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Hawksword: Murder, muses and mayhem; just another week of culture...
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The inane ramblings of a social network addict. What's it all about? Friday, 27 March 2015. Murder, muses and mayhem; just another week of culture. This week has been a bit of a cultural marathon. Tuesday took me to The Royalty Theatre in Sunderland to see their production of Amanda Whittington's "The Thrill of Love" - the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK. Prompts are strange beasts. Sometimes they lead you to the. Thursday brought more drama with a visit to Arts Centre Washingt...
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Hawksword: Bank Holiday Black and Blues...
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The inane ramblings of a social network addict. What's it all about? Monday, 1 June 2015. Bank Holiday Black and Blues. Have I mentioned that I really don't like bank holidays? This time around the Other Half was not working, instead he was off with his cycling gang, riding Hadrian's Way from west to east. So left to my own devices, I hatched a cunning plan of my own.bit of an accidental one actually due to an earlier postponement, but that is not the point! And we did have a load of fun! We met new peop...
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Where shingle meets raincoat: Not One of Us: The Political and Cultural Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Wednesday, 10 April 2013. Not One of Us: The Political and Cultural Legacy of Margaret Thatcher. 8211; Alex Niven,. 8216;Thatcher is remembered as The Iron Lady only because she possessed completely negative traits such as persistent stubbornness and a determined refusal to listen to others. […] Iron? 8211; Morrissey interview reposted. 8211; Margaret Thatcher (1986). Penguin, 1996, vii). 8216;Pe...
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Where shingle meets raincoat: June 2013
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Wednesday, 5 June 2013. There's a message in our song'. A New Year's Resolution to write something of value.'. Camera Obscura, 'New Year's Resolution' (2013). It don't feel much like a church without a God inside'. Robyn Hitchcock, 'Meat' (1981). Music is the healing voice of the world / It's understood by every man, woman, boy and girl'. The O'Jays, 'I Love Music' (1975). Celestial soul evoking ...
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Where shingle meets raincoat: August 2014
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Monday, 25 August 2014. Edinburgh 2014: in the present age, they take sarcastic minutes. Esque quoting of working-men's club 'non-working' regulars and the older north-east generation: 'Me granda said: "they ran onta tha field like a pack o' gays! Which was weird without seeing facial expressions and further de-contextualized by our missing the first part of the gag! If it was a gag. Assembly Squ...
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Where shingle meets raincoat: "He believes in a beauty": music and life, mid-2014
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Tuesday, 3 June 2014. He believes in a beauty": music and life, mid-2014. From the Tyne to where to the Thames does flow. My English brothers and sisters know. It's not a case of where you go. It's race and creed and colour. From the police cell to the deep dark grave. On the underground's just a stop away. Don't be too black, don't be too gay. Just get a little duller.'. A uniform's a traitor.
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Where shingle meets raincoat: April 2012
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Monday, 16 April 2012. A catharsis reached: the Worst 200 Songs podcast. Rage, rage against the dying of the light". For anyone who missed it, here is the podcast running down the Top 10 of our Worst 200 Songs Project. And reflecting on the whole thing. It features all of those who gave words, sweat and tears during our 10-week purgatory: Gibson, Lichfield, May, Niven. Anyway, enjoy - if that.
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Where shingle meets raincoat: July 2015
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Thursday, 23 July 2015. Who closed down the Community Centre? Written by Ruth Raynor; Directed by Neil Armstrong. Caedmon’s Hall, Gateshead Library. It wasn’t quite Byker Grove. The Gateshead parliamentary seat has the 92. Highest unemployment rate in Britain (5.9%) and the 26. Highest seat with constituents who are in very bad health: 2.07% 34.45% live in social housing – also 26. Raynor has com...
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Where shingle meets raincoat: Film #3: What's Up Superdoc! (1978)
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Saturday, 8 February 2014. Film #3: What's Up Superdoc! Matthew Sweet ( The Independent on Sunday,. In this film, which opened on 21st March 1978, there are mildly grainy shots of 1970s London locations and we hear hazy disco era music in the background. A Financial Times. Article in April 1981 revealed that What's Up Superdoc! Along with the likes of Erotic Inferno,. And Diary of a Space Virgin.
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Where shingle meets raincoat: June 2014
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Where shingle meets raincoat. Fear of the future is so deep in our hearts / We'll all but destroy ourselves'. Tuesday, 3 June 2014. He believes in a beauty": music and life, mid-2014. From the Tyne to where to the Thames does flow. My English brothers and sisters know. It's not a case of where you go. It's race and creed and colour. From the police cell to the deep dark grave. On the underground's just a stop away. Don't be too black, don't be too gay. Just get a little duller.'. A uniform's a traitor.
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