Whilst walking my dog this morning I took this photograph of a rainbow. Ironically, considering the fact it has been in the local and even national news this week, the rainbow is arching over our local secondary school, Penistone Grammar… Continue Reading
Over shadowed by the controversy surrounding the ‘wrong film’ being initially named the Best Picture at this years Oscar ceremony was the first Muslim actor to be awarded an Oscar. Mahershala Ali won the Oscar for best supporting actor for… Continue Reading
At the start of each of our monthly Town Council meetings, Penistone Town Council has 10 minutes of public participation where members of our community have the opportunity to directly speak to their Town Councillors. Yesterday at our February meeting,… Continue Reading
A bit of a political earthquake hit my home town borough of Rotherham last week. There was two council by-elections in the borough – Brinsworth and Catcliffe (containing the area made famous/infamous (delete as appropriate) by the battle of Orgreave… Continue Reading
Daniel Kawczynski is the Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham. According to his Wikipedia profile, he studied Business Studies with Languages at Stirling University. This weekend he posted at tweet on his twitter account explaining, he believed, that Labour should… Continue Reading
You may have heard of this book as it has been highlighted quite a bit. I decided to see what the fuss was about as the back story sounded intriguing. It is a biography. Not of a star sportsman, businessman,… Continue Reading
On this, the 98th anniversary of the end of the First World War, As well as my grandad who fought on the Somme and his older brother George who was killed there, I’d like to pay homage to Sgt William… Continue Reading
I am writing this with the distinct possibility unfolding across the Atlantic Ocean that the 45th President of the United States will be Donald Trump. To me this is akin to Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister of the UK. Trump… Continue Reading
The current boundary review, if it goes through consultation in its present form, will see my tiny part of Barnsley and South Yorkshire snipped off and stuck on to the Colne Valley constituency in West Yorkshire. This will see me… Continue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as leader of the Labour Party with a larger mandate than before. This increased vote is a huge vote of confidence in Corbyn by the membership of the Labour Party and must now surely secure… Continue Reading