December 2022
The comedy genius of Brendan Healy
Whenever I’m feeling a little down, and surely we all get that way at times, there are a type of people who never fail to cheer me up. They aren’t family or close friends, they are northeast comedians. From Bobby Thompson, to Bobby Pattinson, and just to prove you don’t have to be called Bobby…
Jack Crawford – Hero of the Battle of Camperdown
If you take a walk through Mowbray Park in Sunderland, it won’t be long before you find a strange statue of someone climbing what looks like a tree, with an old flintlock pistol reversed in their hand. The man depicted by the statue is Jack Crawford. Jack Crawford, a Sunderland lad, joined the Royal Navy…
JFK Assassination archives to be released
The news today reports that the archives relating to the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) are finally to be released to the public. Although, the headline doesn’t really tell the full story. It is only by looking at the text of the article that you find out it is not believed any document…
