Cleeves & Mortimer
Uh oh. Here I go again. Blubbin’ over my John Lewis pillar box red DAB radio. Crying over a radio programme again, Elaine? Yes, I’m listening to Ann Cleeves on…
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TV Free
Do you remember Mike Teavee, the television-obssessed boy revealed as the fourth Golden Ticket winner in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? I was that child back in 1970s…
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Trusting yourself
I’m on a high. I’ve been on it since the pre-gig adrenalin kicked in a few hours before last Thursday evening’s Meet the Poet: Elaine Cusack event at Whitley Bay…
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The Good Gig
It’s raining now as it was twelve hours ago when I walked the one and a half miles from my home to Cullercoats Crescent Club. I’ve made the journey many…
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Small Town Girl
Mam, Nan, Anthea Redfern, Jaclyn Smith, and Anna-Maria Dragone. This is the list of female role models in my life from birth to the age of 10. Then there was…
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Remembering Felling
I was born and raised in Felling on the south side of the River Tyne. I lived there for the first 19 years of my life then moved away to…
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See The Light
“Edgar Allan Poe and the songs of Alan Hull. What’s not to like, eh?” Him Indoors was not impressed by my offer of tickets for Clear White Light at Live…
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Of Kindness, & Rachel Joyce’s The Music Shop
This blog brought tears to my eyes…in a good way.
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From Sofia to The Shipley
“This is all a bit last minute, Elaine,” he sighed on Tuesday night. My fella was right. Photographer Rossena Petcova was arriving in less than 24 hours and certain, essential…
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Review: A spirited book launch!
This is a lovely post by Jane Roberts-Morpeth who will perform at Keeping My Soul, Thursday 21st June, North Shields library, 6.30pm
