Mike Jempson

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

Category: Longer reads

March 30, 20226 Comments on MOLDOVAN MOMENTS, parts 1 & 2

MOLDOVAN MOMENTS, parts 1 & 2

My many visits to Europe’s poorest country, Moldova, have always given me much to savour.

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March 2, 20222 Comments on Remembering Ukraine

Remembering Ukraine

With wall-to-wall war on our TV screens I got to thinking about my work visits to Ukraine.

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December 3, 20203 Comments on WILTON’S FOR THE EAST END: The untold story

WILTON’S FOR THE EAST END: The untold story

As Chair of Stepney’s Half Moon Theatre in the 1970s I was witness to an extraordinary chapter in its history.

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April 2, 201930 Comments on CONFESSIONS OF A SPOILED PRIEST (irreverent memories of a junior seminary)

CONFESSIONS OF A SPOILED PRIEST (irreverent memories of a junior seminary)

As a teenager I spent two years at St Joseph’s College, Mark Cross, in the mistaken belief I would make it as a Roman Catholic priest. This memoire dates from a reunion of old Mark Crucians in March 2014.

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October 31, 2018Leave a Comment on OUT FOR THE COUNT

OUT FOR THE COUNT

On a windy winter’s night in 2012 I tried to exorcise a demon that had haunted me for half a century.

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About Mike

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

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

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