Mike Jempson

"Interesting but irrelevant" - (Prof) Cedric Watts, 1967

Author: Mike J

Journalist, trainer, editor; storyteller; amateur historian.
August 9, 2022Leave a Comment on Great Western Rail Tales

Great Western Rail Tales

I owe these rail tales to David Harrison who produced an Evening Post supplement in 1985

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July 4, 20222 Comments on Local news from afar

Local news from afar

A dusty old Bristol newspaper shed light on local and international events from the 1930s

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June 4, 20222 Comments on Love in a time of War

Love in a time of War

A rare glimpse of the lives and longings of injured World War I soldiers recuperating at the Beaufort War Hospital in Bristol

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May 1, 2022Leave a Comment on ‘Through work to health’

‘Through work to health’

How Glenside Hospital helped to create a little bit of labour history.

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April 13, 2022Leave a Comment on Hidden talents: Art and the Asylum

Hidden talents: Art and the Asylum

Artists Stanley Spencer and Denis Reed owe their popularity in part to spending time in Bristol’s Glenside Hospital

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About Mike

  • ➢ Journalist (40+ years)
  • ➢ Trainer (40+ countries)
  • ➢ Director at MediaWise
  • ➢ Gardener & Grandad

Categories

  • A life in words
  • But is it poetry?
  • Journalism
  • Local/labour history
  • Longer reads
  • My Self-Isolation Diary
  • Oddments
  • Short stories
  • Travel tales
  • Uncategorized
  • Unreported

Recent Posts

  • International Federation Journalists’ Centenary Congress, Paris, 4-7 May 2026
  • Workers’ Memorial Day in Bristol 2026
  • Little dramas around the globe
  • Paper tiger?
  • Beyond the Darkness: Crimes of another era 

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