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I’ve been thinking a lot about Ian, these last few weeks. It’s been more than 30 years since I last saw him, and we weren’t really friends, ...

We had a royal visit at work today.  For those of us trying to get some work done, it was a massive pain in the arse, to be honest.  There w...

I work with some intelligent people.  I say this now because of what follows.... One of my colleagues isn't a driver and has a somewha...

Terry Pratchett was a very wise man. He died in 2015, but it’s somehow comforting to look back on some of his writing now and to see what...

I’m tail running at Colwick parkrun tomorrow. I haven’t done this particular volunteer role before, but it seems fairly straightforward:...

Maybe it’s because I’m not a parent, maybe it’s because I’m a miserable bastard…. But I find that the noise of a crying baby cuts right t...

Today, someone in all seriousness explained to me why the project to merge two teams together was called “Project Windsor”. Apparently it’s...

I watched a couple of things on TV this weekend that both made me a little emotional. The first I saw by accident when I was snoozling in ...

Raising money for charity is a truly humbling experience. When we knew we were going to be running the marathon, I thought about what kind...

A good friend of mine put up a post on Facebook today: “ I just saw a quote on a photo of a beautiful plus-sized girl calling her “a real-s...

I've mentioned before how I've met some amazing people since I joined my running club and started to parkrun regularly.  I've me...

I'm cross. Cycling home from work this evening, I came over the Suspension Bridge at the Trent and headed down on the final half-mi...

Nottingham was absolutely gridlocked this evening.  Traffic has been bad for much of the last two years because of the ongoing tram works th...

There's a guy at work - and I'm sure you know someone just like him - who is absolutely obsessed with technology.  He's about fi...

I've heard people joking that, now that the Scottish referendum is over and done with, what the hell are we supposed to talk about no...

How's my evening going? Oh, you know.  The usual.  Arguing with a friend of a friend on Facebook about Scottish independence.  As you ...

I was minding my own business in the canteen at work the other day, waiting patiently for a friend to join me so we could have a coffee and ...

I see plenty of idiots on the road.  We all see them. I've always known that they're there, but somehow now I'm spending so m...

I was in Dublin with work on Tuesday. Since we’re not allowed overnight stops, this entailed a 04:45 start to drive to Birmingham to catch ...

I've been cycling to work for nearly a year now, and in all that time, I think I've only used my car to get to the office twice - b...