Category Archives: Ma

Working mothers and feminism

Posted on March 8, 2012 by nicdempsey

Today I read this piece in the Daily Mail (I really can’t call it journalism). My first thought was that if this is true, Alice Walker used feminism as an excuse to be a shitty human being and a bad … Continue reading →

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Stuff I like – When We Two Parted

Posted on February 25, 2012 by nicdempsey

Right now it’s Sunday night, I’m sorting myself for the week and listening to Feedback and there was a request to have Zeb Soanes read anything but poetry in particular. (I should confess, I love R4 but hadn’t ever thought … Continue reading →

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Middleham

Posted on September 29, 2011 by nicdempsey

The 4th and last castle of the holiday. I will write a lot more about the castles later but for mow I’m going to enjoy the last night of my holiday!

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Holiday

Posted on August 17, 2011 by nicdempsey

For my birthday, my mum gave me some new pyjamas and a holiday. I haven’t been on a holiday since 2009, so this is a good and very generous thing. We’re going to spend a week in Northumbria. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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On two years and being grateful

Posted on July 4, 2011 by nicdempsey

Two years ago today, I was moving boxes, trying to remember how to put my bed together and worrying about how I was going to unpack everything and if it would ever be finished. When I was looking for a … Continue reading →

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Sunday afternoon..

Posted on June 29, 2011 by nicdempsey

On Sunday, Ma and I went to the Crematorium to ‘visit’ Grandad and his ‘plague’ (When my Grandad realised that he was dying, he gave Mum a letter with his wishes, the hymns he wanted at his funeral and so … Continue reading →

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Week in pictures

Posted on May 6, 2011 by nicdempsey

Monday

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