The View from Cullingworth

Cullingworth nestles in Yorkshire's wonderful South Pennines where I once was the local councillor. These are my views - on politics, food, beer and the stupidity of those who want to tell me what to think or do. And a little on mushrooms.

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Thursday, 18 August 2016

Baby Boomers - living out the great binge!

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The human race has not devised any way of dissolving barriers, getting to know the other chap fast, breaking the ice, that is one-tenth as ...

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Saturday, 29 December 2012

Raise a toast to indulgence!

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In this time of austerity we’re encouraged to be thrifty, careful and to have a mind to our health and well-being. There is no plac...

Monday, 5 March 2012

Entering an Age of Disapproval

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Over the weekend my reaction to the news that David Cameron was insisting on introducing a minimum price for alcohol fluctuated between r...

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Thursday, 22 September 2011

Bang!

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I thought that some fine words would come to accompany this photograph - taken during the finale to the 'Classical Fantasia' concert...

Saturday, 9 July 2011

Tenets of the New Puritans #3: Healthy living, hedonism and the curse of the clown

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In appreciating the ideology of the New Puritans we have to understand first that these are not bad people hell bent on destroying our ple...

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Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Tenets of the New Puritans #1: denormalisation and social direction

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**** The essence of the New Puritan faith is not prohibition – the adherents of the Church of Public Health do not wish to ban pleasure, an...

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