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Bowled over by a new start back in Hartlepool
THIS week’s instalment of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS finds Life feature writer JOHN RIDDLE bowled over by a job offer on returning to the...
Hats off to Calgary white stetson fashion idea!
THIS week’s instalment of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS finds Life feature writer JOHN RIDDLE heading to Canada where he won an international 10-pin...
Being on home turf gave me a chance to pitch in and meet more soccer legends
THIS week’s instalment of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS finds our feature writer JOHN RIDDLE back in the UK on a “busman’s holiday”! AFTER...
I’m staying tuned in to search for the next James Bond
AS THE search goes on for the next actor to play one of cinema’s most beloved characters, Life feature writer JOHN RIDDLE looks back at...
Sporting chance was all I needed to start over again!
MY TIME at the second newspaper – “The Paper” – was much better and the Editor gave me the chance to write about what I...
From potential editor to delivery driver role in less than a week!
THE LATEST instalment of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS finds feature Writer JOHN RIDDLE adjusting to a new life in the sun – and...
Chance to take early retirement opened the door to a new life in Tenerife!
I FIRST went to the Canary Islands in the late 1990s when a friend, a work colleague, booked me on a holiday to Los Cristianos,...
Blue Men of the Sahara and climbing goats…it just has to be Morocco!
In the 1980s, I ticked off another continent, plus one more country on my travel bucket list, when I went to the North African kingdom...
So many famous sights to see in Paris . . . if you can-can visit!
AFTER finishing his tour of the British Isles and the Republic of Ireland in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS, feature writer JOHN RIDDLE crosses...
Durham Gala set to celebrate coal mining
ON SATURDAY, thousands of former miners and their families will be in Durham City to see the 140th annual parade of Lodge banners, listen to...