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Jun 5, 20172 min read
Why we will all go back to work today
There have been two occasions in recent weeks on which I’ve woken early and arrived down in the kitchen to discover horror stories all...
Apr 16, 20171 min read
President Lannister and other despots
You would think we know better in 2017. On one side of the world we have Kim Jong-un standing before the massed ranks of his army and...
Aug 22, 20163 min read
Cupcakes and customer service
A guest post by Suzanne Stolberg Anyone who has heard Chris’s approach to not tolerating dental patients who are looking for the cheapest...
Aug 20, 20161 min read
Seriously
You all know how much I love my taxi-driver stories because they demonstrate the triumph of the human spirit, of love and endeavour over...
Aug 7, 20165 min read
The Eruv
Warning: if your religious sensibilities are easily upset, please don’t read this post. Trafford Council Planning Application Number...
Jun 26, 20163 min read
Who were the Brexit voters?
The result is the result and, depending on how you voted (or didn’t) the party poppers or spilt milk can now be cleared away – tomorrow...
Aug 22, 20151 min read
Parker Palmer on the “examined life”
In his May 10, 2015 Naropa University graduation address, Parker Palmer offered the advice of Socrates, and urged Naropa graduates to...
Aug 1, 20154 min read
The Moral Compass
The week began with a cocaine-snorting, philandering Lord of the Realm, caught with his pants down and somebody else’s brassiere on. We...
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