What is the connection between Exeter ‘Change and The Crescent, Buxton, Derbyshire?

On the face of it there is no connection between the two places, especially as they are almost two hundred miles apart, however, it is not the structures, but the people within them who provide the link, as we will soon discover. Readers will no doubt be aware of Exeter ‘Change, and those living in the early 1800’s most definitely would have been aware of it, as it was where Gilbert Pidcock, …

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Strade Bianche.

The race with the best list of winners. Perhaps only Sagan is missing (and the presence of Moreno Moser among these monsters is a little weird).

2011 Gilbert, 2012 Cancellara, 2013 Moser, 2014 Kwiatkowski, 2015 Stybar, 2016 Cancellara, 2017 Kwiatkowski, 2018 Benoot, 2019 Alaphilippe, 2020 van Aert, 2021 M. van der Poel, 2022 Pogacar, 2023 Pidcock.

Opening weekend provides excitement (even with sprint finishes!)

Opening weekend provides excitement (even with sprint finishes!)

Saturday 27th February – Omloop Het Nieuwsblad The world champion Julian Alaphillippe almost pulled off a typcially swashbuckling move to take this one before getting caught on the Muur in Geraardsbergen. He had, however, taken enough sting out of the legs of his opponents leaving the man of the early season, Davide Ballerini to easily take the sprint finish. The perennial locally based…

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Momentum festival to host more than 20 Labour MPs

Date: Thursday Aug 30th

Momentum’s festival as part of the Labour Party conference fringe will host more than 20 Labour MPs alongside internationally acclaimed campaigners, thinkers and artists. 

Labour MPs speaking at the festival include the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell; Norwich South MP Clive Lewis; Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott; the newly elected MP for Kensington Emma Dent Coad; Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth; newly elected MP for North West Durham Laura Pidcock, as well as Lord John Prescott and Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.

The World Transformed will also host internationally acclaimed campaigners, thinkers and artists including author and environmentalist Naomi Klein; academic and writer David Harvey; hip hop artist and activist Lowkey; Guardian columnist and author Owen Jones; Bernie Sanders campaigner Winnie Wong; WWII veteran and writer Harry Leslie Smith; award winning jazz musician Soweto Kinch; journalist Abi Wilkinson; journalist and author Rachel Shabi; and educator Barby Asante, with more to be announced soon.

Expected to attract more than 6000 visitors over four days and spanning nine venues across the city, Momentum’s city wide festival will be the largest and most expansive fringe event alongside Labour Party conference in recent memory.

Organiser Anastasia Palikeras said: “This year’s World Transformed programme will have even more Labour MPs alongside internationally acclaimed writers, artists, campaigners and activists, reflecting the growing diversity and strength of our movement. For us the key focus is on building on the success of Labour’s general election campaign and preparing for the challenges that lie ahead by discussing the ideas that will transform our world.”

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Notes

1. Full programme available here: https://theworldtransformed.org/programme/

2. A list of MP’s and peers attending the World Transformed include: John McDonnell, Tracy Brabin, Clive Lewis, Cat Smith, Emma Dent Coad, Richard Burgon, Laura Pidcock, Diane Abbott, Imran Hussain, Jon Ashworth, Jon Trickett , Lisa Nandy, Marsha de Cordova, Chris Williamson, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Danielle Rowley, Dawn Butler, Emma Lewell-Buck, Lord John Prescott, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti. More will be announced in the coming weeks.

3. Highlights include: Ken Loach in conversation with Lowkey and Barby Asante on the political responsibility of artists; an exploration of how 60s counter culture is relevant today and the idea of Acid Corbynism with Jeremy Gilbert and Lynne Sega, in memory of Mark Fisher; governing from the radical left and the challenges of transforming society featuring Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, Paul Mason and Greek government minister Theano Fotiou; how Labour can heal the divides of Brexit with Maya Goodfellow, Dawn Butler MP, Ruth Ibegbuna and Owen Jones; closing party with band Rum Committee, award winning jazz and hip hop artist Soweto Kinch and purveyors of good times Horse Meat Disco; and a chance to test your knowledge of political history with a very special guest.

4. Photographs from The World Transformed 2016 available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/foyt75pizj8hqod/AABiqeXBl1bUTK8bbBiOHIuGa

Contact Jenny Killin at [email protected] for comments or accreditation.

Van Avermaet beats Stybar in sprint to win... | Paris Roubaix

Alex Dowsett is giving live insight into what it is like to ride in Paris-Roubaix, providing a stream of tweets on his experience in the Hell of the North. Craig Fry is a freelance writer , and associate professor of public health at the Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing, Victoria University. Ian Stannard, Britain, Team Sky, same time. 4. Sep Vanmarcke, Belgium, Team LottoNl-Jumbo, same time. 5.

CRASH: There's a touch of wheels towards the back of the peloton which sees a cluster of riders go down just as a second peloton were riding back on. On a day that Tom Boonen was bidding to bow out of the sport with a record fifth Paris-Roubaix title, it was his compatriot van Avermaet who became the 40th Belgian to win the Queen of the Classics. ROUBAIX, France - A week after finishing second to fellow Belgian Philippe Gilbert at Tour of Flanders, Olympic champion.Mathew Hayman, Australia, Orica-GreenEdge, 5 hours, 51 minutes, 53 seconds. 2. Tom Pidcock on the podium after winning Paris-Roubaix Juniors 2017.

Olympic road champion Greg Van Avermaet overtook Zdenek Stybar just before the line in a thrilling sprint finish to win the Paris-Roubaix classic for the first time on Sunday. Tom Boonen's name and photos have been plastered on the roads, stores, restaurants and hand-held signs across Belgium and into northern France all week, as the cobble-racing legend prepares to retire after his final Paris-Roubaix Sunday.Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet added to his second-placed finish at the Tour of Flanders with a superb win at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. It was a hot, nervous Paris-Roubaix, which felt more like a war of attrition against Lady Luck and the unseasonable heat than it did a battle against the cobbles. Tom Boonen, Belgium, Etixx-Quick-Step, same time. 3. Cycling's most famous monument, Paris-Roubaix is here! 257 kilometres and 55 on cobblestones across 29 sections.

Thomas Clark, Eccentric Entrepreneur and multimillionaire

Thomas Clark may be a name that most people are unaware of, but many will have heard of Exeter Exchange, also known as Exeter Change on The Strand, London, along with its more famous owners – Gilbert Pidcock, followed by Edward Cross, so we can now add a little more about another occupant of that building – Thomas Clark, who occupied premises there for around 50 years. A gentle ride from Exeter…

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An Elephant Never Forgets

An Elephant Never Forgets

The adage that an elephant never forgets seems very appropriate given the following accounts. The scientific elephant now displays his sagacity and the uncommon improvement of his natural powers, at Pidcock’s Grand Menageries, Exeter ‘Change, Strand, where, at the desire of the company and command of the keeper, he exhibits a perfect knowledge of the value of different pieces of money; tells with…

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