http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/ The Northern Echo /features/columnists/chrislloyd/ en-gb Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:39:46 +0000 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:39:46 +0000 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/1096816/?type=rsslogo http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/5073875.Buttoning_a_political_gimmick/?ref=rss THE forthcoming General Election will be dominated by an import from the US: the leaders’ television debate. The days before the three midweek fixtures will be taken up with pre-match tactics; the days after by post-match punditry. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:09:30 +0000 e80ea748c9ac4e211327cd1cd9e805d0 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/5060055.The_colour_of_spring_for_mother/?ref=rss Primrose, first born child of Ver Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:13:17 +0000 f6ba704b178d910a54bbd551b2072a7a http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/5045754.Who_put_the_donkey_into_a_jacket_/?ref=rss THIS week, the late Michael Foot has been described as “a gifted polymath”, “a tribune of the people”, “a romantic democrat” and “a marvellous man – brave, honest, determined, loyal and immensely erudite”. A columnist on the Daily Mail said he was “a dangerous, deluded hypocrite”, but as Mr Foot called the Mail “The Forgers Gazette”, he was probably expecting worse. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:44:31 +0000 fd46bb26b47fae914a6dbb257b259b5f http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/5032601.How_orphans_populated_the_prairies/?ref=rss THE boys had had a difficult childhood, growing up in an orphanage under the parsimonious gaze of the Guardians of the Durham Poor, knowing, like Oliver, that their every mouthful was a bite out of local resources. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:38:19 +0000 8e479e91add7fe2b4017270cb6b82a07 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/5019610.Tapping_the_language_of_steel_life/?ref=rss THE mothballing of Corus is more than the closure of a factory. It is the death of a local culture that has evolved over 150 years. Ian Reeve, the BBC’s North-East Business Editor, wrapped his tongue around an evocative piece of that culture. The “tapping of the salamander” – the last rites of the furnace – would soon begin, he said. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:20:48 +0000 c76c19842c16b3edd763ae659e92b0c1 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/5006470.Of_intimate_probes_and_rat_killer___/?ref=rss A STRANGE man peeled back my underpants with one hand and probed the innermost folds of my groin with his other. His delicate fingers slid easily about on the lubricating gel smeared on my skin, feeling gently, searching expertly. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:13:54 +0000 5d26276e6a8c4fe46d747a0d495e4e67 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/4993020.Terry_affair_sparks_a_few_choice_words/?ref=rss FOOTBALLERS aren’t known for their grasp of the finer points of the English language, but their philandering has had me reaching for the dictionary. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:18:11 +0000 aca7f44f2235f07f415fcf3ca5c4cd1e http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/4881859.Tda_pigeon_just_a_flight_of_fancy_/?ref=rss AT the end of my talk in Tudhoe, County Durham, on Monday night, a man approached. “Do you know what Tda is famous for?” he asked. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:28:38 +0000 ba116a3d730e5d882f0d4aa2f7b5fff9 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/4867906.Climbing_a_mountain/?ref=rss AS I watch the nightly horrific scenes on TV, I realise how little I know about Haiti. How can a government crumble as quickly as buildings? What causes a country to be the poorest in the western hemisphere? So I’ve found a few pointers: Ayiti means “mountainous country” in the language of the native Taino people. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:56:23 +0000 6795def8491bf370174dc4d82063dcc8 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/chrislloyd/4855243.The_spooky_turn_of_the_doorknob___/?ref=rss THE way she acted out the turning of the doorknob convinced me. She held one hand out flat to represent the door and curled up the fingers of the other so that they grasped its rounded doorknob. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:47:41 +0000 58df3341716d4d1bee4d6f6af5546eae