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Hi, this is a short sci-fi story if you like that sort of thing! If not, we have plenty of other offerings on Urban Tiger Radio for your pleasure. I think sci-fi begins with an open mind and explores the things that seem inconceivable now yet have their roots somewhere in our past, in instincts, particularly survival. As a species we have adapted and survived more changes over the millennia than we can ever consider. Most of those changes were gradual, and a fitting subject for archaeologists, but what if a dramatic change in our habitat forced a dramatic change in us as a species. Listen on...

Hi. This is chapter 4 of Granny was a Buffer Girl b y the famous author, Berlie Doherty. More to come! Enjoy the story so far... Bill.

Hi. This is a fantasy short story. I don't know where the inspiration came from, but I need you to imagine you find yourself inside of a dance hall frozen in time by a curse. The story is about on whose head a curse lies, and it's also about a deep and enduring love and how the men of successive generations of the same family deal with the responsibility for that love. I hope you enjoy! Bill.

Hello again, and welcome to Side 2 of the spectacular display of talent that was Heeley Writers back in the late 80's and nineties. This mix has it all, poetry, humour, political incorrectness, short stories, inexplicable poetry (in some cases)and even a couple of things performed very naively by myself, Bill Allerton. Enjoy the past! When you think about it, it's all you have for certain... apart from Death and Taxes...

Chapter 3 of 'Granny was a Buffer Girl' by Berlie Doherty

Chapter 2: Granny was a Buffer Girl by Berlie Doherty

One of my favourite authors, Berlie Doherty, has given me permission to publish her novel for early teens, 'Granny was a Buffer Girl', as an audiobook using material I have rescued from a previous tape recording. This is Chapter 1 to be followed by the rest shortly. This book is about to be re-released in paperback and I'll let you know when that happens. I am releasing it here because I think it has great appeal for adults too, as a piece of social history beside the fact that it is beautifully written by my favourite award-winning author. There is also a short explanation of what a 'Buffer Girl' is, or was. Enjoy!

This is the one interview that I have been waiting for... As you will hear, Roy has been a friend of mine for many a year and we have always supported one another in the poetry/writing circles in Sheffield. I am glad that I finally managed to pin him down long enough to record him. If the volume is a little variable on this track it's because I'm using previously recorded material, some of it at a live venue. Don't let that spoil Roy's telling of his colourful history.

Circles in The Frost is a sensitive take on teenage years and anxieties, both natural and those brought about by a sudden loss. Friends and cousins, Glenys and Shirley shared fathers who were identical twins... but there the similarity stops... and envy threatens to bring the whole relationship crashing down. Accompanied by music from Martin Bragger at his most sensitive and soulful with the song... Never Let Go... written for someone very special in his life.

Dan Minton is an aspirational novelist, born in the South East but now can't bear to leave Sheffield, his adopted home. Dan is a teacher at a local school and was the outright winner of the 2017 Novel Slam organised by the Sheffield Authors group. Share his life so far, his hopes and dreams and those of Eddie, his protagonist in 'Yellowjackets', Dan's first novel. keep an eye out for it. This will be out there soon and don't forget where you first heard it...

The Ultimate Bad Karma Mix! Am I taunting both past and future here? Join me in a mixture of Bathos and Pathos with a remarkable line-up of talent from Welsh Geoff, through Bryony Doran, Roy Blackman, Cameron Kemp and The Fridge Magnets, as we journey ever onwards to our personal and public oblivion and despair... With more than a few good laughs along the way...

Hello again to San Francisco and San Jose and welcome to New York! In this short podcast I explore my American connections from the Founding Fathers upwards, and explain how Flash Gordon can remedy your Manic Depression. Not a sufferer? Tune in anyway to understand what the other half of the world are suffering from...

If you had the ability to return to visit yourself in early youth, what would you do with that? Would you advise them in a way that would change your life irrevocably? But if you did, what about the 'Law of Unintended Consequence'? Who would you end up being as a result? Would you even like what you would become? Far better instead to go back there and steal a precious gift, a gift of unfettered vision...

Here comes 'That Time of Year' again. It's relentless isn't it? Well... here is a story with a difference. Imagine being given a gift of love, only to slowly realise that you are also a gift being given... and that you need to learn to love yourself, too. There's a fire in the hearth, the room is warm and has seemed that way for centuries. There are stockings on the mantelpiece... and you awake to find you are not alone. Merry Christmas everyone! With Love and Respect from Bill Allerton and Nellie on Urban Tiger Radio

The V8 Morning is the first story in my collection of stories called 'A Day for Tigers'. I shall be building this into a Playlist as uploads progress. 'A Day for Tigers' by Bill Allerton is available for Kindle or as a paperback on Amazon.

Welcome to Heeley Writers R.I.P. This was an organisation that myself and many friends enjoyed the support of some twenty odd years ago. (Very odd years!) It was for a long time a member group of The Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers. A left-wing gobfull of a title if ever there was one! However, it too was a worthwhile effort until someone made off with the funds! This is side one of 'Pieces of Eight', a tape of poems and stories recorded by the group in 1991.

Time to get out your foot-stomping boots! Listen here to the epic journey of 'Treebeard', the band that refuses to die, in our conversation with Chris McMahon, Founder, Anchor, and Architect of Reinvention. Treebeard's music crosses boundaries from traditional Celtic reels and jigs to a solid rock performance. This band deserves to be heard live so look them up and go. And don't forget those boots!

The short podcast this time is 'Annie', my first extended narrative poem, occasioned by a visit to someone who had just suffered a severe trauma. If you want to hear what that was, listen on... This poem has a long history as you will hear if you play the intro. Enjoy! (if that's the operative word...) Thank you for listening and following our podcasts. Cheers, Bill Allerton & Nellie

Patricio Ormeño. I can't even say it properly but come over here and listen to this lovely man in conversation with The Urban Tiger and his equally lovely music, recorded Live right here in The Lair! Explore how Patricio came to live and love in Sheffield and the driving forces behind his life, hopes and dreams.

FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY: Bryony Doran, Author, Poet and Comedienne, in conversation with The Urban Tiger. Bryony's collection of poetry 'Bullet Proof', an unflinching examination of her emotional experiences while her son was fighting in Afghanistan, is published by Bloodaxe Books in their new anthology, 'Home Front'.