As imagined by Brian Beacom A BIT of background here; there is as much chance of this ‘spat’ between me and Nicola Sturgeon being about border controls than there is of the Gallagher brothers singing He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother in their mum’s living room this weekend. There is even more chance of Matt Hancock saying, ‘Honestly, I was performing the internal Heimlich Manoeuvre.’ Let me explain; the First Minister’s resentment runs deeper than an Irn-Bru stain or your auntie’s new cream carpet. It has done since the Covid-payments battle with Boris and the papers dubbed me the King of the North. She likes to think that’s her title. Ha!
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In this latest tale, Cheryl Terry have a terrifying Valentine s Day visitor. ON Valentine s Day 1977, 13-year-old Cheryl was given the duty of minding her home on Woodchurch Road, Prenton. Her father, Billy, was still in a serious but stable condition with a fractured skull in Birkenhead General Hospital - one of the injuries he d received after his car had collided with a van on Holm Lane, less than 200 yards from his home. Billy s wife Helen and his sister Sheila were due to go and see him on this Monday night of 14 February 1977 and Cheryl was entrusted with minding the house until her mother returned – sometime around 10pm, it was projected.
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Brooke Wise on the State of Art
Brooke Wise on the State of Art
The curator discusses how galleries and festivals are adapting to the very strange times.
The curator discusses how galleries and festivals are adapting to the very strange times.
January 19, 2021
Everything is perfectly normal in the world, and things are generally going super well.
Or I guess that s how it feels if you re able to bury your head in the sand and disregard the raging pandemic ( I haven t even peaked yet! - Corona Virus), as well as the omnipresent threat of violence during tomorrow s inauguration for Joe Biden. Then again, disregarding that stuff is apparently what makes for world leaders these days!