Category Archives: Links

Friday Links: A Government run by Bugs Bunny would be more efficient

Posted on June 19, 2020 by nicdempsey

On Wednesday mornings, Sean Bean is presenting a programme called Legacy of War, which explores the impact that war experiences had on entire families and down the generations. It’s been interesting last week’s was about John Beckett, who was a … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: World on Fire

Posted on June 5, 2020 by nicdempsey

I started compiling these links on Sunday morning and at that point it seemed that the US was on fire and it doesn’t seem to have got any better over the week. I’m a Londoner and lived through rioting in … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Rules and Instinct

Posted on May 29, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Well it’s been quite the week. We have a government that is incompetent, heartless, clueless and weak. All of those traits have been on full display since the election and more so during the pandemic. So I have … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: VE Day

Posted on May 8, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Today is as I’m sure everyone in the UK is aware, is the 75th anniversary of VE Day. The government and R4 seems anxious to wrap itself in a flag but I’m pretty tired of it. The only … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Boris is Back and I can’t decide if that’s good news

Posted on May 1, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I’ve had a pretty strange week, yesterday, I was at the allotment and someone or something stole my sandals. I think it was foxes, with that and the mystery cat, I feel like I’m being terrorised by small … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Still indoors

Posted on April 24, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This is a bit late (sorry Mum!) because I have this thing called work instead of being on holiday in the North! However, I am in London and alive and well and not mourning the death of a … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Three More Weeks?

Posted on April 17, 2020 by nicdempsey

We skipped a week because of Good Friday and we are now still in Easter. About the only thing John Paul II ever said that I found inspiring was that Christians ‘are an Easter people’. This is the time, which … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Still Indoors

Posted on April 3, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! The world is pretty crazy right now, everyone who can be, is mostly indoors. Key workers are exhausted, parents are exhausted, everyone is struggling. I think the thing I want to say most is that it’s not a … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Lockdown

Posted on March 27, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I hope you’re all coping with lockdown as well as you can. I’m finding working from home, all the time quite difficult but being at home just fine. I go to the allotment in the morning before work … Continue reading →

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Friday Links:

Posted on February 21, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I had a lot to read and say about it this week! The wealth gap: How changing fortunes tear close friends apart Interesting How ultra-processed food took over your shopping basket Fighting the tyranny of ‘niceness’: why we … Continue reading →

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