I’VE just finished reading a book about John Gotti, the New York Mafia boss whose sharp suits and quick wit transfixed reporters during a string of high-profile trials in the 1980s and 1990s.Read
LIKE many people, I’ve been following the extraordinary story of the Costa Concordia, which crashed into rocks off the tiny Italian island of Giglio earlier this month.Read
THE man with the sub-machine gun slung over his shoulder gave me a look which suggested I was free to take his picture – as long as I didn’t mind finding out what a Spanish hospital looked like.Read
YOU took your time, but you were definitely worth the wait. It was just before 3pm last Friday when you finally came into the world – 11 days behind schedule.Read
LAST Friday was the most extraordinary day of my 32 years on this Earth because it included the best moment of my life along with several of the worst.Read
THE Examiner is running a series about the town centre this week. Business experts are giving us their views on how to reverse the decline of central Huddersfield.Read
IT may be the most life-changing thing I’ve ever bought. Early this year I purchased an iPhone, a device considerably more advanced than any I’ve owned before.Read
YOU know you’re a nerd when your big sister gives you a 1954 Ordnance Survey map of Huddersfield for Christmas – and you’re delighted at the thoughtful gift.Read
IT is unfortunate that a country which has given the world geniuses like Shakespeare, Newton and Darwin should have the bulldog as its national symbol.Read
IT is dark and wet as I write this, though that gives you little clue about the time of day, as it is dark and wet for much of December in the Pennines.Read
