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Great stage re-creation of life with Rupert Murdoch

IF YOU have any interest in the shifting sands of the media in shaping modern Britain, then I beg you to to see “In the Print” – a dramatisation of Rupert Murdoch’s battle with the print unions at Wapping. It is a gripping re-creation of the period. (I should know, I was there!) At the […]

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The golden age of the train – filming with Michael Portillo for new series of the BBC’s Great British Railway Journeys

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ENJOYED breakfast with Michael Portillo at the Great Northern Hotel at King’s Cross filming an episode for the new series of Great British Railway Journeys for the BBC. We were talking about the Golden Age of rail travel in the 1920s and 1930s, when the Flying Scotsman made the first non-stop journey between London and

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Steaming to Victory is ‘a lovely book’, says BBC Radio Manchester’s Mike Sweeney when we chatted on his show this week

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An enjoyable chat with BBC Radio Manchester’s Mike Sweeney about Steaming to Victory – and why it’s important to treasure the memories of a generation of brave people soon to pass from us. You can listen to it here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzYFVl2G0Le3M1RORnlhUUtOejQ/edit

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