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  • When Freeview went wrong: could Freesat help Norfolk?

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News. Restored from the surviving column copy, with light typo corrections. Prices, predictions and opinions reflect the time. Is your digital television up the blink at the moment? Do you feel like throwing the box across the room?… Read on

  • Christmas through the eyes of a student

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News. Restored from the surviving column copy, with light typo corrections. Prices, predictions and opinions reflect the time. It’s true what they say about Christmas – the older you get the less important it becomes.… Read on

  • What is there for teenagers to do in North Norfolk?

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News. Restored from the surviving column copy, with light typo corrections. Prices, predictions and opinions reflect the time. Unrelated passages have been omitted in this curated web edition. The day is finally here, and A Level students will today find out whether the last year of work has paid…

  • Looking into Norfolk’s future — with a crystal ball

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News. Restored from the surviving column copy, with light typo corrections. Prices, predictions and opinions reflect the time. IF you flick through the newspapers this week you’ll see most of the headlines at the moment seem to be focusing on two things – whether Norfolk will have any post…

  • Goodbye 2008: Woolworths, local radio and the year in Norfolk

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News. Restored from the surviving column copy, with light typo corrections. Prices, predictions and opinions reflect the time. Unrelated passages have been omitted in this curated web edition. As you read this newspaper column you will no doubt be reeling from the effects of New Year’s Eve.… Read on

  • The day Scott Mills cut my hair on television

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News, November 2006. Lightly proofread from the surviving column copy, with routine sign-offs or unrelated asides trimmed. The views, figures and circumstances are those of the period. Being just a humble guy from Norfolk, I was overwhelmed by the amount of support I had for my haircut at the…

  • Where have all the places for young people gone?

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News, February 2007. Lightly proofread from the surviving column copy, with routine sign-offs or unrelated asides trimmed. The views, figures and circumstances are those of the period. A new report has highlighted that health and safety is taking the joy out of children's play areas in the county.… Read…

  • Why did hospital patients have to pay so much to keep in touch?

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News, June 2007. Lightly proofread from the surviving column copy, with routine sign-offs or unrelated asides trimmed. The views, figures and circumstances are those of the period. It’s about time someone did something about the awful service hospitals provide when you want to make a phone call!… Read on

  • The Bunker: giving North Norfolk teenagers somewhere to go

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News, January 2008. Lightly proofread from the surviving column copy, with routine sign-offs or unrelated asides trimmed. The views, figures and circumstances are those of the period. AT LAST! The North Norfolk District Council has done something right for the youth for once by giving ‘The Bunker’ in West…

  • How an unexpected bank charge became a lesson in fraud

    Originally published in the North Norfolk News, February 2008. Lightly proofread from the surviving column copy, with routine sign-offs or unrelated asides trimmed. The views, figures and circumstances are those of the period. Every day in the news we read about bank robberies, and even in our own county we’ve had a spate of robberies…