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Entries by Norman Warwick
THE CANARY ISLANDS: new & improved
It is good to be mindful of that, rather than simply, if understandably, lamenting what we have lost from our recent past, such as live arts and sports events, Yaiza Castilla and her tourist team have, after all, been hard at work seeking to not only protect that glorious past but also to create an even brighter future.
GOODREADS recommend really good reads
I have come to trust that whatever Goodreads recommend is, invariably, a good read
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET,….GO
Every year the Ironman Lanzarote is the first of a series of these events held throughout Europe, and as always the 2021 event will be employed as a qualifier for the Hawaii World Championship by granting forty qualification places across the different age groups of the event.
JAZZ ON RETURN JOURNEY
The Grand, in Clitheroe is beginning the careful process of bringing back live audiences, starting with an even called Cloudspotting, scheduled for the weekend of 6th to 8th August 2021 in the beautiful Gisburn Forest
THE LANGUAGE OF THE GODS
We had heard the music of the gods but what I will take with me, when I finally go to meet them across the across the great divide, will be that simple bhodran-led folk song.
ART LOVERS FLOCK TO GALLERY
not only did the arts attract a good sized crowd on the night, but it also then held their attention and will almost certainly have prompted one or two into making an investment, perhaps their first, in the arts.
LISTENING TO A BEAT POET
Ginsberg recognized Dylan as his artistic heir
COBBLED END OF THE MOTORWAY
I´m still following Corrie (and Emerdale) on telly over here and am still fascinated by the Street´s sink-holes, compulsory purchases and siblings locked in a fridge story-lines.
SERENITY AT SHOP M ´AROMA
´Sometimes I like to play, really loudly, The Rolling Stones. I was raised on them by my dad. Sometimes, though, I need meditation as well, so I play New Age music. I love that music and I love long walks with my dogs. I can sit for hours, though. at Los Hervidores watching the sea.´
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