From Swindon TUC’s August 2005 E-Newsletter Despite misleading headlines in the Advertiser, the fate of the planning application for the … More
Author: martinwicks
Hitting the high notes
Deny Baptiste, tenor saxophone player with Jazz Jamaica, taken at the Old Town Bowl this summer. Denys is another award … More
Private Healthcare Vultures gather for NHS pickings
When the New Labour government decided to implement the Tory policy of PFI they said that clinical services would remain … More
Eminence Grise
Tireless eminence grise of the environmental movement in the Swindon area, Jean Saunders, must be fed up with the quality … More
Campaign to Save Saltway School
When I first visited Saltway school to meet some of the staff, I was astonished to think that anybody would … More
On the Wrong Side of the Road
In 2002 I travelled to Israel, a guest of the Workers Advice Centres. They took me around the country. It … More
Soweto Kinch
Soweto Kinch, the award winning alto saxophone play, in Swindon at the Old Town Bowl, with Jazz Jamaica.Yes, there is … More
A strange fish
What has this Heron caught? Never leave your camera at home. You never know what you might see. On this … More
A visitor to the garden
Foxes in the town are now commonplace. But they don’t usually pose for the cameraI was upstairs when I heard … More
Chavez Ravine
chavez-ravine.pdf Ry Cooder is best known as the producer of the Buena Vista Social Club album, the man responsible for … More
