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Lanterns of the Wild trail @twycrosszoo.bsky.social – review and pictures paulcoletravels.com/2025/11/16/l... #christmaslights #zoo #wildlife #familydaysout

Lanterns of the Wild trail, Twycross Zoo – review and pictures

IT is the seasonal spectacular that will make you see nature, quite literally, in a new light – a trail more than a mile long through the world’s wildest places, where beautiful animals await aroun…

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November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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#BlackSabbath special wins Supplement of the Year at media awards paulcoletravels.com/2025/11/15/b...

Black Sabbath special wins Supplement of the Year at media awards

DELIGHTED that my Black Sabbath special was last night named Supplement of the Year at the prestigious Midlands Media Awards presented in Sabbath’s hometown Birmingham. Black Sabbath: The Hom…

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November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM

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Birmingham: A City Rooted In Talent movie lives up to its name #Birmingham #music #arts #movies #film #literature #BlackSabbath #ELO #DuranDuran

Birmingham: A City Rooted In Talent movie lives up to its name

WHEREVER in the world your travels take you, reveal that you’re from Birmingham and talk will inevitably turn to two topics: Black Sabbath and Peaky Blinders. At a push, you might hear a mention of…

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November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM

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To infinity and beyond - a major Pixar attraction is coming to London #Pixar #ToyStory #Up #Cars #FindingNemo #MonstersInc #Coco #InsideOut #Disney

To infinity and beyond – major Pixar attraction coming to London

LONDON is going to be looking Up next year – as the capital hosts the stars of movie family favourites in a major new multi-sensory exhibition starring Buzz Lightyear and all his Pixar pals. Mundo …

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November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM

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New #Frankenstein is a monster boost for historic UK mansion paulcoletravels.com/2025/11/05/n...

New Frankenstein is a monster boost for historic UK mansion

A MIDLANDS mansion is set to get a monster boost when Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated new Frankenstein movie makes its streaming debut on Netflix later this week. Worldwide audiences will s…

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November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM

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Dull, Boring and Bland - the holiday hotspots proud of it … #travel

Dull, Boring and Bland – the holiday hotspots proud of it

DROPPING down through the Tay Forest Park en route to Aberfeldy, you encounter a roadside sign that makes you think twice. It’s pointing the way to the tiny Scottish village of Dull. Yes, that’s ri…

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November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM

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The death of Jackson Lamb and the future of the Slow Horses #SlowHorses #JacksonLamb #MickHerron

The death of Jackson Lamb and the future of the Slow Horses

HE’S the scruffy spy we’ve come to know and love – but Jackson Lamb’s days are numbered. The boss of Slough House’s Slow Horses, played brilliantly by Oscar-winner Gary Oldman, can’t live forever. …

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November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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Enter Sandman, Psycho Killer and Broken Peach – Happy Halloween! #halloween #brokenpeach #entersandman

Enter Sandman, Psycho Killer and Broken Peach – Happy Halloween!

IT’S that night of the year again – and I’m soundtracking ghoulish goings on with Broken Peach’s Halloween take on Enter Sandman, which springs a suitably spooky surprise. The Spa…

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October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM

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Great evening tonight with @halewrites and @howardlinskey at Stratford Literary Festival tonight.

October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM

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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

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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

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Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival named Event of the Year
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Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival named Event of the Year

BIRMINGHAM’S long-running Jazz & Blues Festival has been named the city’s best event at a prestigious awards ceremony – only months after local government funding cuts threatened its very exist…

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October 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM

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First look at stunning new Orient Express carriages set to debut in 2027. #orientexpress #luxurytraintravel
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First look at new Orient Express carriages for luxury 2027 revamp

THIS is the Orient Express – but not as you know it. The world’s most iconic rail travel experience is undergoing a transformation, with a new look due to pull in at the platform in 2027. The first…

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October 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM

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Ghost town visitor wins wildlife photographer of the year award #wildlife #WildlifePhotographeroftheYear #photography #wildlifephotography #nature

Ghost town visitor wins wildlife photographer of the year award

IT is a haunting image – the world’s rarest hyena stalks through the mist as night falls on an abandoned diamond mine. Little wonder that it has won a double award in the Wildlife Photographer of t…

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October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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90,000 expected at festival in honour of cold beetroot soup. Yes, really. #PinkSoupFestival #Vilnius #Lithuania

90,000 expected at festival in honour of cold beetroot soup

THEY’LL be in the pink in Lithuania next Spring as they celebrate one of the oddest events in Europe – a three-day festival in honour of … cold beetroot soup. Yes, you read that right. Cold. Beetro…

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October 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM

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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

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Black Sabbath legend Geezer Butler set for all-star stage return #BlackSabbath #GeezerButler #rockmusic

Black Sabbath legend Geezer Butler set for all-star stage return

BLACK Sabbath legend Geezer Butler is to return to the stage in an all-star A-list band expected to include former Free and Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers and Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum. I…

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October 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM

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Rare #JimiHendrix memorabilia going under the hammer at the London hotel listed as his home address on the rock legend's death certificate. #rockmusic #rock #music

Jimi Hendrix lyrics up for auction at hotel on his death certificate

HANDWRITTEN lyrics penned by rock legend Jimi Hendrix are to go under the hammer at the London hotel where he stayed during his final months, and which is the address listed on his death certificat…

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September 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM

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@brookmyre.bsky.social Catching up on back catalogue Be My Enemy and just discovered Ger and Alison’s love of The Mutton Birds. One of my favourite bands, and the first time I’ve ever seen them referenced in a novel. They appear in my all-time gigs list

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Revealed: My 20 favourite rock gigs and pop shows of all time

AFTER more than 50 years of reviewing rock and roll gigs, pop shows and festivals, I’m often asked what my favourites have been, the nights that have made the most impact on me as a writer an…

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September 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM

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Iconic seaside poster at centre of animal cruelty row wins heritage honour
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Iconic seaside poster at centre of cruelty row wins heritage honour

IT is one of the iconic images of the Great British seaside – the jolly fisherman jumping for joy on the golden sands of Skegness. Now, more than a century since its debut, the poster has won an aw…

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September 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM

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The Hobbit was published this day in 1937. To mark the day here’s a revisit of my visit to the home of Bilbo Baggins …

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