
Many thanks to Dmitrijs Solojevs, a Latvian living in Derby who was told about Hollie McNish by his Estonian wife. I listened to many of Hollie’s poems, all of which were excellent, […]
Many thanks to Dmitrijs Solojevs, a Latvian living in Derby who was told about Hollie McNish by his Estonian wife. I listened to many of Hollie’s poems, all of which were excellent, […]
On March 26th some of the Teachers in Derby were on strike as a protest against: – excessive workload, and bureaucracy – performance related pay – unfair pension changes. Even for those […]
Derby is very much a multi-cultural city with residents from all over the world and a diversity which we should be proud of. This is the list quoted by the Office of […]
In the Lodge, on the edge of the Arboretum, adjacent to Rose Hill street, is Sahahra. This is a Day Care centre for the elderly people from the local Pakistani community and […]
The Governments strategy to placate the populist backlash over so-called “benefit-seeking” Euro-migrants as well as exploiting every opportunity to save money , involves a collection of benefit changes which will be fully […]
Food Banks, and other forms of free food provision, is a disturbing symptom of the times. One’s political agenda will determine how one forms a view on the reason why the demand […]
In the upstairs room of the Pear Tree Baptist Church, “The Club” which consists of 50 or so local youngsters, predominantly from the Roma community, were enjoying a traditional “pancake flipping” race […]
Milan Duzda arrived in Derby 8 months ago from Slovakia. He is 21 years old, has a wife and a young family and is Roma. Other members of his family were already […]