It’s hard to get excited about 2022
December 19, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray 2021 has been a grinding, dispiriting year for many of us. For a start, we’ve been on the Covid-19 pandemic roller-coaster, with its…
Newcastle’s Obelisk and “the social evil”
Was Newcastle's famous Obelisk once a site for illicit sexual assignations? It may have been, if I have understood the transcript of an 1866 public meeting correctly. The transcript, created…