Mike Jempson

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

Category: Local/labour history

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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March 5, 2022Leave a Comment on Journey into Space

Journey into Space

My March column for Fishponds Voice is about volunteer archivists at Glenside Hospital Museum.

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January 30, 20222 Comments on Vernon and Vowles’ venerable organ

Vernon and Vowles’ venerable organ

My February column for Fishponds Voice muses about the sweet sound of the merry organ.

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January 4, 2022Leave a Comment on A uniform mystery from a century ago

A uniform mystery from a century ago

Researching a humble nurse’s story I came across the origins of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’, Sherlock Holmes’ most famous case.

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About Mike

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

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  • A life in words
  • But is it poetry?
  • Journalism
  • Local/labour history
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  • Travel tales
  • Uncategorized
  • Unreported

Recent Posts

  • ‘Through work to health’
  • Hidden talents: Art and the Asylum
  • MOLDOVAN MOMENTS, parts 1 & 2
  • Journey into Space
  • Remembering Ukraine

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