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PhD In Life Anyone?

30th December 202031st December 2020 Dave GurmanDisplay, Music, Playlist

R.I.P. 2020

Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody / John Prine October 10th 1946 – April 7th 2020 Tutti Frutti / Little Richard December 5th 1932 – May 9th 2020 Five Minutes / StranglersContinue reading

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5th July 202027th April 2025 Dave GurmanDisplay, Observation

Me & Mick (Mick & Me)

“Fond Memories of Kentish Town” is an interesting example. I started it myself because I had very fond memories of the area I grew upContinue reading

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15th May 202015th May 2020 Dave GurmanDisplay, Observation, Politics

Humanity or Hypocrisy?

If you’ve spent any time on social media recently (and frankly who hasn’t in these locked down days?), you can’t have failed to notice aContinue reading

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15th April 20206th January 2024 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles

PhD In Life Anyone?

There’s little doubt that a number of you will have been to University, or that some of you will have gone the distance and areContinue reading

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31st January 202023rd June 2021 Dave GurmanHonoured Guests, Observation

A Reflection On Connection

I remember the 1975 referendum to stay in the common market. I was nine years old I didn’t understand what was going on but IContinue reading

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12th December 201924th October 2021 Dave GurmanPolitics

A last minute plea!

On Tuesday I posted some wise words Dan Walsh had written about the Labour manifesto on Facebook and last night I sat up late tryingContinue reading

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12th December 201912th December 2019 Dave GurmanPolitics

The Labour manifesto

With an introduction by Dan Walsh This is a terrific manifesto. The naysayers, the sneerers, the tutters, those decrying it as too utopian, too expensive,Continue reading

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20th March 201820th March 2018 Dave GurmanDisplay, Politics

The Kids Are Alright!

“What did you do in the war daddy?” For people of my generation that was a question many of us (in particular the boys) askedContinue reading

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22nd January 2018 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles

Ron’s Story

As he crested the hill and hit the downgrade Ron saw a comparatively clear stretch of motorway ahead of him. He tugged on the throttleContinue reading

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26th September 201726th September 2017 Dave GurmanDisplay, Politics

Solidarity Among Sisters

But obviously they only get really solid solidarity if their political perspective happens to coincide with the journalist’s.  In yesterday’s Guardian Gabby Hinsliff spoke out in support of fellowContinue reading

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