Huddersfield Examiner - Columnists - Barry Gibson

Barry Gibson: 60 years since death of King George VI

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

MY father is still very much with us, and no doubt will be for decades to come.

Barry Gibson: Things you can say which may get you in trouble

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry Gibson: Back to work after a three week break

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

I FELT strange on Monday making my way back to the office after two weeks of paternity leave and another week of holiday.

Barry Gibson: Ed piles on pressure on banking bonuses

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

LIKE a broken clock, Ed Miliband gets it right once in a while.

Barry Gibson: Cruise holidays in the wake of the Costa Concordia tragedy

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry Gibson: Let’s keep our police neutral

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry Gibson: England v Scotland

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

MY friend Russell used to call it “the unrequited hate affair”.

Barry Gibson: ‘Thanks for the emotional reaction’

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

THANKS to the many people who contacted me after last week’s column about the birth of my daughter Ciara earlier this month.

Barry Gibson: Baby Ciara was worth the wait

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry Gibson: The biggest thanks to the NHS

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry: Turning into a ghost town

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry: If you missed repeats on telly ... they’ll be back

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SO how did you spend this Christmas and New Year?

Barry Gibson: Caught in the net of fast changing global news

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry Gibson: Mapping the changes to Huddersfield districts since 1954

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry Gibson: Soldiers in Dear Leader's North Korea falling short

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

SOME years ago I wandered quite freely into the world’s most repressive country.

Barry Gibson: Wail of a time as TV cameras focused on mass mourning

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

IT was an embarrassment to watch.

Barry Gibson: EU carries too much unnecessary baggage

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

AS you may have guessed I’m generally a fan of the EU, but it’s an institution which is hard to love sometimes.

Barry Gibson: Cameron’s Bulldog spirit over EU veto could leave Britain in the doghouse

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry: Welcome to a decade of darkness

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Barry: And now, for a moment of light

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ON a lighter note – both literally and metaphorically – may I offer my congratulations to Kirklees Council for last weekend’s festivities.