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FREAKS, FROLICS AND FADING BLUES by Michael Higgins

FREAKS, FROLICS AND FADING BLUES by Michael Higgins Norman Warwick’s recent article on the University Of Leeds dialect survey  (Sidetracks and Detours 30 April 2020) and his brief mention of my role (chairman) in the Edwin Waugh…
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WE ARE VIRTUALLY THERE

WE ARE VIRTUALLY THERE Before presenting his ´virtual´ Ribble Vallay Jazz And Blues programmes when the Festival was cancelled, Steve Bewick actually used these Sidetracks And Detours pages for a kind of triall run, and so he and I spent…
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FINE LINES FOR FINE PRESS POETRY By Andrew Moorhouse

FINE LINES FOR FINE PRESS POETRY By Andrew Moorhouse Andrew Moorhouse (left)talking to Norman Warwick I’ve been a bibliophile for as long as I can remember. My face, and mind, buried in books. I was a collector too; stamps…
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WORDS FROM THE WRITER: Andrea Sarginson

MAN OF GLASS - A NOVEL FOR OUR TIMES It was only five years ago, in retirement, that Andrea took up creative writing at Open University. Shortly after subsequently joining Touchstones Creative Writing Group (TCWG) she contributed prose and…
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JAZZ OPERA OF EXTRAORDINARY VITALITY by Steve Bewick

KING KONG A GIANT OF A JAZZ OPERA by Steve Bewick One of the most famous movies ever made, involving a big ape being transported to New York from an obscure island, was called King Kong and carried indelible images of the havoc wrought…