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Still a Little Englander

2:24pm Friday 27th August 2010

EVERY year, when the GCSE exam results are announced, Spectator remembers his O-level results in the summer of 1975.

We had a hunch

3:31pm Friday 20th August 2010

KING’S Church, Durham, music director Chris Juby’s Twitter page, on which he is summarising the Bible at a chapter a day, had just 70 followers before the Durham Times broke his story last week.

Civic disinterest

3:24pm Friday 13th August 2010

IN THE build-up to the unitary authority, much was made of preserving Durham’s civic history.

Gone to Potter

2:25pm Friday 6th August 2010

THE A-level results are published later this month accompanied by, Spectator fully expects, the annual angst about slipping standards and now traditional complaints about the dumbing down of education.

Still going?

2:35pm Friday 30th July 2010

IT seems that the Bishop of Durham is about to walk straight into a maelstrom when he leaves these parts.

Taxi for Crick

2:50pm Friday 23rd July 2010

SPECTATOR stumbled across a rant from Michael Crick, political editor of BBC’s Newsnight, who seemed less than enamoured with Durham during his visit last week.

Social justice

3:52pm Friday 16th July 2010

SPECTATOR would like to raise a glass to the residents of Old Shotton and their admirable fight to save their local pub.

Out and about

2:55pm Friday 9th July 2010

SPECTATOR is pretty much a regular at Lanchester Show but thought he would be unable to make it this year.

U-turn thanks

3:44pm Friday 2nd July 2010

DRIVERS rarely heap praise on highways bosses, but County Hall deserves credit for one minor Uturn.

Baa, humbug

4:10pm Friday 25th June 2010

THERE is nothing Spectator enjoys more than a trip to the nags and is eagerly looking forward to Saturday’s Northumberland Plate.

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