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THE STREET IN YORK THAT MADE ‘SHAMBLES’ A HOUSEHOLD WORD IN BRITAIN
If you live in Britain, you’ll be familiar with the word shambles. But where does the word come from and what does it signify? TREVOR GRUNDY reports after visiting… Read more >
Three quarters of UK swimmers will boycott filthy beaches and seas this summer
Storm clouds over England: The small town of Whitstable in East Kent is famous for its oysters, its beaches and its nearness to London. A question mark hangs over its… Read more >
‘Oh starving children of Gaza’- A poem that invades and batters the hearts of all but the soul-dead
A statue of the Madonna with a child at Ripon Cathedral in Yorkshire. Three Mother and Child sculptures in copper by the York artist Harold Gosney attract a great response… Read more >
FAST ASLEEP BRITISH POLITICIANS COULD LEARN A LESSON FROM A SIGNIFICANT BUT LITTLE REMEMBERED EVENT IN YORKSHIRE IN 2007
The grave of Sir Mark Sykes at St Mary’s Churchyard at Sledmere, East Riding (Photo: Trevor Grundy) Seventeen years ago, scientists believed that lifting the lid from a lead-lined… Read more >
Marilyn Cantele – A brave and beautiful woman who we will always love and remember
Marilyn Cantele 1948-2014. Her funeral service was conducted by Father George Webster SJ at St Patrick’s Church Wapping on Wednesday 16 April, 2014. After the ceremony Marilyn’s devoted husband Gabriele… Read more >
England’s largest megalith reminds us that men worshipped the unknown thousands of years before the arrival of Christianity in Britain
A myth says that the Devil created the stone while in a raging fury that a Christian church had been built on Pagan lands belonging to him. (Picture: Trevor Grundy)… Read more >
Men Only Clubs – If only the Garrick had followed the example set by Marxist militants in Tanzania
Black power led to all clubs and societies opening up to black members in Tanzania – but it didn’t happen overnight. By Trevor Grundy So, after 193 years… Read more >