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It’s time to talk Huddersfield up: Barry Gibson May 30 2012

THERE have been two types of promotion in Huddersfield in the last few weeks.Read

Barry Gibson: Take note, our pages are alive and well May 23 2012

QUESTION: Which ‘dying’ industry’s products are consumed by more than half the British population every single week?Read

Barry Gibson: Chelsea’s win over Bayern shows why football scores highly for drama May 23 2012

IT’S been four days but I still don’t quite believe it.Read

Barry Gibson: Libraries are about far more than just books May 16 2012

PROTESTORS will gather outside Huddersfield Town Hall next week to demonstrate against Kirklees Council’s plan to replace librarians with volunteers.Read

Barry Gibson: Mayoral bite your tongue time for David Ridgway and Martyn Bolt May 16 2012

CONGRATULATIONS to Kirklees Council’s new mayor and deputy mayor-to-be.Read

Barry Gibson: Kirklees elections prove it’s a terrible time to be a Lib Dem May 09 2012

WHAT are the chances? I was driving home the day before last year’s Kirklees Council elections when I happened to see Bob Iredale, the Lib Dem councillor for Golcar, doing some last-minute campaigning to save his seat.Read

Non voters on the naughty step after poor turn out in Kirklees elections: Barry Gibson May 09 2012

I WOULD like to thank two out of every three people reading this column for saving me £30.Read

Barry: The great bacon buttie rip-off May 02 2012

I’VE felt like a proud father this week, watching as something I created went out into the world.Read

Barry: Roy Hodgson is the man for mission impossible May 02 2012

I’VE rarely laughed out loud at The Onion in my many years of reading the satirical US website.Read

Barry Gibson: Yorkshire MP's bap tweet ruffles the feathers Apr 25 2012

FINGERS on buzzers, here’s your starter for 10.Read

Barry Gibson: ZX Spectrum turns 30 and deserves to be in a museum Apr 25 2012

OFFICIALLY felt old this week when I found out that the ZX Spectrum had just turned 30.Read

Barry Gibson: Detention rules at Colne Valley Specialist Arts College - or does it? Apr 18 2012

“THE only way to avoid a beating was to keep a low profile,” my uncle once told me, reminiscing about his high school days in 1960s Ireland.Read

Barry Gibson: Hunting for political posters Apr 18 2012

GOING along Manchester Road past Milnsbridge, I finally spotted one.Read

Barry Gibson: A Titanic anniversary for my Belfast Apr 11 2012

THIS Sunday will be a very special day for the city I called home for the first 23 years of my life.Read

Barry Gibson: How the Real Ale Trail often goes off the rails Apr 11 2012

AS reported in the Examiner on Saturday, Huddersfield now has more micro breweries than anywhere else in the country, relative to its population size.Read

Barry: Blame John Avison for Barry Gibson’s column Apr 04 2012

BEST of luck to my colleague John Avison, who retired last Friday amid a sea of pies and pasties from A R Jones.Read

Barry: Fuel is a want not a need Apr 04 2012

FAIR play to my friend Paul for making the following suggestion on Twitter: “There should be separate lanes at the petrol stations for people who actually need fuel and idiots who are panic buying.”Read