Monthly Archives: February 2018

Allotment Adventures: The Mud and Rain

Posted on February 14, 2018 by nicdempsey

It rained more or less continuously on Saturday, it wasn’t really heavy rain just drizzle. The raised beds arrived on Friday and on Saturday morning, Ma and I walked them round. We had high hopes for the work we were … Continue reading →

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Dark Horse

Posted on February 13, 2018 by nicdempsey

Friday saw me venturing over to Stratford for drinks. Now I know that lots of people love East London but I’m firmly team West London and rarely get over that side of London. If I had to visualise London, the … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on February 12, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I am determined that I will have a better work week this week, than I did last. It was tough and full of emails and people that think I can magic up extra hours in the day. I … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on February 9, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Today is an exciting day because finally we are heading all the way over to Stratford to Dark Horse This week the usual miscellany started with whining about commuting, on Tuesday, I went all class warrior on you … Continue reading →

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A bit of culture

Posted on February 8, 2018 by nicdempsey

I left work early yesterday to go and see the Bridge Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar. It’s a good production, well acted and more urgent than the other productions I’ve seen. That is one of the things I love about Shakespeare, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Fairweather Allotmenting

Posted on February 7, 2018 by nicdempsey

I had high hopes that this weekend would be the weekend that we really got to grips with the allotment work. But the rain the day before and the wind on Sunday were not fun. I’d been on a 3 … Continue reading →

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A small rant about Class and Suffrage

Posted on February 6, 2018 by nicdempsey

Today marks 100 years since The Representation of the People Act 1918. Everyone is making a very big deal out of it because it’s 100 years since women were granted the vote. Except it didn’t. It gave some women the … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on February 5, 2018 by nicdempsey

We are finally in February, thank goodness! This weekend, Sarah at SBTB posted this, I will link to this again in Friday Links but I feel it should be read more than once and especially as a reflection on the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Say Something

Posted on February 4, 2018 by nicdempsey

Justin Timberlake feat. Ma’s favourite man with a beard, Chris Stapleton

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Friday Links

Posted on February 2, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a week, I’m off out tonight to Dirty Martini (all I can say is that some of the martinis had better be clean!) with the ladies from Elexon, although the ex-Elexon ladies are now in the … Continue reading →

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