UK politics, parliament, and the press
Skipper is taking a short walking holiday in his native Shropshire- initially in Ludlow(pictured left) and then Much Wenlock so blogging will be suspended the while. However, normal service will be resumed on Friday, all being well.
I was born in the Welsh borderlands and grew up in Shrewsbury. Then to Aberystwyth University before working in the admin class of the civil service for a couple of unhappy years. Then got job at Manchester University which I loved. I became Director Extra-Mural Studies 1986-91 and then had a stroke while out jogging. Retired on medical grounds but still teach and write a good deal. Recently took up a part-time position in politics at Liverpool Hope University. Why Skipper? Legacy of captaining a post-graduate cricket team at university.
