Category: Literary Outpost

Here his brother, Alan, talks succinctly and movingly about the horrifying tragedy that has blighted so many lives, just like his How a barber’s shop conversation about the loss of Keith helped lift brother’s battered spirits … They say that on the streets of Manchester you are never more than six feet away from a… Continue reading Keith Bennett could be retired and a grandpa today. He would be 70… but Brady and Hindley stole him away

The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia was led by the Soviet Union. On the night of 20–21 August 1968, under a waning Moon, Poland, Bulgaria and Hungry followed the snarling Great Red Bear in to Czechoslovakia. The Soviet circus of sour and blood had begun. The intention was to stop Alexander Dubceck’s dream of Socialism with… Continue reading HOW JOSEPH, THE WASHING MACHINE MENDER, BECAME A SYMBOL OF HOPE FOR THE UKRAINE

We must never forget these victims or turn our backs on their memories Fifty eight years ago John Kilbride lost his life at the evil hands of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. He was 12 years old. John was the eldest child of Sheila and Patrick … can never imagine the horror that John went… Continue reading More than half a century ago today John Kilbride vanished …

When I first heard about the plight of Joe ‘Hurricane’ Dore, the bisexual hero and storekeeper of a little Texas alligator town, I was fascinated. After all Texas is ranked as one of the worst US states for LGBTQ equality. And Joe’s story had come to light just a few weeks after Donald Trump had… Continue reading How ‘five-and-dimer’ Joe sold caring renaissance to the macho Lone Star State

This is him! Some say he may live in Moston? If you see him don’t be a stranger – he’s not behind the door at coming forward himself. And in fact he was part of the world’s first cyber Covid-lockdown band just over six months ago! Now everybody, including Dylan, is following him – and… Continue reading Covid winners! Er, excuse me! Do you know Paul O’Sullivan from Manchester?

By Jessica Steen Arms wrapped tightly around my driver as he weaves our moped through cars to an orchestra of horns. The wind whips through my hair and the smells that fill it are heady, awakening my senses with sweet perfumes and spices that quickly flit to a stomach-turning sewer and rot. The roads are… Continue reading Goa-ing down the road to equality on an island of dirt and dreams

And why have I had to disguise certain words in this article to avoid the robots of social media taking it down because their AI brains just didn’t understand it? George Floyd wasn’t a good man, no doubt. And on that particular night Marcus Rashford wasn’t the best footballer. But why are they attacked for… Continue reading THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – WHY DO WE STILL HATE PEOPLE FOR THE WAY THEY LOOK?

Alan Bennett, the brother of Keith – victim of Hindley and Brady – has shared these thoughts. All we can say at The Society is well done Alan and as always we are right behind you. Alan wrote: “I received an email from the Home Office with an update on the progression of the Police,… Continue reading Is justice finally just around the corner for Keith? His brother’s thoughts…

I’LL SAY it again: if the Tower of London had been built in Manchester it would have been demolished by now – probably to make way for flats. Something strange has been going on within the city’s planning authority. Quite recently – I reported it at the time – the authority refused permission to demolish… Continue reading Hough Hall should become a monument to Manchester’s towering infernal chiefs

The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex united to unveil the official statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, saying “every day we wish she were still with us”. William and Harry were at Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden, on what would have been their mother’s 60th birthday. But did they really like the statue? After all they… Continue reading Diana wasn’t the colour of a frog or a broad bean, for God-sake Wills and Harry!