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JAZZ DOWN BY THE SEA

ORQUESTA DE JAZZ DEL ATLANTICO a concert by the sea By Norman Warwick I used to find that tracks in this genre were, to me, indistinguishable from one another but that is not to deny the passion or the expertise of these players, nor…

ARTS & SPORTS MUST FIGHT TOGETHER

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…

WRITING IN SEARCH OF A STORY

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…

KIKE PERDOMO WAS HER KIND OF JAZZ

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…

THE SOUL OF PÒRTEGUESE FADO ON LANZAROTE

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…

OF CRITICS AND CRITIQUES and The Works by Paul Salveson

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…

IN PRAISE OF POETS. IAN & ANDREW McMILLAN

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…
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THEATRE AT AN UNCERTAIN STAGE:

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 Boris Johnson ´If Boris told restaurants they could re-open, but…
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IN MY TROUBLED DAYS: Barb Jungr

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…
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NEW SOUND AND VISION AT CINEMA

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…