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THE NORTH WEST ARTS AND HEALTH NETWORK WAS FACILITATED BY CLIVE PARKINSON BETWEEN 2006 & 2020. BETWEEN 2009 & 2023 HE PRODUCED A REGULAR BLOG FOR THE NETWORK - FOR MANY YEARS UPDATED ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THIS BLOG WILL CONTINUE TO BE ‘LIVE’ FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, AND SERVE AS AN ARCHIVE OF THE POSTINGS OVER THAT RICH PERIOD OF ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH WEST REGION. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE NETWORK OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU TOO, FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

Saturday, 13 September 2025

Alan Howarth - A Recollection

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I’m revisiting this old blog for a one-off posting to acknowledge the death of Alan Howarth (Lord Howarth of Newport) who was the most arden...
Monday, 15 July 2024

The Northern Carnival against the Nazis - July 15th 1978

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On this day 46 years ago, around 40,000 people congregated in Alexander Park, Greater Manchester, 15,000 having marched from Strangeways Pri...
Thursday, 14 December 2023

tree/sky/plane

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  tree/sky/plane
Wednesday, 2 August 2023

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye...

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For those of you who pass by this increasingly irregular blog, (erm - annual, or so it might appear, but read on) you’ll know I left Manches...
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Friday, 8 July 2022

An institution run by clowns...

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Not quite the end of Johnson yet... I baulk at the arrogance of Johnson and his self-serving supporters in parliament. Good riddance. Who do...
Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Reimagining Human and Planetary Flourishing

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Guernica (1937) Picasso Guernica is a visceral reaction to the Nazi's appalling bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanis...
Sunday, 23 January 2022

“You set an example … you live by that example” - Tracey Emin

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It’s an overcast grey day today and I’m ruminating on the man who was overwhelming elected as prime minister in 2019 and whose name I can ba...
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