The Christmas Dinner Project
No care leaver should be alone on Christmas Day. For many of us, Christmas is family time, an opportunity to get together with our nearest and dearest, and like it or lump it spend time together over the festive period. But what about those without family? What does Christmas mean to them? Care leavers often […]
Marmite and Marshmallows – Welcome to Cuckoo on Call Lane
I had a lot of time for the Black Swan on Call Lane when it first opened. The beef dripping fries were among the best you could find in the City and the pizzas were a cheap and speedy lunch option which, for a while at least, made the Swan one of my go-to venues […]
2023 – An alternative view
In the last few days, things have gotten a little silly (even more so than usual) on Social Media. From some of the posts, you’d be forgiven for thinking those who voted Leave did so with the sole intention of scuppering Leeds’ plans to become European Capital of Culture. This is, of course, utter nonsense, […]
We’re all Leeds, aren’t we?
London, New York, Paris – what do they have in common? Yes, they are often found emblazoned on bags from shops that most of us can’t afford to enter but that’s not what I’m getting at here. Throw in Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol even; they all do a cracking job of letting the world know how […]
Maybe we should finish what we start?
I was never too clever at answering the questions and I don’t really have a specialist subject so it’s not like I could get lucky with that round, but I did enjoy watching Mastermind. The one thing I remember most fondly was when each week the late Magnus Magnusson inevitably uttered that now iconic phrase […]
