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In the Shoes of J B Priestley
J B Priestley in vogue or brogues either way Bradford needs a shoeshine person Continue reading
Sir Fred Hoyle Astronomer, Cosmologist and Sci-fi Author
Sir Fred Hoyle FRS 24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001 a Yorkshire man who coined the phrase ‘ The Big Bang’ and missed out on not one but two or three Nobel prizes for physics. Fred Hoyle was born … Continue reading
Alan Bennett Facts not Fiction in a Van
What do Ladies in Vans, Smut and Talking Heads have in common? They are works by Alan Bennett, Lady in the Van being his latest DVD to be released. Alan Bennett mini Biography Bennett was born 1934 in Armley the … Continue reading
Old Barry Cryer’s Support for Hernias
Leeds born and educated, up to a point, Barry Cryer’s book now called The Chronicles of Hernia is a newly packaged comedy classic, first published in 1998 under the title ‘You Won’t Believe This But….’ Purchase from Amazon here ‘Still … Continue reading
A Yorkshire Woman of Substance
After selling over 80,000,000 books the Leeds born Barbara Taylor Bradford aged 84, must certainly be a woman of real substance, even though she now spends most of her money living in the USA. It is 30 years since the … Continue reading
War Years to CND a Good Yorkshire Book Companion
Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (B2) Something a bit different this time about one of Yorkshire’s famous literary sons John Boynton Priestley (JBP). It is hard to know what is JBP’s most abiding legacy. ‘An Inspector Calls’ and the West … Continue reading
Know Your Oliver Onions Yorkshire’s Ghost Story Expert
Oliver Onions was a contemporary of J B Priestley both were born in Bradford and both authors of significant talent. Oliver Onions wrote some of the finest Ghost stories of the time and his tales of the supernatural are still … Continue reading