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'My View' is an irreverent, controversial column by Assistant Daily Editor, James Wills, expressing his opinions on local issues in Colchester.
The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Gazette or Newsquest.
Posted on 10:10pm Saturday 4th April 2009
Historian Andrew Summers says there was more to the swinging Sixties than pirate radio The release of The Boat that Rocks, a new film about ship-based pirate radio stations, has unleashed a new wave of nostalgia about the swinging Sixties.
Posted on 10:57am Thursday 2nd April 2009
In times of crisis we apparently head for the theatre. It's what we did during the blitz and now according to staff at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester, it's what we are doing during what the BBC love to call the 'economic downturn'.
Posted on 10:48am Thursday 2nd April 2009
YOU learn there are certain things in life you never do. Invade Russia for example.
Posted on 11:00am Thursday 2nd April 2009
NOT that I'm looking to court controversy but it looks like I'm in the minority when it comes to fortnightly black bin collections.
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'My View' is an irreverent, controversial column by Assistant Daily Editor, James Wills, expressing his opinions on local issues in Colchester. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Gazette or Newsquest.
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