Tag Archives: lancashire

Where true Northern grit meets real romance

Posted on March 8, 2013 by writewyattuk

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, writewyattuk turns its focus to Bad Mothers United, Kate Long’s newly-published and long-awaited sequel to her best-selling 2004 debut novel, The Bad Mother’s Handbook. WHILE there seems to be an overwhelming compulsion for … Continue reading →

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Josh and Phil playing the fame game

Posted on January 6, 2013 by writewyattuk

At the school just down the road from me, it seems barely a few weeks go by before talk of another visit from a famous ex-pupil. In this case I’m name-checking Manchester United and England star Phil Jones, a regular … Continue reading →

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Not just any old Witch Way

Posted on November 30, 2012 by writewyattuk

NO offence intended to East Lancastrians reading this, but it feels like you’re reaching the end of the world when the M65 becomes the A6068 at Colne, and on a miserable late November morning amid a national epidemic of rain, … Continue reading →

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From horror and history to witches and YA fiction – the James Dawson interview

Posted on November 25, 2012 by writewyattuk

When London-based teen/YA author James Dawson hit Lancashire for a whistle-stop tour of three South Ribble teaching establishments to mark the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials, writewyattuk was there to meet him. The Yorkshire-born and bred writer was … Continue reading →

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Sat Nav be buggered – the pitiful search for Rodney Parade

Posted on November 2, 2012 by writewyattuk

We were doing so well, with the motorway traffic between Lancashire and the South Wales border flowing as smoothly as could be expected on a busy Saturday morning at the beginning of half term and everything going to plan. The … Continue reading →

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Tales of witchcraft – from 1612 to 2012

Posted on November 1, 2012 by writewyattuk

To mark the 400th anniversary of the Pendle witch trials – and in the week of All Hallows, ghouls, ghosts, witches, wizards and those things that go bump in the night – writewyattuk looks at two new children’s/young adult publications … Continue reading →

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Weather or not you’re winning

Posted on October 24, 2012 by writewyattuk

Bring me sunshine, as a certain Lancashire comic said as he waved goodbye to the coastal resort which provided his stage name. And after a few years in Lancashire I think I realise what Eric was driving at. We may … Continue reading →

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Living the dream and the lasting legacy – week two of the London 2012 Olympics

Posted on August 13, 2012 by writewyattuk

If ever there was a motivational endorsement of everything good that came out of these past two weeks, it was voiced by Lancashire lass Sam Murray late on Sunday afternoon. Surprisingly fresh from her silver medal performance at the Modern … Continue reading →

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Early morning Olympic relay torch-ure

Posted on June 1, 2012 by writewyattuk

Was that it? Anyone who’s ever stood at the side of a road to watch cycling’s Tour of Britain coming through their locality knows the experience can be a bit of an anti-climax. Blink and you miss it, sometimes. But … Continue reading →

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Carrying the torch – here comes London 2012

Posted on May 20, 2012 by writewyattuk

So we’re off and running with the 2012 Olympics, the countdown well and truly down to double figures, London’s spanking new venues ready and waiting, and the torch on its way around the UK. Got tickets for any events? Didn’t … Continue reading →

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