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There’s Hope and Joy Yet! Even on our Landing.

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ME: ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour, for he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden.’ DAUGHTER: What the hell are you on about? ME: Don’t say ‘hell.’ like that. It sounds common. ‘For behold from henceforth, all generations shall call me blessed. For he that […]

Embarrassing The Geeks

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My children were asked what was the most embarrassing thing that their mother has ever done. Apparently, it was the time we were in The Geek Side shop and I started telling the shop assistant how much I loathed Dobby and how Dobby was the most ridiculous creation ever, and should have been blasted to […]

Fit for Purpose

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It’s an anxious time for kids in their final GCSE year. And most of us parents are doing the best that we can to support them in their studies. Although… when it comes to do with anything to do with Maths, many of us are incapable off any real help, other than offering something along […]

Talking About local Heroes… The Rev Joseph Rayner Stephens

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JOSEPH RAYNER STEPHENS: This is a recent article of mine on an incredible champion of the poor; whose life and times have been very much overlooked – probably because he was based in the north of England – and certainly because he spoke ‘truth to power’. “Very few are aware of what the factory system […]

Power Struggles. And Strippergrams

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“Mum, why is it, that no-one ever arrests strippergrams for ‘impersonating a police officer’?” I mean … I’ve always preferred the sort of kids who are interested in political and sociological issues, who chat about concepts such as the ‘police state’ and who possess an inquisitive mind, but …. this question did stump me somewhat. […]

Rather Arch Juxtaposition

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I’m a diehard fan of The Archers. I enjoy writing my own scripts for them and pretending that I somehow live and dwell in a more working-class, West Yorkshire version of Ambridge. Yes, I have no shame, I realise this. With this in mind – I’ve created ‘The Archers Death Metal Band Name Generator.’ With […]