Karl Whitney: Hitting ‘no changes’ when, in truth, almost everything has changed

Reviewing work can be a window into another moment in time, in our lives, and an opportunity to examine how old words can take on new meaning

Vacant pub in Swinton, ‘The Football’, with boarded windows on a quiet street; one of the decaying estate pubs that dot suburban Manchester.

Recently I was rereading something I had written quite a long time ago — perhaps 14 years or more. 

The aim was merely to check it for any spelling errors or other typographical misprints, as the piece had been published in a couple of forms in the past and was about to be published again.