I DON’T know what they put in the chief executive’s tea at Welcome to Yorkshire but they need to change the teabags. It was announced this week that James Mason, the chief executive of the Yorkshire tourism organisation, is leaving after less than two years in the role. He replaced Sir Gary Verity who resigned […]
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AS invitations go, I think I’ve had the best one I’m ever going to get. I know I thought seeing Jimmy Cricket at the Bradford Club couldn’t be topped, but seeing Sir Rod Stewart and Sir Elton John in one weekend must push it pretty close. You may recall that in a blog earlier this
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WHEN it comes to seeing showbiz legends, I’m on a bit of a roll. I hope to reveal more in next week’s blog but in the meantime I can exclusively reveal that last Friday evening I saw one of the absolute icons of showbusiness. Yes, Jimmy Cricket. No really, I did. And there’s more. (Did
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I DON’T know about you, but it’s been nice to get out and about a bit over the last few weeks. We are definitely not back to normal, but inching closer to it certainly does the world of good to how I feel. In the last couple of weeks I’ve been to the Ebor Festival
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