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8th July 20258th July 2025 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles

On Yer Bike

It was a little after 11 o’clock on Friday morning, when I pulled off the North Circ heading for the M1. I gave the GPZ1100Continue reading

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14th June 2025 Dave GurmanDisplay, Motorcycles, Observation

Righteous Indignation

A recent post in the London and UK Couriers group on FB featured a video of motorcyclist expressing his feelings about a van driver’s attemptContinue reading

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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 November 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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6th January 20243rd April 2026 Dave GurmanPolitics

A Pea-brained pile-in

You hear talk of ‘algorithms’ and if you’re an old, mid 20th century boy like me, you get the idea that they work pretty muchContinue 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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