Just 14 months after I wrote it, my last remaining SOTLive story has finally appeared… While that was still pending, it was like a little bit of me was still there 😭 Thank you @globaljukeboxer.bsky.social for sharing those brilliant pics with me. www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/history...

A 92-mile #pilgrimage route, the Two Saints Way, runs from Chester to Lichfield - and Festival Stoke is working to revitalise the section through the heart of Stoke-on-Trent. Find out more in The Knot: www.theknot.news/p/rediscover... 🥨

Just written a story for The Knot that ticks my favourite box: ‘interesting Staffordshire things that most people don’t already know about’! Make sure you’re subscribed to The Knot at www.theknot.news for this and more positive news from Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire! 🥨

By me for @theleaduk.bsky.social

Changes set to be made to a key Stoke-on-Trent Levelling Up project at Longton’s Crown Works as developer OVI Homes Ltd faces potential compulsory strike off. My exclusive for Daily Focus - Staffordshire Business News. daily-focus.co.uk/2024/12/futu... 👀

Nice touch on the half-time music @officialpvfc.bsky.social - ‘Cold as Ice’ and now ‘Why does it always rain on me?’ 🤣 #pvfc

As a trustee of @prolevelvision.bsky.social I’m delighted to announce our second charity ball! An evening of elegance, entertainment and generosity as we raise funds to provide children in our local community with access to academy-standard football coaching through @prolevelacademy.bsky.social 💃🕺🥂⚽️

Just spotted the wonderful Christmas bus on its festive way through Newcastle! Here’s my story about it from last year: www.stokesentinel.co.uk/whats-on/wha... 🎅🏻

Amazon might deliver 'convenience', but it can’t replicate the magic of stepping into a quiet bookstore on a rainy day, where the scent of old pages mingles with fresh coffee and every shelf holds the promise of a new adventure waiting to be discovered.

Misty night time photography in Burslem. #photography #nightphotography #blackandwhite

Don’t miss The Longest Yarn - an 80-metre-long woollen recreation of the D-Day landings made by knitters around the world - at Stoke Minster until Dec 5th. Incredibly detailed and surprisingly moving. I was quite choked up by the final panel daily-focus.co.uk/2024/11/mode... 🙏

BREAKING NEWS: The Environment Agency has today issued a closure notice to controversial landfill Walleys Quarry – starting the process of permanently closing the Newcastle-under-Lyme site. daily-focus.co.uk/2024/11/brea...

There’s so many glorious redundant structures in Stoke on Trent, right across the 6 towns. I just hope repurposing them to enhance their heritage is commercially feasible. Such beauty deserves care.

Genuinely shocked at the plans to close the Museum of Cannock Chase and the Prince of Wales Theatre in Cannock, where I lived from 2006-2021. A petition has been launched to try to save them: www.change.org/p/save-the-p... 🎭

👀 Grade II-listed Minton Library in Stoke to be auctioned on December 10th. Guide price £150K. Was previously for sale for £295K. My story and pics from January 2023 in 🧵 www.sdlauctions.co.uk/property/454... 👀

Bit gutted not to be at Vale Park under the lights tonight - especially after that early Shorrock goal! - but we’re listening to @philjbowers.bsky.social and Adam Yates in Radio Stoke instead! @officialpvfc.bsky.social #PVFC

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE HARD ❌ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. EASY ✅ Everybody knows that single rich dudes wanna get hitched.

Buying a book and actually reading it are two very different hobbies.

@keithbrymerjones.bsky.social writing in his Boy in a China Shop book: ‘I’m hopeful for the future of Stoke-on-Trent. There is too much history for the industry simply to disappear. Potters continue to base themselves there, and there is a steady stream of new talent emerging.’

My six favourite European Mr Men character names... 6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso 5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel 4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing 3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo 2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs 1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump

Had a lovely day at Chatsworth House getting in the festive spirit. Even found a selection of Emma Bridgewaters - you can take the girl out of Stoke, and all that🎄

Thanks to everyone who has already followed me on here! I don’t know yet whether I’ll end up using it or not, but in the meantime here’s a pic of my dog Bill who is very cute but very unlucky, and is going to have to have a third operation on his leg next month 😢

One ticket to where the cool kids hangout please.