Michael Whelan

Former @NTelegraph and @harbmail journo, now turned private client solicitor. Fan of punk rock, Bradford City, misanthropy, and Oxford commas.

[Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan1]

@lexkelandjun Is Castle and Falcon an all ages show?

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My girlfriend Katie is playing with her new band Mountaintop Junkshop in their first full-band show this Thursday at The Musician in Leicester supporting Northern Ireland's The Breeze. Tickets here https://t.co/axQQ3mBphi

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@SamWildmanNT Nine and a bit years?! Can't believe it. All the best Sam!

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My very clever daughter Niamh finished as runner-up in the Orwell Youth Prize for a short story she wrote. Had a really nice time in London at the ceremony today!

[The Orwell Youth Prize @OrwellYouthPriz]

Congratulations to our Winners and Runners Up from school years 7, 8 & 9!

From over 800 entries, your outstanding writing wowed our judges 💫

Writing from all our winners and runners up will be published on our website next week - stay tuned to read these amazing pieces! ✍️

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@lordbonkers My late mum liked Mott the Hoople, in fact recently my sister found one of her old diary entries recounting seeing them in Hammersmith in 1973, although I like the throwaway line "Also on with them was Queen"

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@EmoAnniversary Such a good album

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@intoitoverit Suis la Lune! I'd forgotten about these guys 😍

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@Otto_English "Do you not know my son, with how very little wisdom the world is governed?" is a great quote I always try to keep in mind

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@EntsPeter @guardian Good thread Peter. I always enjoyed reading your stuff. The comments though, ugh, I know what you mean and it is what I hated most about regional journalism. I can only imagine they would be ten times worse in a national newspaper.

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@BeardedGenius This is his audition for the film version

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@SensesFail No Davey von Bohlen?

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@isaacashe Ummm 😨 sadly not, I'm just caught up in the aftermath. I don't think it was anything too major as the road was cleared pretty quickly but there was tons of traffic backed up. The fire was above one of the take aways near the Wigston Lane junction

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@isaacashe morning Isaac, did you guys know about the fire at the flat on Aylestone Road this morning?

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@cnnbrk The physician

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@nosylocaljourno Same here - but then I did jury service and the defendant in the trial I was "jurying" did this, although I suspect in that case it was more that he couldn't be bothered rather than fear about facing families

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@SeanMombo I'm not sure you know. Better check the guidance first

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@mewithoutYou There's no Brother/Sister in the UK

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@FullBlownMltdwn Muse, playing to about 30 people in Manchester, and Death Cab For Cutie playing to a handful more than that in Leicester

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@SquarewordStats hey there, is there a way to move my Squareword stats to my new phone?

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@brianmoore666 As someone who grew up just a few miles from Halifax (Bratfud) I always read your tweets in a southern accent. Never knew you were were a fellow West Yorkshire-ite!