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. |
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
On the anniversary of Jane Austen's death, what would she have made of online social networks?
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
- 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 - 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 - 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
- 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 - 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 - 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 - - 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 - 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 - - 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 - - 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 - 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 - - 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 - - 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 -
A Walk in the Woods in Wharfedale
A dedicate team of pensioners is lending a welcome hand around picturesque Wharfedale
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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.
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A Fresh Look at Obama's Art of Rhetoric
Did President Barack Obama learn his polished political skills at the artsy West Coast college?
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Memories of Obamaland
Was the President's laid-back style forged at the lotus-eating Occidental College?
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Errol Flynn - The Great Hollywood Star at 100
On Errol Flynn's 100th anniversary, should the star be presented with a special Oscar?
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A New Zeitgeist for Berlin
20 years after the fall of the Wall, Germany looks ahead.
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Was Fawkes the Ultimate Fall Guy?
Many think Britain's favourite figure of hate might have been framed.
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Yorkshire Author Goes Big Stateside
Yorkshire author Peter J Murray is exporting his brand of fiction overseas.
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A Passport to Peril or Prosperity?
Does the NE Passage hold they key to world shipping travel?
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Bones Beneath the Dales
Did Hippos once roam in the Yorkshire Dales?
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A Quantum Leap in Understanding
Does quantum information lie at the the heart of things? Prof Vlatko Vedral probes the nature of existence.
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Antimatter Does Exist but Not as Shown in Movies |
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- 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
- te hobby. Martin Hickes reports on the rise of the cloudspotter. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Clouds-of-glory.1474908.jp -