As a teacher, Neil Griffin has found himself in settings from mainstream comprehensives to high security prisons. As a musician and entertainer he has performed with his band the Fabulous Wildon Brothers on stages as diverse as the “Blood tub”, Workingmen’s club, Stockton on Tees and the Royal Albert Hall, London. As a local politician he has served as a member of Arts Council England and as Mayor of Durham City. A role which brought vegetarian, Neil to the attention of the nation’s media when the fur on his mayoral robes was replaced with fake fur. As a result he became nicknamed the “Veggie more...
