The final station on Oldham-born star’s journey Oldham-born Veteran actor Bernard Cribbins, who starred in the Carry On films, Doctor Who and the 1970 film The Railway Children, has died. A statement from Gavin Barker Associates said: “Beloved actor Bernard Cribbins OBE has passed away at the age of 93.” “His career spanned seven decades… Continue reading BERNARD CRIBBINS DIES, AGED 93
POWER OF RUSSIA’S VLAD AXE MAN
No street lights, factories closed and bills soaring again Wholesale gas prices surged again after Vladimir Putin’s regime halved supplies to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Germany has already condemned the action as a ‘duplicitous game’ and others are predicting energy bills could hit £500 for January. And as European nations try to buy… Continue reading POWER OF RUSSIA’S VLAD AXE MAN
Umbrella Man: Police say arrest made after vid goes viral …
Does anybody really know what happened here? The bald bloke with TWO umbrellas on a hot day in the UK may already have been seen by police. One arrest has been made … No matter what the victim did (did he do anything?) he should not be treated like this … A Greater Manchester Police… Continue reading Umbrella Man: Police say arrest made after vid goes viral …
Some like it hot – heated debate and some heartfelt revelations
No Leigh and Rodney are not talking rubbish – they are talking about Rubbish!
Another good-fella is gone … Paul Sorvino dies, aged 83
Paul Sorvino has died at age 83. It is more than 30 years since the lugubrious-faced charmer with a smile as wide as Florida played Paul Cicero in Goodfellas. What is probably one of the greatest gangster movies also starred Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, and went on to become a cult… Continue reading Another good-fella is gone … Paul Sorvino dies, aged 83
STONE ME! IS LARS A PROTEST SONG OR JUST A ROLLING MOAN?
Come writers and critics who prophecise with your pen … read the article or don’t come again I’m not protesting, or anything like that … but I am a bit surprised that so many people commented on our article LIKE A ROLLING STONE, THE SOUND AND FURY HOWL ON AFTER 57 YEARS However, the discussion… Continue reading STONE ME! IS LARS A PROTEST SONG OR JUST A ROLLING MOAN?
Wild days of Pearl, the real pistol-packin’ mama of the West
Another tale from Burroughs-ian writer Eric Lastick UNUSUAL THEMES OF THE BOLD AND OLD AMERICAN WEST Part 1: PEARL Taylor Heart, wild girl of the West. Canada’s own…and only female stagecoach robber of the American territories. Pretty Miss Pearl, gaper-eyed and gatefold’s request of ‘’sing and songs’’ as an old saloon barkeep at a hundred… Continue reading Wild days of Pearl, the real pistol-packin’ mama of the West
ANOTHER YOUNG DAD DECIDES TO DIE
By Andrew John Teague R.I.P. Tragedy has struck us again. Last Friday, early hours, a young father took his life. He leaves behind a 11 month old daughter. Sadly, just another non-statistic of failings of a system that ignores the parents in crisis. We know there are many parents who struggle withou help. Actually bullied… Continue reading ANOTHER YOUNG DAD DECIDES TO DIE
Death at the bus stop… the intimacy of loss in Putin’s horror
The tragedy and horror of what Putin is doing to the people of the Ukraine are portrayed sometimes in the intimate detail. The intimate details of what it is really like to meet death without warning on a street corner. We are brutalised by modern ways of dying – the glint of a lone-wolf’’s knife… Continue reading Death at the bus stop… the intimacy of loss in Putin’s horror
Like a Rolling Stone, the sound and fury howl on after 57 years
Did Bob’s Miss Lonely, his diplomats and Siamese cat, rock your world? They did mine! It was on July 20 1965 that Bob released Like a Rolling Stone. It brought fear to the world and fury to my dad. The single was stupendous, noisy, rallying, subversive, hectoring, finger-pointing, vicious, told it like it was (is?),… Continue reading Like a Rolling Stone, the sound and fury howl on after 57 years