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Weather finally smiles on Ford Castle’s al fresco operas

Bernard Trafford - 26 June 2022

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“Do you hear the people sing? It is the sound of angry men” (and women)

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What the complacent West must learn from Ukraine’s fight for democracy and self-determination – the importance of education for democratic citizenship

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Voice of The North grieves the death of its guiding spirit

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Two men in a pub: but it’s not one of those jokes. In fact, Party-gate and the state of our democracy are far from...

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IS CHEAPER BOOZE REALLY MORE IMPORTANT TO MINISTERS THAN ARTS OPPORTUNITIES...

Bernard Trafford - 7 December 2021 0

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“Passengers awaiting that train to the North should expect a long,...

Bernard Trafford - 29 November 2021 1

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Finally, my Saga of the Solitary Swallow’s Long Sorrow reaches a...

Bernard Trafford - 4 September 2021 0

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It’s hardly HS2: but Holy Island faces its own train controversy

Bernard Trafford - 12 August 2021 3

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“Yes, madam, this is a bank: but, no, you can’t have...

Bernard Trafford - 10 July 2021 0

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Just when you thought education ministers couldn’t make more of a...

Bernard Trafford - 29 June 2021 0

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Dear Fat Controller: as you reorganise the nation’s railways, please remember...

Bernard Trafford - 15 June 2021 0

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“The squalid, unambitious lamentable smallness of our politics” (Geoff Barton): government’s...

Bernard Trafford - 3 June 2021 1

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Return to normal, or to a very different “new normal”? Well,...

Bernard Trafford - 26 May 2021 0

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Patriotism isn’t about wrapping yourself in the flag: it involves looking...

Bernard Trafford - 21 March 2021 0

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