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John Avison: squirrels attack

SQUIRRELS: What do we think of them?Read

John Avison: what to do with Castle Hill?

WHAT shall we do with Castle Hill? There’s hardly a person in Huddersfield who doesn’t have an opinion and hasn’t expressed it vociferously.Read

John: A New Year’s Revolution?

I’M always being advised that i should get out more.Read

John: The problem with statues

STATUARY is problematic at best.Read

John: A New Year’s Revolution?

I SAW a lovely card in Oxfam this week. It was a picture of a politician addressing an audience.Read

John: The trouble with computers

THERE is a worthy adage about modern technology – and it runs thus: Never let your computer know you are in a hurry.Read

John: Angry letters to the editor

RECENTLY I have been obliged to take a serious and professional interest in things that begin ‘Dear Editor’.Read

John: Giving it up for Lent

I’M not good with abstinence, ever since I realised it did not make the heart grow fonder.Read

John: A terrifying thought – litterbugs inherit the world

IT'S not strictly true that my walking days are over. It is true, however, that you are unlikely to meet me on the top of Kinder Scout or Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) any time soon.Read

John: Cricket with the Choral at Lascelles Hall

I WROTE a fortnight ago about playing cricket for Huddersfield Choral Society and felt that most readers would think I was making it up.Read

John: Toyota recalls models in accelerator scare

GLITCHES of one sort or another are specific to certain models of car, as any roadside breakdown person will tell you.Read

John: The rise of cheap town centre parking

IT’S cars, cars, cars this week in Avison land.Read

John: a New Year’s Revolution?

I COULD never get the hang of sport. This is largely because I was never any good at it, and life is too short to bang away at something in which you’ll never excel, not in a month of blue moons.Read

John: Touting Beatles tickets

NOBODY asked me for my memories of the day the Beatles came to town, but I’m not pouting.Read

John: Where in the world can we go from here?

I’VE BEEN watching the bloggers and posters this week as they’ve tried to come to terms with the news that the UK has slipped to 25th place in the popularity stakes.Read

John: A bit of a splash

WHAT is it that attracts children to puddles?Read

John: Ban on Islam4UK damages democracy

IF WE were confident that extremists could have no serious influence on ordinary, decent folk we’d just let them get on with it.Read

John: How we learned to mind our language

THERE are two popular misconceptions about language.Read

John: Who shall we blame next for the snow chaos?

THIS has truly been a winter of discontent. A measure of that has been the Examiner’s Mailbag, its letters columns, in which a great number of people have explained how the bad weather has affected them.Read

John: Hands off our Cadbury’s, Kraft

STUFFING one’s face usually involves a smidgeon of chocolate at some stage.Read