Reiver
The tale of John, Willie and the Gap
Published 12 May 2008
THIS part of the world has never been renowned for its prowess on the green baize.
Warning: Don’t mix love and football
Published 12 May 2008
REIVER has a sober warning for young bloods who play for West Cumbrian football clubs Cleator Moor Celtic, Whitehaven Amateurs and Windscale.
Fancy taking a hike with Mike?
Published 12 May 2008
This is not an invitation which Reiver can honestly say he expected to be offering, but here goes: Are there any historians out there who would like to give Mike Tyson a guided tour of Hadrian’s Wall?
Only (!) 235 days to Xmas
Published 3 May 2008
HO Ho Ho! Last year Reiver had to wait until May 21 before reporting that Carlisle Racecourse was advertising itself as a venue for Christmas parties.
Hardly slim pickings for Hunter
Published 3 May 2008
THE nation’s most unlikely bulimic is not the only one to profit from the surprising news of his eating disorder.
Ice cream sales fall... flat
Published 3 May 2008
They weren’t doing a great trade in strawberry ices at the stall in Theatre by the Lake’s Circle Gallery the other evening during the local Amateur Operatic Society’s production of Oklahoma!
cheap talk
Published 28 April 2008
“Why don’t I get offered the meaty roles like some of the less talented? I am an icon, remember” – Pamela Anderson, of Baywatch fame“Flags and stickers are for mad people. This flag business is deeply un-British, un-English and (frankly) uncouth” – Commentator and former Tory MP Matthew Parris
Sign of what students get up to
Published 28 April 2008
SOME say that students have a one-track mind. Well, Reiver must report that Newton Rigg agricultural college near Penrith, which is now part of the University of Cumbria, is doing little to dispel the suspicion that students are obsessed with sex.
Who said rugby is a young man’s game?
Published 28 April 2008
IT’S NEVER too late to impress on the sports field. A new over-35s rugby league format planned for Cumbria gives hope to all who thought their best years were behind them.
Why our Anna’s glad to be grey
Published 28 April 2008
She was once the focus of affection for every red-blooded young farmer in Cumbria.
You’re not singing anymore... leave that to Andrew
Published 21 April 2008
FOOTBALL crowds and choirboys do not usually go together.
Treatment. Not treats
Published 21 April 2008
WHEN Reiver was a lad the only garishly decorated vehicles designed to attract the attention of young people were ice-cream vans.
It’s a fair way from Keswick to Taiwan
Published 21 April 2008
HERE’S a poser for golf fans. A Cumbrian golfer teed off at the third hole on Keswick’s Hope Park pitch and putt course, and his ball landed in Taiwan.
Lights and ... inaction
Published 14 April 2008
THE new University of Cumbria continues to come up with some eye-catching research. It is only a few months since the university co-produced an academic study headlined “Lesbians believe they lose out in job interviews”.
Fancy a latte by the steelworks?
Published 7 April 2008
Reiver is intrigued by news that the former Corus steelworks site in Workington may become a mixture of flats, shops and pavement café culture in a multi-million-pound development.
Get behind the Blues
Published 7 April 2008
FORTUNE-TELLING is not Reiver’s strong point so I will resist venturing a prediction for tomorrow night when high-flying Carlisle United attempt to close the gap on League One leaders Swansea at Brunton Park.
Famous for death, and safe driving
Published 7 April 2008
WHAT on earth has happened to the Armstrongs?
