Huddersfield Examiner - Columnists - Denis Kilcommons

Albania taxation deal

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

A FIRST time comprehensive Double Taxation Agreement between the UK and Albania was signed in Tirana last month by Nicholas Cannon, HM Ambassador to Albania. The agreements aim to eliminate duel taxation of income or gains arising in one territory and paid to residents of another and this move is set to kick-start the property market.

Pub censured over fire safety breaches

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

COUNCILLORS have decided not to take away a pub’s licence despite serious breaches of fire regulations.

Denis Kilcommons’ short journey to work

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

GOT that midweek feeling? You’ve dragged yourself out of bed and checked out of the window to see if summer has arrived yet. As if.

Denis Kilcommons: Boys toys for girls too

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

LET Toys Be Toys is a campaign I had never heard of until recently.

Denis Kilcommons feels under the weather

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

THEY say never cast a clout until May is out but this is ridiculous.

Denis: Hug a Denis day

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

TOMORROW I will mainly be available for hugs.

Denis: The dark side to nursery rhymes

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

THE children’s song Wind The Bobbin Up originated in Yorkshire textile towns more than 100 years ago.

Denis Kilcommons: Michael Jackson sparked a real ale ‘revolution’

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

FORMER Examiner journalist Michael Jackson became an international award winning writer on beer and whisky and is credited with helping start the real ale revolution.

Denis Kilcommons: Power of the pen

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

IVAN Shaw, from Fenay Bridge, sent me an unusual message, handwritten with a fountain pen on velum paper.

Denis Kilcommons: Huddersfield Daily Examiner is a guardian of freedom

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

THE early warning station at RAF Fylingdales on the moors above Whitby was the biggest alarm clock in the world when I visited it in the early 1970s.

Denis Kilcommons: Why didn’t I think of that for International Ideas Week?

Huddersfield Examiner — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

THIS is International Ideas Week. Any tips on achieving universal peace will be welcomed by the UN Secretary General.

Denis Kilcommons: How Yorkshire rhymes have been entertaining children since the 1890s

Huddersfield Examiner — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

BECAUSE we look after our grand-daughter Jeannie three days a week, my wife Maria and I have become ardent viewers, all over again, of children’s BBC television.

Denis Kilcommons: Keep your eyes on the road

Huddersfield Examiner — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

KEVIN was driving to Leeds on the M62 when a woman overtook him at 80mph while putting on her eyeliner in the rear view mirror.

Denis Kilcommons: Looking after the grandchildren means we can’t wait for the weekend

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

ENTERTAINING your grandchildren can be wonderful – as long as you can hand them back at the end of the day.

Denis Kilcommons: Sir Alex Ferguson turned Manchester United into a world football force

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

I have never met Sir Alex Ferguson and yet, I and Manchester United supporters everywhere, talk about Fergie as if he was a fellow fan you could meet in the pub to discuss the next planned triumph, the next transfer target, the next major star to be shown the door.

Denis Kilcommons: Manchester United DVD reminder of leaner years like the 1979 Cup final v Arsenal

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

MY younger daughter Sian sent me a birthday present that she thought was particularly appropriate.

Denis Kilcommons: It's all in the stars!

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

MY birthday is tomorrow. Not that I’m bothered. It’s just another number and all you do with numbers is add them up.

Denis Kilcommons: Always look on the bright side of life

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

WE were considering funeral music. Like you do, when you have a birthday coming up and are no longer over the hill, but rolling down the other side at what appears to be an ever increasing pace.

Looking for the summer

Huddersfield Examiner — Sun, 05 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

AFTER the winter we’ve had, following the non-event of last year's summer, this has been declared Sun Awareness Week.

Beer appreciation has been lost in the hunt for alcoholic oblivion.

Huddersfield Examiner — Sun, 05 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

IT was with alarm that I read that beer sales in pubs are down by almost 50 million pints in the first three months of the year.