Saturday, May 24, 2025
Unpopular chief executive leaves Blackburn Rovers
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I went on BBC Lancashire to talk about Steve Waggott leaving his job as chief executive of Blackburn Rovers Football Club, and my story on ...
The Glory Year 30th anniversary podcast - we saw things you'll never see
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Ah, the 1990s! It was the era of Britpop, Cool Britannia, Loaded and lager. It was for me anyway, it was also the Blackburn Rovers “glory...
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Bruce Springsteen at the Co-op Live arena
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I was there on Wednesday night when a global news event was happening right before my eyes. At the opening night of his European tour, Ame...
Monday, April 28, 2025
Hot take on the Observer under new ownership
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I thought @theobserveruk was a decent read this weekend, the first under the new owners @tortoise . It had plenty of the familiar writers t...
Friday, April 25, 2025
Pat Nevin at Hebden Bridge Trades Club
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Top night listening to Pat Nevin at Hebden Bridge Trades Club - loved his books, but got great bonus stories! In the 1980s I was a real fan ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
I’ve been shortlisted for a journalism award
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I’ve been shortlisted for a journalism award. I’m not going to come over all modest and humble, because I am chuffed to bits about this. I...
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Chairing the Mayor's Question Time in Bury
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I was honoured to be asked to host the Mayor’s Question Time by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority in Bury. I chose the questions s...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Books of 2024
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At the start of the year Rachel and I decided to make this a year of more reading, less scrolling. The end result was we ploughed through a ...
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