UK politics, parliament, and the press
Skipper is away for a few days in Cork, southern Ireland attending a mate's(Noel) wedding. [The picture actually is of Kinsale, on the coast to the south of the city, but it's a much nicer image than I could find of the city itself.]
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.
