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Covid chronicles: Sharp practices

Richard Lutz finds a pensioner willing to tool up during lockdown.

3 September, 2020 in Comment, Hobbies.

Electrifying customer service

Dave Woodhall has an all-too-rare experience of a company doing the right thing.

26 August, 2020 in Business, Comment.

Cutting it (Part II)

Andy Munro’s continued attempt to get his hair cut in silence.

19 August, 2020 in Comment, Style and Design.

When the fun stops

Andy Munro and a case of gambling fever.

17 August, 2020 in Comment, Football.

Dial M for Murdoch

Richard Lutz sails through the flotsam of another lost week.

4 August, 2020 in Business, Comment, Media, Travel.

My lockdown list

Working at home, bringing up baby, Will Mapplebeck manages time to sail through a lockdown audio listening list.

26 July, 2020 in Books, Comment, Media, Most recent, Music, Politics, Reviews.

Falling through the cracks of Covid-19

Emma Kiernan tells her story of what it’s like to be excluded.

15 July, 2020 in Comment, Community, Employment, Health.

Into a technicolour night

Richard Lutz reviews images looking west each evening .

5 July, 2020 in Comment, Environment, Most recent, Photography, Tourism, Travel.

Seven days: Bolton’s book, big business bonanza, Boris bungling

Richard Lutz survives another week that was…

21 June, 2020 in Books, Business, Comment, Health, Politics, Retail, Science & technology.

The divided states of America

Richard  Lutz reports on a nation riven in two.

17 June, 2020 in Books, Comment, Media, Politics.

Having a whine

Andy Munro has a forgettable experience.

13 June, 2020 in Comment, Food and drink.

Covid Chronicles: North of Somewhere Else

Richard Lutz roams through another week of lockdown.

12 June, 2020 in Art and Leisure, Comment, Health, Photography, Travel.

Another view?

Andy Munro comments on events of the past week.

10 June, 2020 in Comment, Community, Politics.

This government’s incompetence is astounding

David Rendall says a series of endless blunders has led Britain into a fatal spin.

7 June, 2020 in Comment, Health, NHS, Politics.

Hate speech in a small town

Richard Lutz reports on how mob rule terror can invade a small town.

6 June, 2020 in Comment, Crime, Media.

David Bell – an appreciation

John Duckers writes about the former Birmingham Mail mainstay.

5 June, 2020 in Comment, Media.

Cummings and goings

Andy Munro comments on Dominic Cummings and the reaction so far.

26 May, 2020 in Comment, Politics.

Ask Howard – Is Boris the best?

Sir Howard ‘Bossman’ Elston gives the lowdown on the Low Down.

23 May, 2020 in Comment, Most recent, Politics, Satire.

Covid chronicles: Across the blue water

Richard Lutz continues his route through Lockdown Land.

11 May, 2020 in Comment, Community, Environment, Media.

Bojo and the bunglers

Richard Lutz is repulsed by the government’s incompetency and deceit over Covid-19.

7 May, 2020 in Comment, Health, Medicine, Most recent, NHS, Politics.

Covid chronicles: Coconut magic

Richard Lutz reports on life in lockdown.

3 May, 2020 in Comment, Environment, Most recent, Travel.

Covid chronicles: Four deliveries and a virtual funeral

Richard Lutz wanders though another lockdown week.

26 April, 2020 in Comment, Community, Health, Most recent.

Same old same old

Andy Munro talks about what he’s been missing.

25 April, 2020 in Comment, Health, Most recent, Politics, Television.

The Corona forecast: storms ahead

Jessica Harris casts a worried eye on what lies in store.

16 April, 2020 in Comment, Health, Most recent.

The virus that keeps on giving

A stress-relieving rant courtesy of Andy Munro.

15 April, 2020 in Comment, Health, Politics.

The Other Harvey Weinstein

Julia Osborn guides us through an eerie tale of The Two Harveys.

13 April, 2020 in Comment, Crime, Film, Most recent.

Life in the time of Corona

Richard Lutz, keeping his social distance, in a world called Lockdown.

10 April, 2020 in Comment, Community, Most recent.

The Elston Report: Secret chat group transcripts revealed

Sir Howard Elston, our community affairs editor, lifts the lid on local social media groups.

2 April, 2020 in Comment, Community, Most recent, Satire.

The way I see it

Andy Munro comments on the current situation.

1 April, 2020 in Comment, Health.

Watch out, there’s a snitch about

Sheilagh Matheson takes on the curtain-twitchers as we face Lockdown Week 2.

31 March, 2020 in Comment, Emergency Services, Health, Most recent, Tennis.

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