FAREWELL then Peter Bowles. The actor best known for playing a smooth-talking cad, bounder and nouveau riche lord of the manor has died at the age of 85. With his elegance, charm and aristocratic manner, it was surprising to learn that Bowles had rather humble beginnings and grew up modestly in Nottingham. It seemed like […]
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IT has been an eventful last few days – delivering a first big live event for more than two years, witnessing history being made…and being called “vile” by an MP. Let’s start with the positives. Last week I was at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester organising and hosting a ‘town hall’ event for transport group
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FAREWELL then Welcome to Yorkshire. The regional tourism organisation was placed into administration this week. How sad but how pathetically predictable. You didn’t need to have the spiritual powers of Doris Stokes or Clinton Baptiste to work out how this story would end. Welcome to Yorkshire’s recent history involves so many labyrinthine plots and counter
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