in Sheffield Wednesday's home stadium…

One lazy afternoon in March as Shirley and I were cruising back up The Nile to Luxor, Emma, our bubbly holiday rep, came round the lazing passengers …

Half-brothers Edgar and Edmund fight to the death on The Crucible stage As I sat in seat number K47 at "The Crucible" in Sheffield  watchin…

Song for The Departed I thought I heard you last night As this wind-pommeled house Creaked. Yes, before I was submerged in sleep I thought I heard y…

I suppose   I should not feel too shortchanged. After all, I have enjoyed seventy three years of human life. It's younger people I feel sorry for…

"Summat" is Yorkshire-speak for "something". It is used very widely in my county - mostly by those who are familiar with econom…

Yesterday an old friend let me down. We were planning to meet up for coffee and endless conversation but something cropped up and he needed to drive …

It used to be that rail passengers looked out of their windows and watched the world passing by, perhaps thinking about the ups and downs of their li…

We all love baby animals don't we? They are so cute! In this quiz you are asked to identify ten baby animals. As usual, the answers will be provi…

In Manchester Art Gallery, I expected that there would be some paintings by L.S.Lowry and indeed I was right. Above is a typical Lowry canvas painted…

Songs that say something meaningful or stirring about socio-political issues have always appealed to me. They are not too plentiful but they are cert…

Woods where the site of Wood Hall is located Traffic on the A1 was congested as I drove slowly to Darrington - a village south west of Leeds and abou…

The world of vlogging is a bit of a mystery to me. However, we all know that there are people out there in the world making money from their YouTube …

Just ten random pictures I have taken in the last month - but not posted before... The Union Hotel, Nether Edge, Sheffield Statue of Emmeline Pankhu…