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Hats off to James Herbert, a master of his art
THE kids of today have got it easy, of course. All that young adult fiction out there, waiting to be discovered. It wasn’t like that for my generation. My transition from Clive King’s Stig of the Dump and J. Meade … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio
Tagged Clive King, Colin MacInnes, J Meade Faulkner, James Herbert, London, Stephen King, Surrey, Sussex, The Rats, The Stranglers
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Rambling on … after all these years
My Dad was only on the railways for eight years, but that 1953/61 spell as loco cleaner then fireman meant so much to him, and despite his following three decades as a postman, he never lost his love for steam. … Continue reading
Sat Nav be buggered – the pitiful search for Rodney Parade
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
Posted in Football, sport
Tagged Bradley Bubb, Chartists, Kevin Betsy, lancashire, Monmouthshire, Newport County, Newport Gwent Dragons, Pontypool, Surrey, Woking
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True Deceivers – Hell Or High Water
FIVE years on from their last release, Lies We Have Told, there’s been a lot going on for the True Deceivers, the band’s usual array of back-to-back live shows and festivals rocked by the premature passing of fiddle player Mark … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Dee Coley, Graham Firth, guildford, Hell or High Water, Jamie Legg, Mark Mitchell, Nick Bliss, Rupert Lewis, Surrey, True Deceivers
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“There’s a storm coming up!”
As I’m writing this, the wind’s howling, the rain’s swirling, leaves are taking flight and making paths treacherous, and the homemade wooden contraption in the front-room chimney breast – designed to avoid sudden downfalls on the hearth – is clunking … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure & Travel, Books Films, TV & Radio
Tagged 1987, Graham Moffatt, Great Fog, Great Storm, guildford, Michael Fish, Moore Marriott, Surrey, Will Hay, Woking FC
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Riding along on the crest of a wheeze
Cycling has always been a passion for me, and coming from a background where there were no drivers in our household ’til the dawn of the ’80s, the bicycle was always king in our manor. I might not know my … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure & Travel
Tagged Alzheimer's Research, Brighton, cycling, guildford, Surrey, Sussex, travel, Worthing
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Growing up is hard to do – re-defining the National Trust’s top 50
This is a specially revised 2017 version of the third post published on this website, originally shared with the wider world on April 18th, 2012, adapted to mark the fifth anniversary of writewyattuk.com. Time flies, eh. Being smug is … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure & Travel, Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Football, Music
Tagged Cornwall, Great Outdoors, guildford, Isle of Wight, National Trust, Surrey
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