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Latest articles from Keith Skipper

A favourite clifftop walk at Cromer sums up endearing coastal charms of the place

Opinion Three-and-a-half decades in, my love affair with Cromer continues

SKIPPER AT LARGE EDP, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024 `2147Z Cromer constancy

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Sid Kipper, talented all-rounder with a sideways stance, stepped up as Norfolk’s leading cultural ambassador of the age

Opinion Farewell Sid Kipper who had a peculiar and hilarious take on Norfolk life

SKIPPER AT LARGE,EDP, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2024 . 12147Z Kipper culture

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Back to Norfolk farming basics with milking by hand, munching and mooching in old-fashioned pastoral style

Opinion Cold comfort for me that farming parody wasn't set in Norfolk

SKIPPER AT LARGE EDP, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2024 12147Z Sap is rising

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The Dingy Skipper butterfly, not named after yours truly!

Opinion With a surname like mine, it's been 80 years of jokes fit for a skip

SKIPPER AT LARGE EDP, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2024 12147Z Dingy Skipper

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Norfolk is ready to embrace uplifting signs of spring along with a fresh spirit of independence as election time nears

Opinion Norfolk Independence Party launch moanifesto ahead of election

SKIPPER AT LARGE EDP, Saturday, March 23, 2024 12147Z Nips moanifesto

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Gate into springtime ready for opening as March starts to promise brighter going

Opinion How best to marry old Norfolk with least damage to the new
SKIPPER AT LARGE EDP, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024, 12147Z Unwelcome change

Keith says political votes could be gained if politicians majored on the minor Norfolk issues that bother us, such as bad parking or anti-social parking on verges

Opinion Feud for thought as community spirit is reduced to rows and quibbles
It may have been dear old Ken Dodd, wisecracking king of Knotty Ash, who set the tone for such a brazen brand of mischief and mayhem when he declared: “What a lovely day for sticking a cucumber through the vicar’s letter-box and shouting: ‘Help! Help! .. the Martians have landed! ‘

Teaching line-up on parade at Hamond’s Grammar School in Swaffham when Keith Skipper bowed out after seven years of classroom adventures

Opinion Skip on tour! A special trip to Swaffham to celebrate turning 80

SKIPPER AT LARGE, EDP, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024 12147Z Birthday tribute

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'Only Spuds and Horses!' a vintage instalment of Norfolk farming history in the shape of a west Norfolk potato harvest during the 1950s Image: Keith Skipper Collection

Opinion Norfolk coat of paint on popular culture makes me feel quite emulsional

Genteel mardling along the Cromer clifftop walk a few holiday seasons ago when bathing machines still dotted the sands

Opinion Tittle-tattle and titbits help keep Norfolk communities gossiping together
SKIPPER AT LARGE EDP, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2024 12147Z Topical gossip