ARTS & SPORTS MUST FIGHT TOGETHER By Norman Warwick The Rochdale Multi-Faith Partnership organised fun events outside Veena’s Restaurant in Heywood, Greater Manchester, to see the procession of The Olympic Torch prior to the 2012 London Olympics. Multi-Cultural Arts And Media and volunteers from Falinge Hub, among others, helped entertain huge numbers gathered to see […]
WRITING IN SEARCH OF A STORY By Norman Warwick I view creative writing as that art form. To create poetry that people remember all their lives and turn to in times of happiness and sadness for either company or consolation is surely the work of an artist. To write a melody that lingers forever with […]
KIKE PERDOMO WAS HER KIND OF JAZZ By Norman Warwick A few minutes later we were sitting outside The Italica restaurant (left) on the front at Matagorda, looking at crashing white breakers and rolling waves of a dozen different hues of blue. The pork chops were lovely, the service friendly and that view was worth […]
THE SOUL OF PÒRTEGUESE FADO ON LANZAROTE By Norman Warwick Fado music, typically, seeks to reconcile the harsh realities of daily life with an unfailing optimism that things can be improved upon. The lyrics speak of permanent loss and far-reaching consequences and the music is often comprised of one or two 12-stringed guitars, one or […]
OF CRITICS AND CRITIQUES by Norman Warwick In a book that our friend Michael Higgins says ´brings laughter and tears´, he found much to enjoy. Being fictively based on fact the book contains much of the kind of historical information Michael loves and employs to inform his own writing. Furthermore, some dialogue and the delivery […]
ONE CHURCH, TWO POETS, TWO CHOIRS AND A SCORE OF SONGS By Norman Warwick Ian McMillan (born 21 January 1956) is an English poet, journalist, playwright, and broadcaster. He is known for his strong and distinctive Yorkshire accent and his incisive, friendly interview style on programmes such as BBC Radio 3‘s The Verb. He lives […]
THEATRE AT AN UNCERTAIN STAGE: By Norman Warwick Romina Thornton, a dance practitioner friend of ours, shared the following facebook post she had recently received ´If Boris told restaurants they could re-open, but not serve food, there would be uproar. If Boris told pubs they could re-open, but not serve drinks, there would be uproar. […]
IN MY TROUBLED DAYS: Barb Jungr By Norman Warwick ‘Thank you for your lovely email.´ Barb replied to all across the arts chief officer Steve Cooke, who had used his page in The Rochdale Observer and his aata blog to ask artists to tell people how they were remaining creative during the lockdown period. ´I […]
NEW SOUND AND VISION AT CINEMA by Norman Warwick I had been persuaded, sometime in the mid-sixties, by my academically and culturally more-advanced girl friend of the time that there was a one-night showing of a film that she said was acquiring a cult following due to the stir caused by the novel from which […]
OLD BOB A NEW DYLAN FOR THESE TIMES By Norman Warwick The Times They Are a-Changin’ was Dylan´s third studio album released by Columbia Records on January 13, 1964. It was his first album to feature only original compositions, made up mostly of stark, sparsely arranged ballads concerning issues such as racism, poverty, and social […]
SIDETRACKS & DETOURS: 7 / 12 / 25 classical, jazz, folk, rock, americana; songwriters & invisible angels7th December 2025 - 7:00 am
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