Once/if things get back to “normal” I’ll be able to catch a train to Durham in less than 2 hours, which sounds like a win. I’ve been scouring my newly acquired first Guide to North East pubs for a Durham City boozer that’s in the current GBG I can write about. It’s harder than I… Continue reading YE OLD ELM TREE
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MOVE TO DURHAM & NEVER LEAVE*
Last time I visited Durham was during their 2014 annual brass band festival, where I saw the astonishing Jo Hamilton preview new material to the accompaniment of bats in Durham Cathedral, seen here from Crossgate on Thursday night. I was there to see Durham punks Martha launch their 2nd LP in the rather different setting of the… Continue reading MOVE TO DURHAM & NEVER LEAVE*
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