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Spring IT: Built So Never The Twain Shall Meet
At the rear of the offices of Spring (IT) in Leeds, there’s a very interesting staircase. Apparently, at one time the building was a school – girls in one half, boys in the other, and the double-helix...
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Balderdash! – Busting 5 Myths About England
Ah, England! The mist-shrouded Arthurian ruins, the rolling green hills dotted with sleepy hamlets, nuns on bikes free-wheeling over cattle grids, tankards of warm beer, castles and orchards, jodhpurs...
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Gaping Gill: Don’t Be Stupid
Hey, come have a look at this. Just clamber down there. Follow the side of the stream. (Yes, makes me want to take my shoes and socks off too, it’s that kind of day and that kind of stream, but leave...
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Ghost Town, Halfway Home
He points the gun in my face. I’ve no idea how to react. I fall backwards on the grass, not because I’m scared (it’s all too sudden for that), but because falling over is about the only thing I can...
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Porto & Elsewhere: Give Me (Another) Minute, Will You?
I’ve been seeing a lot of the East Midlands Parkway train station recently. The towers of Ratcliffe-On-Soar Power Station have become a welcoming sight, if you can say such a thing about a series of...
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Hello Darkness Once Again: Walking The Vanishing Holderness Coast
The darkness hugs my face… *WINK*. The sky flashes. It’s 11pm and I’m twenty minutes out of Hornsea on the south road, treading tarmac in the dark until the grass and trees ghost into life around me...
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3 Things To Do In Hull Shortly Before You Die
Last thing you’ll ever see, mate. Here’s a story about what happens when you have a really bad idea while running on too little sleep. I have my brilliant idea as the Megabus leaves Doncaster,...
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Brisk
(Originally published in 2006.) Swiping out of work at 5.45pm (can’t seem to shake off the habit of surfing the ‘Net for quarter of an hour – institutionalised by my lack of access at home until...
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Scarborough: Zoltar Is Not Amused
He’s had better days. His beard suggests he’s in his late forties or early fifties – not a grey hair to be seen (maybe he dyes it). His moustache is absurd and forks skywards around his Captain Hook...
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35 Amazingly English Things To Do Before You Die
A short guide to being really, really English. Visiting England anytime soon? Do these, and you’ll look like you were born here. Born here? Prove it. Make sure you can tick off all 35 before the end...
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Travel *Is* Your Own Backyard
How long is a piece of travel? I really struggle with the word “travel”. The standard definition goes like this: verb. Make a journey, typically of some length. This is of course spectacularly...
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A Short And Completely Reliable Guide To Yorkshire
Facts. About Yorkshire. Get ‘em down you and shut up. Ah, Yorkshire! The verdant sweep of its hills, the flatness of its caps, the award-winningness of its fish’n'chips, the sheer throbbing… Forget...
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Spring IT: Built So Never The Twain Shall Meet
At the rear of the offices of Spring (IT) in Leeds, there’s a very interesting staircase. Apparently, at one time the building was a school – girls in one half, boys in the other, and the double-helix...
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Balderdash! – Busting 5 Myths About England
Ah, England! The mist-shrouded Arthurian ruins, the rolling green hills dotted with sleepy hamlets, nuns on bikes free-wheeling over cattle grids, tankards of warm beer, castles and orchards, jodhpurs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gaping Gill: Don’t Be Stupid
Hey, come have a look at this. Just clamber down there. Follow the side of the stream. (Yes, makes me want to take my shoes and socks off too, it’s that kind of day and that kind of stream, but leave...
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Ghost Town, Halfway Home
He points the gun in my face. I’ve no idea how to react. I fall backwards on the grass, not because I’m scared (it’s all too sudden for that), but because falling over is about the only thing I can...
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Porto & Elsewhere: Give Me (Another) Minute, Will You?
I’ve been seeing a lot of the East Midlands Parkway train station recently. The towers of Ratcliffe-On-Soar Power Station have become a welcoming sight, if you can say such a thing about a series of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hello Darkness Once Again: Walking The Vanishing Holderness Coast
The darkness hugs my face… *WINK*. The sky flashes. It’s 11pm and I’m twenty minutes out of Hornsea on the south road, treading tarmac in the dark until the grass and trees ghost into life around me...
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3 Things To Do In Hull Shortly Before You Die
Last thing you’ll ever see, mate. Here’s a story about what happens when you have a really bad idea while running on too little sleep. I have my brilliant idea as the Megabus leaves Doncaster,...
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Brisk
(Originally published in 2006.) [dropcap]S[/dropcap]wiping out of work at 5.45pm (can’t seem to shake off the habit of surfing the ‘Net for quarter of an hour – institutionalised by my lack of access...
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