Back in 1983 my football team, Newcastle United, signed the then England Captain Kevin Keegan. I remember writing to him as a young boy and being incredibly happy when a few weeks later I received a signed photo back. It had pride of place in my bedroom on the windowsill which retrospectively might not have… Continue reading Meeting King ‘Kev’in Keegan
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James Bulger 25 years on – the crime that shocked the nation.
25 years ago this week, a crime shook Britain and the city of Liverpool in particular with such revulsion that no-one who was alive at the time will ever forget. It was a crime where society sank to a new low and thankfully in the intervening years, nothing quite so sickening has ever happened since.… Continue reading James Bulger 25 years on – the crime that shocked the nation.
Was it something I said? – Accents and dialects of the world and Great Britain
Over the weekend it was a revealed in a Time Magazine survey that we British apparently have the most sexy accent in the world. Whilst not sure how many from Tanzania or Mongolia were surveyed, we sure are grateful to all our English speaking and European friends. I must say though that I find it… Continue reading Was it something I said? – Accents and dialects of the world and Great Britain
Stephen Liddell 