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Great comment and discussion on the latest news and sport in Huddersfield and West Yorkshire. en-gb http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/06/05/please-do-something-for-gazza-86081-21024976/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/06/05/please-do-something-for-gazza-86081-21024976/ I’M old enough to have seen football star Paul Gascoigne in his prime. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/06/05/expertly-coached-in-role-of-granddad-86081-21024977/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/06/05/expertly-coached-in-role-of-granddad-86081-21024977/ I WOULD like to publicly thank my two newest friends, Hannah and Adam, for initiating me into the difficult world of grandfatherhood. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/05/22/let-s-go-back-to-the-iron-age-at-iconic-castle-hill-86081-20947266/ Wed, 21 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/05/22/let-s-go-back-to-the-iron-age-at-iconic-castle-hill-86081-20947266/ 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. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/05/22/now-about-that-book-86081-20947267/ Wed, 21 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/05/22/now-about-that-book-86081-20947267/ IT’S wrong to have a go at somebody because they’re strange looking. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/04/10/deep-sleep-yes-in-my-dreams-86081-20743567/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/04/10/deep-sleep-yes-in-my-dreams-86081-20743567/ ‘Those sticky strips you can glue across the bridge of your nose don't seem to have any effect on her at all’ http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/02/15/another-look-at-new-video-nasty-86081-20481151/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:32:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/02/15/another-look-at-new-video-nasty-86081-20481151/ THE Americans have obtained a copy of a video of what may be an al Qaida training video. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/02/07/the-makings-of-a-21st-century-celeb-86081-20444254/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/02/07/the-makings-of-a-21st-century-celeb-86081-20444254/ ‘Society’s expectations of celebrity have been drastically devalued, if not actually turned on their head’ http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/01/24/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-86081-20390364/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/01/24/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-86081-20390364/ 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. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/01/10/i-know-why-it-s-called-the-web-86081-20336180/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2008/01/10/i-know-why-it-s-called-the-web-86081-20336180/ THE World Wide Web is such an all-encompassing notion that many people cannot imagine what life would be like without it. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/29/extinction-sorry-but-it-s-just-a-part-of-our-nature-86081-20180562/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:32:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/29/extinction-sorry-but-it-s-just-a-part-of-our-nature-86081-20180562/ NATURE isn’t cruel or kind, wasteful or Spartan, beautiful or ugly. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/22/philosophy-from-mick-the-plumber-86081-20150235/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/22/philosophy-from-mick-the-plumber-86081-20150235/ MICK the Plumber called last week to get our radiators restarted. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/22/winning-thoughts-from-winner-86081-20150239/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/22/winning-thoughts-from-winner-86081-20150239/ 'WE are what we eat’ is such an annoying cliche. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/08/to-the-manor-bought-86081-20107021/ Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:59:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/08/to-the-manor-bought-86081-20107021/ IF ANY reader wants to be known henceforth as the legitimate Lord Churwell of Churwell the title will rush him or her between £5,000 and £7,000. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/08/the-story-of-jake-s-various-mishaps-with-morrises-86081-20107023/ Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:58:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/08/the-story-of-jake-s-various-mishaps-with-morrises-86081-20107023/ JAKE Mangel Worzel is a well-known Morris 1000 fancier. The self-styled Salendine Nook eccentric is probably the only person in Huddersfield to have one on his roof. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/01/death-one-thing-you-can-t-put-off-86081-20107026/ Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:57:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/01/death-one-thing-you-can-t-put-off-86081-20107026/ DEATH and taxes are the only two things we can’t avoid, said Benjamin Franklin. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/01/search-for-a-singer-86081-20107035/ Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:55:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/john-avison/2007/11/01/search-for-a-singer-86081-20107035/ ‘MIC’ seems to me to be a poor abbreviation for ‘microphone’, but since ‘mike’ is a name it’s hard to know what’s best.