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Dark Patterns – Out Now on BBC Sounds
I have made a new documentary called Dark Patterns - and it’s all about the manipulative tricks that some websites use to make us click and buy.
Read → February 15, 2022Darryl Morris
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Former neo-Nazi on how he was radicalised… and how he got out.
Nigel Bromage was 15 when he was handed a leaflet at school. Joining a group campaigning against the IRA, a cause he believed in, soon became membership – and then leadership – of a neo-Nazi organisation. Nigel joined me on talkRADIO to tell his story, and explain how the group
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Column: Finding Happiness
This column first appeared in the Lancashire Evening Post. It is Tuesday and I am finding happiness. I have watched a video and apparently happiness can be found somewhere between the linin basket and the boxes under the bed. Or, sometimes, in the cutlery draw. I am decluttering. And by
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Column: The Isolation
This column first appeared in the Lancashire Post It is Friday and everything is set. We have friends coming up from London and plans laid. I have booked time off work. I have built the BBQ. I have bought some new garden furniture. I have installed a new patio
Read → July 20, 2021Listen
Times Radio: Manchester Arena Bombing Anniversary
May marked the fourth anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing – and while four years isn’t a significant anniversary, it was the anniversary of something very significant. I joined Times Radio, live from the heart of Manchester, to reflect on those four years and the events being held to mark
Read → June 03, 2021Newsletter
Darryl Morris Weekly – 21.05.21 – Four Years
As much as anything else, I remember the relentless buzz of news and police helicopters. The sky seemed to be busier than the city streets below. Every night, for what felt like weeks, the piercing sound of police sirens cut through any moment of peace. My apartment overlooked the Manchester
Read → May 21, 2021Newsletter
Darryl Morris Weekly – 14.05.21 – How to Solve a Problem Like…
You’re going to hear a lot about Bolton this week. And not just from me, banging on about Bolton Wanderers’ spectacular promotion last weekend. Although, while we’re on the subject, we were 20th in February and finished 3rd overall. Really, quite something. Anyway. The real reason is altogether more troubling.
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Column: The Bad Back
This column first appeared in the Lancashire Evening Post. It is Thursday and I have had a bad back all week. I felt it pop on Saturday while I was power washing the patio. I don’t need the accolades or the acclaim and I certainly don’t need sympathy. It’s just
Read → May 04, 2021Newsletter
Darryl Morris Weekly – 30.04.21 – Why Should We Care?
‘What a car crash,’ said my Mum of the European Super League, ‘a terrible idea and typical of the greed.’ And that is how you know a football story has found it’s cut through. As the world of football and politics – and my Mum – cried out in condemnation
Read → April 30, 2021Newsletter
Darryl Morris Weekly – 16.04.21 – Passions
I remember it like it was yesterday. Can’t vote but still care. It was my first ever headline in a newspaper. I was fourteen and my submission to the Bolton Evening News’ letters page was a call to arms for people to step up and vote in the 2005 general
Read → April 16, 2021