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Tag Archives: Laurence Inman

Book review: Alice Munro’s Dear Life

In the light of today’s Nobel Literature Prize award we reproduce Laurence Inman’s review of the winner’s Dear Life.

10 October, 2013 in Books, Features, Most recent.

The joy of trees

This week Laurence Inman is in an arboreal mood.

31 July, 2013 in Environment, Features, Longbridge.

Memo to all sections in Department of Health

Laurence Inman has seen a secret memo and, in true Wikileaks fashion, reveals its contents just prior to his arrest.

24 July, 2013 in Comment, Features, Health, Most recent, Politics.

God’s own country?

Black US teenager Trayvon Martin’s shooting, and subsequent acquittal of his killer, elicits this from Laurence Inman.

17 July, 2013 in Most recent, Police, Politics.

What’s in a name?

Larry Inman ponders this whilst contemplating an outbreak of violence.

10 July, 2013 in Comment, Features, Most recent, Television.

In praise of Springsteen

Laurence Inman rather warms to New Jersey’s finest export.

26 June, 2013 in Features, Most recent, Music.

Cybercrime to Springsteen via Sexsmith

Laurence Inman has a lesson in cyberspace and is in a merrier mood than of late.

19 June, 2013 in Comment, Most recent, Music.

Fry’s the limit

Laurence Inman on having it all yet having nothing and has some words of advice for Stephen Fry.

13 June, 2013 in Comment, Features, Most recent.

Streetwise

Laurence Inman has been studying the decline of the high street.

5 June, 2013 in Comment, Environment, Features, Moseley and Kings Heath.

Climb every mountain

Laurence Inman goes exploring heroism and wonders just who we should be celebrating.

31 May, 2013 in Environment, Most recent, Travel.

The future’s not looking so good

Some people are just so off-message. Laurence Inman is one of those people.

23 May, 2013 in Comment, Features, Most recent.

God and his botherers

Laurence Inman isn’t impressed by the missionary’s position

15 May, 2013 in Faith, Features, Most recent.

Running scarred

Laurence Inman is a lot fitter than he looks. Certainly fit enough to assault his telly – again!

9 May, 2013 in Cycling, Features, Health, Most recent, Transport.

It doesn’t get tougher than this

But Laurence Inman’s ire drives him to new levels of toughness.

1 May, 2013 in Cookery, Food and drink, Most recent, Poetry.

That nice Mr Gove

Laurence Inman is in love, but it’s a very weird kind of thing.

24 April, 2013 in Comment, Education, Most recent.

A suitable case for treatment

Laurence Inman is in a pensive mood, dogged by regrets.

17 April, 2013 in Education, Features, Most recent, Poetry.

Saying goodbye to the Grocer’s Daughter

Laurence Inman’s acerbic commentary on the late Baroness Thatcher

10 April, 2013 in Local history, Most recent, Police, Politics.

Of doubtful benefit

Laurence Inman is not in a hopeful mood, despite receiving good news

4 April, 2013 in Comment, Features, Most recent, Uncategorized.

From William Shakespeare to Orson Welles

Laurence Inman casts a critical eye on the art of Shakespeare.

27 March, 2013 in Comment, Features, Most recent, Theatre.

Iraq, Blair, Q, recording and catch up, horse racing, Grand prix, time travel and more

Laurence Inman likes a good moan from time to time. He’s on form here.

20 March, 2013 in Comment, Football, Most recent.

Bankers, money and betting

Laurence Inman sees certain links ‘twixt the three.

13 March, 2013 in Comment, Features, Most recent.

A case of fewer is more

Laurence Inman has a radical plan to make roads safer – but you won’t like it.

6 March, 2013 in Emergency Services, Most recent, Motoring, Politics, Transport.

Birmingham’s past: Chamberlain, Chamberlain and Martin

Laurence Inman praises the work ethic, eschews the money ethic and comments on Birmingham’s architectural heritage.

27 February, 2013 in Architecture, Birmingham, Features, Film.

Why do we live like this?

Laurence Inman continues his campaign against the hypocrisy surrounding the nation’s love of vehicular transport.

20 February, 2013 in Comment, Emergency Services, Most recent, Motoring, Politics, The Debate, Transport.

Driven to despair

On the day when the Office for National Statistics revealed that in the 2011 Census, driving was the most common form of commuting to work Laurence Inman so wishes it could all be different

13 February, 2013 in Environment, Moseley and Kings Heath, Transport.

The devil is in the detail

Laurence Inman continues his exclusive interviews with the great, the good and the just plain bad.

6 February, 2013 in Comment, Environment, Faith, Features, Most recent.

Laurence Inman’s scoop of the year

Doomed, we are. All doomed. Read on to find out why.

29 January, 2013 in Features, Most recent, Motoring.
Robert Oppenheimer

“I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

Laurence Inman on biographers, biographies and a number 17 bus.

23 January, 2013 in Books, Comment, Features, Most recent.

Tres mis over Les Miz

Laurence Inman says: “Don’t get me started on Les Misérables.”

16 January, 2013 in Books, Comment, Features, Film, Most recent.

Nostalgia: It’s not what it used to be

Last year Laurence Inman found himself treading in the footsteps of legends.

9 January, 2013 in Features, Most recent, Music.

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