Entries by Norman Warwick

sidetracks & detours WEEKEND WALKABOUT volume 5  PASS IT ON

Bury Met is venue is one that I am sure our Sidetracks And Detours editor knows and loves very well from his time spent in the UK. I also know that Norm shares my admiration for American Songwriter Tom Russell who is the evening´s headline act. I shall probably send a review over to Norm if only to remind him how lucky I am to still see such artists here in the North West of England as they tour the UK

ART MATTERS ! Now, more than ever

In time of crisis and isolation, the role of art becomes more central to our lives, whether we realize it or not. There are as many of us turn towards the arts for some explanation of these accursed times as there are turning towards the sciences. In the arts, though, we find not only some […]

BRILLIANCE EVEN AS BEATLES BREAK

This documentary concludes with a thrilling eight song roof-top musical performance that has now become iconic. It’s the first time it’s been shown in its entirety and is The Beatles last live performance as a group. For anyone who loves the band, it’ll likely be something you’ll watch over and over again. It’s also a beautiful reminder that when The Beatles come together, no band has ever been better.

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EH UP VERA, THE WIFE´S BACK

They are all over Lanzarote: When we first came to live here, five years ago now, they somehow seemed to be telling us not to come too close, as they stood in spiky clusters by the roadside. These long, four-metre stalks tilt at a 45 degree angle on hillsides; in their sparse little clusters they are the closest the island gets to a forest.

ORCHESTRA OF CANARIES CHAMBER MUSIC HEARD IN CAVES

every time I visit Jameos del Agua I skip down the marvellous outside stair way to walk beside the pool and up a slight incline to the entrance to the theatre, (or, perhaps more correctly, mouth of the cave !) and as I step over the threshold into this natural phenomenon of a theatre I am always so overwhelmed by its grandeur that for a few moments I forget that in a couple of hours time I will be heading back up that outdoor stairway, a slow, tired and wary old man.

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KNOPFLER KRONIKLES PART 5: MASON AND DIXON DRAW THE LINE

When Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon arrived in Philadelphia in November 1763, no one would have recognized them apart from the other passengers on the ship. However, after their five-year stay in the American colonies, their names are forever remembered with the border that separates Pennsylvania from Maryland and the other surrounding states. Most importantly for scientists and geographers around the country and world, when Mason and Dixon were surveying the line, they measured the first degree of latitude in North American and made the first scientific gravity measurements recorded across the Atlantic Ocean.