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OUT NOW: 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' (@HarperNorthUK). Previous books 'Northerners: A History' (2022), 'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' (2024).
Brian Groom
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Brian Groom
@GroomB
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'These Isles', 'Northerners: A History' and 'Made in Manchester'.
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Joined March 2010
- When David Hockney's mother Laura first visited him in Beverly Hills, after two or three days out on the patio, she delivered her verdict on his lifestyle: “It’s strange – all this lovely weather and yet you never see any washing out.”
- Pupils at Manchester Grammar School wearing owl costumes (the school's insignia), 1920s.
- Made in Saddleworth, Oldham and Manchester: Annie Kenney (1879-1953), born in Springhead, started working in cotton mills at age 10 and became a leading suffragette in the Women's Social and Political Union. She was jailed 13 times and repeatedly force-fed. 1/9
- Holy Island, Northumberland, by Emma Rothera, Lindisfarne-based landscape and nature photographer.
- Victorian 'spite wall', Silverdale, Lancs. House on left was built first, objected to loss of privacy. Built a wall two stories high on the edge of their property to block the view from the new house's windows.
- The north seems to have noticed that two weeks ago extending furlough from 67% to 80% wasn't possible, but now the south is involved, it is.
- The Office at Night, a homage to Edward Hopper by Phil Lockwood, retired Sheffield art teacher.
- Others could learn from Greggs. Gives 1% of profits to foundation, feeds 36,000 children free breakfast every school day, gives work experience to prisoners. Pays above minimum wage, no zero-hours contracts, provides regular shifts.
- Rhossili Beach, Gower Peninsula, painting by Welsh artist Sarah Evans. #WomensArt
- Lindisfarne, Holy Island, Northumberland, photo by Sarah Howard, landscape photographer.
