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Paul Cole - Writer
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UK based writer and journalist covering travel, music and books at news and reviews blog paulcoletravels.com
Happy New Year, and thank you for all your support in 2025!
Happy and healthy New Year to you all! Here’s to a brighter 2026
MAY I wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year that brings the world a little love, peace and understanding. Thanks for visiting in 2025 – I couldn’t do it without you, and look forward to …
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December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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On cellphone etiquette, from this weekend’s @thetimes.com. Yes. Just…yes.
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Delighted to join the @lovebookstours team of reviewers today. Watch out for reviews here and on my own Paul Cole Writes www.paulcoletravels.com books, music and travel blog… #books #booksky #bookreviews
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December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A tradition I’ve maintained every year since I started out in journalism more than 50 years ago. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, be upstanding for my albums of the year …

#albumsoftheyear #music #rock #pop #country #heavymetal #americana #rnb #soul #hip-hop #folk
At last, it’s time for the Paul Cole Albums of the Year 2025 list
YES, I know it’s an old chestnut – but Christmas is coming up fast, and it’s time to look back at the albums that have soundtracked my travels over the past 12 months. What they have in…
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December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great evening tonight with @halewrites and @howardlinskey at Stratford Literary Festival tonight.
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Why the Sun is guaranteed to shine every day from next Spring in Birmingham
The Sun is guaranteed to shine every day soon in Birmingham
THE forecast is good for a leading UK university next Spring – because the sun will be shining whatever the weather. What’s more, it will be shining not overhead but indoors. The University of Birm…
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October 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I’m supporting the Sunday Times help #getbritainreading and you can too. Reading opens your mind, educates, entertains, and allows you to escape for a while. Spend at least 10 minutes a day reading to yourself or to someone else, just for the fun of it. link.thetimes.co.uk/join/74t/sig...
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Well, time flies! Today is the fifth birthday of the Paul Cole Writes blog, which started life in the depths of Covid lockdown as a travel site but has since widened scope to include my love of music, books and entertainment. Thanks for your support!
Five years since we met, these are the stories you’ve liked most
THANKS for popping in! The Paul Cole Writes blog is five years old today and I’m still having a ball, bringing you news and reviews, tips and trivia related to the things I love in life. It s…
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October 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM