Author: Leigh Banks

Manchester, the infernal city of my youth and memories. Rainy, grainy, dingy, dirty, derelict, drugs and drink. Dougie Flood, the Quality Street Gang, Peter Tut-Tut, Giant Haystacks, the Circus Tavern, blob shops, the King Cotton bar … Rafters, the MSG. The Magic Village. And despite everything, way back then, Manchester was my magical city. Bunney’s… Continue reading Infernal memories of Manchester – a city most foul and fabulous

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and fighter of South Africa’s apartheid, has died aged 90. Desmond Tutu was the nation’s conscience, respected by Black and white. He won the Nobel prize in 1984  for his non-violent opposition to white minority rule. A decade later, he saw the end of the regime and chaired a… Continue reading Three champs … spirits of peace authenticity and pioneering

All the best to our 250,000 readers AND everyone else in this topsy-turvy world … let’s stand up and be counted! Let’s stand up for The Truth and Our Freedom …

In Christmases past it was a joy to write about the festive lights at Bob Dylan’s magical Malibu mansion. They were just a string of shining baubles attached to some brushy branches along a fence at Point Dume. It opened up a lot of good-natured banter, like Did You Prefer it Before Bob’s Lights Went… Continue reading Christmas in the heart … how Bob stopped shining those lights after the horror of 2018

A happy Christmas to everybody … once again the last year hasn’t been a merry one, far from it for so many of us. It has been a year of confusion, doubt and very often anxiety and fear brought about by a fat greasy bug. And no, I don’t mean Boris, I mean Covid and… Continue reading Inspiration and hope, flying beyond the broken wings of Christmas

The Society is publishing the true story of a woman who went to hell and back because of breast cancer. This is Kaye Howarth’s story in her own words. Thank you for wanting to share with us and the world Kaye. Biography … Bald Bird Surviving Breast Cancer Part 8 Next Week Emily and George Throughout… Continue reading KAYE’S LIFE… THE POWERFUL STORY OF A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR – PART 7

Let’s expose racists, bullies, narcissists and idiots in 2022 ‘I’m not a racist but …’ Yes you are Sharna – and you jail-time tears won’t change that This woman got drunk, got rowdy, spat a drink at a black Wetherspoons doorman, flew into a rage and started screaming at him, pushed him, called him a… Continue reading THE HATEFUL SHAME ON BRITAIN’S STREETS OF ‘FUN’

A SMALL CHRISTMAS COMPENDIUM OF ALTERNATIVES – IS IT A RASPBERRY FOR THE FOOLE AND SOME TOKYO BLOWS? I am so bored with hearing the same old music at Christmas time … Do They Know it’s Christmas? Yes they bloody do! The BBC and every radio station in the world tells you it is every… Continue reading Santa came down your chimney? Well he should be arrested – and face the music!

West Country comedian Jethro has died after a seven day battle with Covid. The stand-up comedian, real name Geoffrey Rowe, aged 73, had been fully vaccinated but contracted the virus 10 days ago and was in hospital. His management said: ‘It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the passing of the well known and… Continue reading Covid kills the Cornish laughter … we say farewell to Jethro

This story is about a cancer survivor, her battle, her bravery and her determination … Admins at a cancer survivors and supporters social media group ‘spiked’ it and and said it violated their rules Well, maybe it did – but why? Because Kaye Howarth had written a book about it? Because she self-published her book?… Continue reading ADMINS -THE DICK-TATORS OF SOCIAL MEDIA. Shameful