“His judgement was questioned repeatedly, he suffered numerous setbacks and he made important enemies among those in power. Yet somehow his indomitable spirit kept seeing him return.”
Daring, Defiant and Daft
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Yorkshire
Levelling the pitch?
I have played on far more fields that aren’t level than ones that are. What matters is not the lie of the land, but the tea interval and the half-time whistle.
Beryl and John: modest inspirers
To celebrate the lives of two inspirational figures in the same week has been a therapeutic diversion from the depressing spectacle of two Lilliputians vying to become British Prime Minister. One was my old schoolteacher and friend John Forster whose North Yorkshire funeral I attended last week. The other was world champion cyclist Beryl Burton who lived in the next block of flats to my Aunt...