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Martin Hickes is a journalist, publicist and writer with a 15 year association with the media. 
 

 He qualified as a journalist in 1989 and has also undertaken a significant degree of PR work.

 
In younger days, he was highly influenced by the works of Douglas Adams, Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Clive James, the Monty Python team, the cosmologist Carl Sagan, and any great satirists.
 
He gained a 2:1 BA (Hons) degree in English Literature and is based in Leeds, Yorkshire - probably the best-connected city in the UK.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Language Mansion
 
 
 
 
 
 
New For 2014

Zero Dark QWERTY - More collected writings.

Old Typewriter with German keyboard


Hotel Metropolitain

Hotel Metropolitain - Poetry for the Information Age
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All stories/PR listed below are (c) Martin Hickes and should not be used without permission. email: martin.hickes@talktalk.net

Windermere, England 20th May 2017: WE ARE SAILING: Sailing regattas on Lake Windermere, England’s longest lake, continue to gain popularity at the heart of Britain’s beautiful Lake District. Regular races are staged by many enthusiasts on the lake – often jointly by the Windermere Marina Village and the Windermere Cruising Association – in which up to 30 boats compete at a time, of varying classes. A new handicap system is giving competitors who have struggled in the past the chance to boost their standings against more elite racers, against the dramatic backdrops loved by the Romantic Poets. Pic (c) David Hickes/Alamy.


Windermere Regattas

Windermere, England  20th May 2017: WE ARE SAILING: Sailing regattas on Lake Windermere, England’s longest lake, continue to gain popularity at the heart of Britain’s beautiful Lake District. Regular races are staged by many enthusiasts  on the lake – often jointly  by the Windermere Marina Village and the Windermere Cruising Association – in which up to 30 boats compete at a time, of varying classes. A new handicap system is giving competitors who have struggled in the past the chance to boost their standings against more elite racers, against the dramatic backdrops loved by the Romantic Poet


 Thumbs up from US Army hopeful


Social status


Mars Attracts


JFK

 

Murder on the Orient Express

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Featured in the YEP, Keighley News, Ilkley Gazette and others.
 
Featured in the Ilkley Gazette, Yorkshire Evening Post and others.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured in the Sheffield Star, Derbyshire Times and others
 
Featured in the Yorkshire Post,
 
 
Featured in the Yorkshire Post
 
 
Thirty years after ET, will we ever be able to phone his home?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured in the YorkshirePost and Evening Post - original publicity by MH
 
 
Featured in the Yorkshire Post and Telegraph and Argus - original publicity by MH
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Privacy on parade
 
Used in the Yorkshire Dalesman, May 2011
Pick up by Yorkshire Post reporters
 
 
 

YEP story pick up
 
Used in the Dalesman Spring 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Used in the Harrogate Advertiser/Herald March 2011
 
((Original story by MH - picked up by Yorkshire Post reporters).

Law Online
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 

On the anniversary of Jane Austen's death, what would she have made of online social networks?
 
Has the Banking Crisis Become the Greatest Restoration Comedy?
 
 
 
A Rose By Any Other Name...
 
 
A New Twist in the Search for the Lost Rose of Towton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The Way of the World?
 
Is the New Space Race Just Beginning?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Example Journalism
 
  1. The spy's story... childhood classic makes splash again ... 4 May 2009 ... As a new film version of Swallows and Amazons prepares to set sail, Martin
    Hickes reflects on Yorkshire author Arthur Ransome's 125th ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/nostalgia/The-spy39s-story-childhood-classic.5231420.jp - 60k
  2. The end of the world is nigh... or is it science's greatest leap ... 9 Sep 2008 ... By Martin Hickes. Those who announce the end of the world is at hand usually
    defer to some higher spiritual source. ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/The-end-of-the-world.4471518.jp - 62k
  3. Will the North Sea give up America's most prized naval treasure ... 28 Jun 2007 ... By Martin Hickes. The Americans will be taking to the high seas off the
    Yorkshire coast this summer in search of their nautical "Holy Grail" ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features?articleid=2988645 - 61k
  4. Revealed at last... secret of the star that led to Jesus ... 24 Dec 2008 ... Martin Hickes reports. For years, the wondrous image and myth of the Star of
    Bethlehem has vexed scholars, astronomers and religious ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Revealed-at-last-secret-of.4821441.jp - 66k
  5. Murder mystery of Shakespeare and the play that got away ... 21 Apr 2008 ... Murder mystery of Shakespeare and the play that got away - With this week
    marking the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, Martin Hickes ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Murder-mystery-of-Shakespeare-and.4002022.jp - 59k
  6. Light years from Yorkshire, but why is there so much 'space junk ... 2 Mar 2009 ... By Martin Hickes. YORKSHIRE may seem light years away from the happenings of
    outer space, but the spectacular collision between two US and ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Light-years-from-Yorkshire-but.5027644.jp - 59k
  1. A whole new world in the story of Conan Doyle's famous hound ... Martin Hickes reports. EVEN Holmes would have been bemused. Seventy-five years
    after the death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the erstwhile detective's ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/A-whole-new-world-in.1367261.jp - 57k
  2. The hole truth about global warming - Yorkshire Post With the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer marking its 20th anniversary,
    Martin Hickes asks Antarctic scientists what the future holds for global ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/The-hole-truth-about-global.1296524.jp - 59k
  3. New breed of pet for today's dogged followers of fashion ... Martin Hickes reports. Every trend needs a figurehead and when it came to
    handbag-sized dogs Paris Hilton was happy to lead from the front. ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/New-breed-of-pet-for.3672598.jp - 59k
  
  1. Is Bard's finest work yet to be discovered? - Yorkshire Post On the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's sonnets, and as the
    Yorkshire outdoor play season begins, Martin Hickes asks why the Bard's ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/theatre/Is-Bard39s-finest-work-yet.5181090.jp - 60k
  2. Is there anybody out there? - Yorkshire Post Martin Hickes reports. It was a case of two plus two equals five. When
    scientists yesterday revealed they had discovered a planet similar to Earth, ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Is-there-anybody-out-there.1327288.jp - 59k
  3. Will the North Sea give up America's most prized naval treasure ... The Americans will be taking to the high seas off the Yorkshire coast this
    summer in search of their nautical "Holy Grail". Martin Hickes reports on an ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Will-the-North-Sea-give.2988645.jp -
  4. Blockbuster year for visitors to a land down under - Yorkshire Post Martin Hickes asks a Yorkshire ex-pat about its attraction JUST over a year ago,
    Yorkshire electronics engineer Adrian Hill faced the prospect of redundancy ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Blockbuster-year-for-visitors-to.1310831.jp - 57k
  5. Extra-terrestrial visitor could have a huge impact on us all ... Martin Hickes reports. Just when it seemed nothing could be worse than the
    credit crunch and financial armageddon, scientists and politicians are ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Extraterrestrial-visitor-could-have-a.4842527.jp -
  6. My Robin Hood life hiding from the Nazis - Yorkshire Post Martin Hickes meets one of the few survivors of Operation Sherwood. WHILE tales
    of bravery during the Second World War have become the stuff of novels and ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/My-Robin-Hood-life-hiding.1558874.jp -
  7. Life on Mars moves closer as space odyssey enters alien territory ... Martin Hickes reports. With temperatures averaging an icy -81F, with little or
    no oxygen to speak of and a distinct lack of facilities the 21st-century ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Life-on-Mars-moves-closer.1405024.jp - 56k
  8. Tuesday's Letters: Votes for BNP let down the troops who fought ... THE article by Martin Hickes (Yorkshire Post, June 8) about Parliament in the
    past is an absolute classic. His description of Parliament during Oliver ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/letters-to-the-editor/Tuesday39s-Letters-Votes-for-BNP.5368993.jp -
  9. A giant stride forward – or a dead end? - Yorkshire Post By Martin Hickes. The Right to Roam arrived in Yorkshire two years ago, but has
    opening up the countryside boosted tourism or just been yet another waste of ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features?articleid=2948570 -
  10. Holidays for hard times – go sightseeing in Google's world ... Martin Hickes reports. Fifty years ago, many Yorkshire folk thought themselves
    lucky to have a two-week summer break in Scarborough. ...     http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Holidays-for-hard-times-.5144237.jp -

 

 Online news
 
    Tolkien's Yorkshire
    Jan 10, 2010
   
    Was Yorkshire always the Red Rose County?
    Jan 5, 2010
 
    Deus Ex Machina?
 
 
    The Ghosts of Dickens' Christmas Past
    Dec 25 2009
 
 
    Will cinema audiences leave the new Holmes alone?
 
    Dec 24, 2009
 
    Bah-humbug - A cheerless Christmas under the Puritans
 
    Dec 23, 2009
 
    A new definition of Dr Johnson at 300
 
   Can Antarctica Be Saved from Global Warming?
   Link to page Dec 09 2009
 
 
   A Walk in the Woods in Wharfedale
A dedicate team of pensioners is lending a welcome hand around picturesque Wharfedale
Olde English Coaching Inn Says Cheers to 2010
One of England's oldest coaching inns continues to thrive against tough trading times for pubs in the UK.
A Fresh Look at Obama's Art of Rhetoric
Did President Barack Obama learn his polished political skills at the artsy West Coast college?
Memories of Obamaland
Was the President's laid-back style forged at the lotus-eating Occidental College?
Errol Flynn - The Great Hollywood Star at 100
On Errol Flynn's 100th anniversary, should the star be presented with a special Oscar?
A New Zeitgeist for Berlin
20 years after the fall of the Wall, Germany looks ahead.
Was Fawkes the Ultimate Fall Guy?
Many think Britain's favourite figure of hate might have been framed.
Yorkshire Author Goes Big Stateside
Yorkshire author Peter J Murray is exporting his brand of fiction overseas.
 
A Passport to Peril or Prosperity?
Does the NE Passage hold they key to world shipping travel?

The Curious Case of Dr Doyle and Mr Wilde

Link to article

 
Bones Beneath the Dales
Did Hippos once roam in the Yorkshire Dales?
A Quantum Leap in Understanding
Does quantum information lie at the the heart of things? Prof Vlatko Vedral probes the nature of existence.
Antimatter Does Exist but Not as Shown in Movies



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  1. Criminal underworld – the caves that hid smugglers' booty ... With Christmas traditionally the time smugglers descended on Yorkshire's coast,
    Our Yorkshire places in the heart - Yorkshire Post With a record number of visitors expected to visit the countythis summer, Martin
    Clouds of glory - Yorkshire Post C
 
 
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