Showing posts with label West Yorkshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Yorkshire. Show all posts
Sunday, July 26, 2026

Plans for horse laundry facility at farm approved

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Embed from Getty Images BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award for this tale from West Yorkshire. The judges were left wondering just ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Martin Wainwright's Guardian obituary of Michael Meadowcroft

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Embed from Getty Images Michael Meadowcroft, who wrote so many obituaries himself, is remembered in the Guardian by Martin Wainwright, the ...
Tuesday, June 02, 2026

Michael Meadowcroft (1942-2026)

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Embed from Getty Images Sad news on Liberal Democrat Voice this morning: Michael Meadowcroft has died at the age of 84. His victory in Leed...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Alan Bennett on Northern culture and his creative process

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Three years ago Alan Bennett visited the BFI Southbank to discuss the influence of his northern roots in a conversation that formed part of ...
Monday, April 06, 2026

Exploring the disused railway tunnels at Standedge

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Britain's longest canal tunnel is Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. It runs for three and a quarter miles, taking boats...
Saturday, April 04, 2026

Pineapple Road station, Rhubarb Curve and the Rhubarb Express

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Transport for West Midlands On Tuesday three new railway stations are opening in Birmingham: Kings Heath, Moseley Village and Pineapple Roa...
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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Ponden Hall: Sitting round a hearth with the Brontë sisters

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Ponden Hall, which can be found below the village of Stanbury near Haworth, has been suggested as one of the inspirations for Thrushcross Gr...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

The Joy of Six 1477

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Martin Parr  looks at successful and unsuccessful attempts to depose a prime minister: "Labour, significantly, has never toppled a prim...
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Monday, August 18, 2025

Tom Gordon on how to get more working-class people into politics

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Tom Gordon, the Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, is the guest on the Spectator's latest Coffee House Shots podcast....
Sunday, May 25, 2025

The Joy of Six 1363

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"The idea of progression in prison is seductive but unachievable. Too many prisons are struggling to get men out of their cells for eve...
Sunday, November 03, 2024

The Joy of Six 1284

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Ben Quinn explains how the National Trust fought back against the culture warriors: "When it comes to disinformation, [Celia] Richards...
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Sunday, June 30, 2024

GUEST POST Councillors changing party: general election update

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Rather to his surprise, Augustus Carp finds himself offering an update on the latest trends in councillors changing party. I am not particu...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

For the first time in 37 years a new parliament will meet without a member of the cast of The Railway Children

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Whatever happens in the general election, the new parliament will be the first without a member of the cast of The Railway Children for 37 y...
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Saturday, April 06, 2024

Lord Bonkers' Diary: The former headquarters of the Association of Liberal Councillors

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The start of a new week finds Rutland's most celebrated fictional peer in sunny mood. Perhaps it's from meeting the lovely Hazel Gro...
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