From the Mayor’s Parlour

About ten years ago a postgrad student handed me a translation text for approval in which a doctor attempted to describe for civil servants the demographic problems facing Germany as far as the health service was concerned.  His predictions were centred around 2050....

From the Mayor’s Parlour

The Parlour isn’t big, so when I received a request to open it recently for elevenses, serving around 12, maximum 20, visitors from Integrate, a local organisation seeking to bring communities together, I was slightly nervous. Even more so since the Parlour is...

From the Mayor’s Parlour

All those journalists and politicians who ramble on about the UK being a ‘divided nation’ should pop their way out of whichever bubble they’re living in and make their way over to reality, i.e. Todmorden. Despite a near 50:50 split in the referendum,...

From the Mayor’s Parlour

Last weekend was one of reflection, about the fallen and about peace. The weekend started, though, on Friday 9 November, when members of the Todmorden branch of the Lancashire Fusiliers took a train to Manchester and travelled around laying wreaths at numerous...
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