Yorkshire Evening Post - Oliver Cross Feed

Oliver Cross: Taking an issue with bossy politicians and their ways

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:51:01 GMT

I’ve been looking at some of my old columns to check on what I’ve been getting up to over the last 12 years.

Oliver Cross: It’s garden party season ... anyone for horseburgers?

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:18:05 GMT

As I write (although not necessarily as you read), the weather is so sunny and warm that I would be tempted to use the word ‘glorious’ if I didn’t have a resistance to clichés or sounding like a cricket commentator.

Oliver Cross: Bronte sisters were product of genes and family history

Thu, 30 May 2013 12:51:27 GMT

Last week, when the weather was awful, I made my first proper visit to the Bronte Parsonage museum in Haworth.

Oliver Cross: Veering towards American right is the route to madness

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:20:47 GMT

THE problem with the British right is that a part of it thinks it’s the American right, and the American right has recently lost two presidential elections in a row. Discuss.

Oliver Cross: Poetry pleases... down the pub and in posher places

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:01:18 GMT

I had two very different poetry experiences at the weekend, because I like to get around.

Oliver Cross: Everything’s fine and dandy with the common dandelion

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:48:40 GMT

Let’s hear it for dandelions. The grass verge near me was recently cut to within an inch (well, more a centimetre) of its life and has still to recover.

Oliver Cross: Heritage site is reminder of how we changed the world

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:22:29 GMT

I’ve gone all transportational. In last week’s column, I questioned how anybody could become so interested in buses as to become a bus-spotter and today I’m making a case for train-spotting.

Oliver Cross: Trip showed I need lessons in How to Speak to Strangers

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:54:39 GMT

Last week, I had a brilliant idea to make my column more interesting; I would travel on my over-60s bus pass to an interesting destination and then get my hair cut.