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[ericrobertnolan]

The Bristol Herald Courier prints my letter to the editor.

The Bristol Herald Courier prints my letter to the editor.

I am quite happy today to see the Bristol Herald Courier publish my letter to the editor about the courage of the Ukrainians defending their country (as well as the bravery of the Russians demonstrating against the war at great risk to themselves).  You can find it right here at the Opinion page.  Thanks to Managing Editor Roger Watson for allowing me to share my thoughts. The Bristol Herald…

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Exactly how effective are these vaccines?

Roger Watson In my recent article in this column questioning if the COVID-19 vaccines work it transpires I was being too generous about them. I had not dug deeply enough into what the reported figures for effectiveness: 90%, 89%, 70% etc, actually mean

[oldwinenewbottles]

An interesting interview with John Tams, about his time with Muckram Wakes and the importance of the local in his early work. Accompanied by a short live recording of the first line-up of MW, featuring John Tams and Helen and Roger Watson.

"LFT: So was the exploration of your Derbyshire roots an important part of what you did?

JT: The Derbyshire connection was always important to us. I used to go to a club in Chesterfield run by a wonderful and saintly man by the name of Frank Sutton. He was a great songwriter but he was also a collector. One of the most important things he told me was to ‘look in your own backyard’ - go out and find the songs from your own area. And so I did, looking in local libraries and collections and archives and doing some song collecting myself. In a way, that was what the album, A Map of Derbyshire, was all about – we were trying to encourage other revival singers to do the same sort of thing we were doing."

The Lost Folk Tapes: Muckram Wakes - Derby Cathedral 1973