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John Avison: Alphonse missed out Oct 02 2008

A CHAP called Alphonse Bear de Rochas could be said to be the father of the internal combustion engine.Read

John Avison: Model history of our motor cars Oct 02 2008

‘There’s a kind of art in car design’Read

John Avison: It’s another fine mess we’re in Sep 25 2008

THESE are hard times for Western politics. In the United States, an extremely unpopular presidency is coming to an end amid a so-called economic downturn that is spreading consternation across the globe.Read

John Avison: Economic troubles hit poorest hardest Sep 18 2008

‘I’m still one of the richest people on the planet ever. I’ve got hot water, constant electricity, a health service of sorts, education, and a roof over my head’Read

John Avison: A Rock God? Stop monkeying about! Sep 11 2008

SO what does it feel like to be a rock god? That’s the question I was asked after Jam To-morrow’s first concert.Read

John Avison: Reading between the literacy lines Sep 04 2008

READING to a child seems to be at the core of a new Government plan to stop the little blighters sliding into illiteracy.Read

John Avison: Reading between the literacy lines Sep 04 2008

READING to a child seems to be at the core of a new Government plan to stop the little blighters sliding into illiteracy.Read

John Avison: In the days when the sun nearly always had his hat on Aug 28 2008

IT’S not many years ago that BMX pushbike riders were the bane of every council estate in Britain.Read

Tuning into music inside our heads Jul 31 2008

JOHN Miles told us in the early Eighties that he couldn't live without music.Read

I so often wonder, why Huddersfield? Jul 24 2008

FROM time to time it’s useful to evaluate why one finds oneself living in a particular part of the British Isles.Read

Learning about education Jul 16 2008

WE do so like to compartmentalise things.Read

Not a gay day for world Anglicans Jul 16 2008

THE latest furore to hit the Anglican church – over whether or not to accept gay clergy – may seem to most of us a bit of a mystery.Read

Please do something for Gazza Jun 05 2008

I’M old enough to have seen football star Paul Gascoigne in his prime.Read

Expertly coached in role of granddad Jun 05 2008

I WOULD like to publicly thank my two newest friends, Hannah and Adam, for initiating me into the difficult world of grandfatherhood.Read

Let’s go back to the Iron Age at iconic Castle Hill

Let’s go back to the Iron Age at iconic Castle Hill May 22 2008

THE Examiner’s pictorial series Huddersfield From The Air is under way and is updating our perspective on our home town and its surrounding communities.Read

Now about that book! May 22 2008

IT’S wrong to have a go at somebody because they’re strange looking.Read

Deep sleep? Yes, in my dreams . . . Apr 10 2008

‘Those sticky strips you can glue across the bridge of your nose don't seem to have any effect on her at all’Read

Another look at new video nasty Feb 15 2008

THE Americans have obtained a copy of a video of what may be an al Qaida training video. Read

The makings of a 21st century celeb Feb 07 2008

‘Society’s expectations of celebrity have been drastically devalued, if not actually turned on their head’Read

The truth is that it doesn’t matter in the slightest what any of us this side of the Atlantic thinks about the race for the US presidency Jan 24 2008

I DON’T like Hillary Clinton. I’m not sure why and I’m certain it doesn’t matter, but I can’t see what’s going on behind her eyes and she looks immensely smug and hard.Read

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