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FROM LOCKDOWN TO CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT

FROM LOCKDOWN TO CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT By Norman Warwick Graham Marshall, an occasional contributor to these pages, (see left) and Dr. Joe Dawson were pretty much the leading proclaimers in the Borough for classical music, each…
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CATS, CANARIES, MUGWUMPS & DYLAN

CATS, CANARIES, MUGWUMPS & DYLAN et al By Norman Warwick That title of The Lovin´ Spoonful hit, Nashville Cats, was a reference to the studio session musicians in Nashville who laid down guitar sounds with such precision across…
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SHAKESPEARE LIKED THE WINE AND DANCED THE CANARIO

SHAKESPEARE LIKED THE WINE AND DANCED THE CANARIO By Norman Warwick We have written on these pages of the annual Fiesta De Los Dolores which commemorates the cessation of the lava flow in the most recent volcanic eruptions on Lanzarote…
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INTERNATIONAL INOVATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

ORQUESTA FILARMONICA DE CAMARA DE MINSK Annual Festival Internacional De Musica De Canarias, Teatro Victor Fernadez Gupar ´El Salinero´         Arrecife By Norman Warwick with help from Iain & Margaret Having already…
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MUSIC & MASTERCHEF & VIXEN OF VERSE

MUSIC & MASTERCHEF & VIXEN OF VERSE By Norman Warwick She was a member of a creative writing group I facilitated in the UK and was an over the top performance poet, unafraid of dressing up if costume was essential to the show.…
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PROCESSION TO CALVARY by Andrew Moorhouse

PROCESSION TO CALVARY By Andrew Moorhouse. Peter Bruegel The Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel lived and worked in the middle of the 16th century. He died in 1569 at an uncertain age, his birthdate either unrecorded or lost to history.…
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words from a writer: RACHEL ABBOTT

MORE THAN BEING A WRITER The world and Norman Warwick reads Rachel Abbott Rachel Abbott is the pen name of Sheila Rodgers, (born 1952) and under that pen name is a British author of psychological thrillers. A self-publisher, her first…
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NEW CHAPTER FOR BOOKSHOPS

NEW CHAPTER FOR BOOKSHOPS By Norman Warwick The UK government has said some bookshops can now return to physical selling as part of a phased exit from the coronavirus lockdown. However, at the time of the publication of the last issue…
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CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK, PLEASE SIR?

Norman Warwick asks CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK, PLEASE SIR? Gerry Rafferty One of my favourite songs of the early seventies was Can I Have Money Back (Please Sir?)  by Gerry Rafferty of Baker Street fame. It wasthe title track…
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STILL STATUES REFLECT by Michael Higgins

STILL STATUES REFLECT by Michael Higgins signs of protest I wonder how long eternity is hoped to be in this day of TV protest soundbites, political iconoclasm, and the anti-racist ‘cultural revolution’ that newspaper headlines…