Tag: North Norfolk News
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Plastic bags: would young shoppers really go green?
Originally published in the North Norfolk News, May 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. IN February 2008, Gordon Brown set out to banish plastic bags forever by threatening action against the supermarkets that aren’t doing their…
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A year later, why I reconsidered going to university
Originally published in the North Norfolk News, August 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. When I finished college a year ago I had the belief that I would be able to put my education behind me,…
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An alternative Norfolk bucket list
Originally published in the North Norfolk News, June 2009. 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. Recently I caught a glimpse of a high-brow magazine which was running a feature entitled ‘ten things to do in Norfolk before…
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Is digital radio really the future for Norfolk?
From my North Norfolk News column, July 2009. This lightly edited archive text reflects the predictions and radio services of the period, not the present-day status of FM or DAB. I dare say in the past month most readers will have at least once turned on their radio and tuned around looking for a decent…
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Discovering Twitter: a new way to hear what Norfolk thinks
From my North Norfolk News column, June 2009. This lightly edited archive text retains my perspective and the social media landscape of the time. Twitter has since been renamed X. Students like me love distractions at this time of the year when they should be busily getting on with revision and have finished lectures for…
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Digital TV switchover: will rural Norfolk be ready?
From my North Norfolk News column, April 2008. This lightly edited archive text preserves the information, forecasts and prices discussed at the time; it is not current advice about digital television. There have been a lot of stories lately about the digital television switchover, and recent reports suggest that 220,000 homes will be unable to…
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Football fans: Norwich City versus Cromer (2007)
Originally published in the North Norfolk News on 30 August 2007. Lightly edited from my original feature about two very different football crowds. When I was offered the chance of writing full-length features this summer for the North Norfolk News I was quite excited… but when I opened my big mouth and said that one…
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Why I chose a career in media instead of university (2007)
From my North Norfolk News column of 10 September 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; the views reflect my perspective as an 18-year-old. This week sees my friends, and other teenagers my age, prepare for university. In just a week they’ll be setting off for destinations far and wide across the country, taking on…
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Are North Norfolk youngsters getting a fair deal? (2007)
Originally published in the North Norfolk News on 1 November 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; an unrelated passage about a supermarket dispute has been omitted. North Norfolk has never been renowned for its entertainment or culture. Some might say it’s the retirement capital of England, or a snob’s paradise, but with so many…
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Hard to reduce your carbon footprint with such poor public transport (2007)
Originally published in the North Norfolk News on 27 September 2007. Lightly edited from my original copy; transport services and prices reflect 2007. It’s difficult being a teenager growing up in deepest, darkest Norfolk. It’s even more difficult living in an area where the locals would rather preserve the town they already have than allow…