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FREAKS, FROLICS AND FADING BLUES by Michael Higgins

FREAKS, FROLICS AND FADING BLUES by Michael Higgins Norman Warwick’s recent article on the University Of Leeds dialect survey  (Sidetracks and Detours 30 April 2020) and his brief mention of my role (chairman) in the Edwin Waugh…
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WE ARE VIRTUALLY THERE

WE ARE VIRTUALLY THERE Before presenting his ´virtual´ Ribble Vallay Jazz And Blues programmes when the Festival was cancelled, Steve Bewick actually used these Sidetracks And Detours pages for a kind of triall run, and so he and I spent…
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FINE LINES FOR FINE PRESS POETRY By Andrew Moorhouse

FINE LINES FOR FINE PRESS POETRY By Andrew Moorhouse Andrew Moorhouse (left)talking to Norman Warwick I’ve been a bibliophile for as long as I can remember. My face, and mind, buried in books. I was a collector too; stamps…
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WORDS FROM THE WRITER: Andrea Sarginson

MAN OF GLASS - A NOVEL FOR OUR TIMES It was only five years ago, in retirement, that Andrea took up creative writing at Open University. Shortly after subsequently joining Touchstones Creative Writing Group (TCWG) she contributed prose and…
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JAZZ OPERA OF EXTRAORDINARY VITALITY by Steve Bewick

KING KONG A GIANT OF A JAZZ OPERA by Steve Bewick One of the most famous movies ever made, involving a big ape being transported to New York from an obscure island, was called King Kong and carried indelible images of the havoc wrought…
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WORDS THAT LINGER AND WORDS WE LOSE

WORDS THAT LINGER AND WORDS WE LOSE By Norman Warwick Michael Higgins Most of our readers will by now be familiar with the regular contributions made to these pages by Michael Higgins, who keeps us informed of current events on the…

THAT LITTLE RED DRESS CAME FROM …

THAT LITTLE RED DRESS CAME FROM … By Norman Warwick A tiny field on a cliff top in Lanzarote has played a major role in the colours and fashions worn all over the world. The colour red in all its hues and diverse cultural specificities…
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In Praise Of Poets: SIMON ARMITAGE: ALBUM & AMBITION

SIMON ARMITAGE:  ALBUM & AMBITION By Norman Warwick Simon Armitage, poet laureate I´m sure most of us, if not by now then certainly by the end of lockdown, will have dreamed of our favourite restaurants we cannot wait to…

PRESIDENT SPEAKS FROM THE ART. Poets too.

PRESIDENT SPEAKS FROM THE ART. Poets too. By Norman Warwick It would be a grand, but false, claim to suggest that the President of The Cabildo Of Lanzarote is in direct contact with us to keep us informed of new arts enterprises created…

ISOLATION, INOVATION & INVITATION By Norman Warwick

ISOLATION, INNOVATION & INVITATION By Norman Warwick Sandra Kinghorn Sandra Kinghorn, a former resident of Bury in Lancashire and now an artist living here on Lanzarote, who was a subject of a post on the Sidetracks and Detours…