Suzy Varty Our weekly cartoon, Boriiis, actually started life as Bo and Do. As North East Bylines has now been going for one year, we thought that you might like to see Boriiis’s journey since we started. Here is Part 3 of our collection by Suzy Varty. You can seeContinue Reading
Forget-me-not is the third in a series of four poems written by international students at INTO Newcastle University Every time a forget-me-not blooms A girl would stand on a hillside with a bunch of forget-me-nots Her eyes drifted expectantly through everything From the sunrise until the stars only hope toContinue Reading
Regional child poverty campaigners have renewed calls for an end to the government’s ‘two-child limit’, after figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions today (15 July 2021) show that almost 14,000 families – including at least 42,000 children – across the North East are now affected by the policy. TheContinue Reading
In preparing for this article I promised myself that I would not mention Orwell. His brilliant and undervalued essay ‘The Sporting Spirit’ is the only analysis of the horrible collective psychology inculcated by international sporting events one need read. (But please do read on anyway.) And his ‘Notes on Nationalism’Continue Reading
Issue 13 Bo and Do arrange the deckchairs By Suzy Varty Our weekly cartoon, Boriiis, actually started life as Bo and Do. As North East Bylines has now been going for one year, we thought that you might like to see Boriiis’s journey since we started. Here is Part 2Continue Reading
England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford says he “will never apologise for who I am” after receiving racist abuse following England’s Euro 2020 final loss to Italy. Continue Reading
Photo by Chris Humble My Euro 2020 adventure – and why football HAS come home… ‘Where it began’, as Neil Diamond croons in the opening lyrics to ‘Sweet Caroline’ – adopted as an anthem by England fans this summer – was back in 2018. The England Supporters Club My mateContinue Reading
What I want to come home is social justice, honest leaders who can point the way away from intolerance and blame. What I want to come home is a sense of shame at homelessness, and people who cannot even afford to eat. What I want to lose isContinue Reading
I read somewhere last week that the England World Cup win led to Harold Wilsons big election win. Really? I thought… so I thought, and thought. I was at primary school and on holiday with my parents when the 1966 World Cup was on. This was the Summer holidays, probablyContinue Reading
“like an angry ape,Plays such fantastic tricks before the high heavenAs make angels weep.“ I was reading through the essays of Aldous Huxley recently, creator of our notion of a ‘brave new world’, when I was struck by a piece entitled ‘On a Sentence from Shakespeare.’ Allow me to shareContinue Reading
