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Back Together With Bruce

Miracles Norf and Sarf of The River

Life has its compensations

Kidz

Never forget that they’re Heroes!

Unknown Warriors

Why the long face?

A Big Fat Zero

Johnson/Starmer Vs Corbyn

HORROR TRIP

Down on the Beach

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24th May 202527th May 2025 Dave GurmanDisplay, Observation, Politics

Back Together With Bruce

My relationship with Bruce dates back to Born To Run, which places its origins firmly in 1975. The first time I saw him live wasContinue reading

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23rd May 202523rd May 2025 Dave GurmanDisplay, Observation

Miracles Norf and Sarf of The River

If you know London at all, you’ll be aware that its citizens – particularly those who were born and bred here – tend to divideContinue reading

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14th January 202514th January 2025 Dave GurmanHonoured Guests, Observation, Politics

Fire & Loathing

So it’s after midnight. I’m lying on the couch in my apartment at Pico and 12th in Santa Monica. I just turned off the TV.Continue reading

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10th December 202411th December 2024 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles, NHS

Life has its compensations

Manoeuvring the Majesty out of the small front garden in Finsbury Park was easy peasy – even with a mangled leg. As I reversed theContinue reading

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19th December 202328th November 2024 Dave GurmanCaring Sharing Chronicles, Film, Politics

Hollywood Ending

Exactly a year ago in an article entitled Once More For The Road, I thought I put an irrefutable case for a riders’ union. IContinue reading

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4th November 202310th April 2024 Dave GurmanMusic

Big 70th Birthday Bash

7pm to 11pm, Friday 18th October 2024 Boarding from 6:45pm: Tower Millennium Pier, Lower Thames St, London, EC3N 4DT As difficult as it might beContinue reading

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7th June 20237th June 2023 Dave GurmanDisplay

Kidz

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19th February 202324th May 2025 Dave GurmanDisplay, NHS, Politics

Never forget that they’re Heroes!

“I thought I’d imagined sirens wailing faintly in the distance but Mark had heard them too and stood up quickly to check which direction theyContinue reading

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13th November 20229th January 2023 Dave GurmanDisplay, Observation, Politics

Unknown Warriors

Every year when Remembrance Sunday is coming around, people start proudly displaying poppies on their social media profiles, while the louder, less reflective among themContinue reading

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22nd April 202214th January 2025 Dave GurmanDisplay, Music

Why the long face?

It’s amazing to think I have friends and family who wouldn’t dream of coming all the way to London for something as frivolous as aContinue reading

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