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Friday Links: At Home

Posted on December 10, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a week! I’m not back in the office now until whenever the Govt changes the advice to work from home if you can. Given the advice, our company has decided that the responsible thing is no … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Not a great week

Posted on November 29, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last week wasn’t an epic week, I had Monday off and worked from home on Tuesday and had a migraine on Wednesday. It’s dark and I’m off my game, the migraines have been better but sometimes they just … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Mistakes were made but no one is going to admit it…

Posted on November 19, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! These are going up late because it’s been a week… The revised HS2 plan may be viable – but don’t expect Boris Johnson to deliver it Johnson really cares about creating new jobs – especially if your name … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Here we go again

Posted on October 22, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Here are this week’s links… Kebab Kid, London: ‘Take-away as a cult’. I’ve never agreed with a Jay Rayner review more. I miss living in Fulham for easy access to Kebab Kid. Young women are sick of being … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Holiday Edition

Posted on October 15, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Can migraines be untangled by new medical thinking? Peter Goadsby is a hero, if you have access to BBC Sounds look up the episode of ‘The Life Scientific’ he’s on, it’s fabulous. On the far side of borders, … Continue reading →

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Cooking from the Plot: Vegetable Quiche

Posted on October 14, 2021 by nicdempsey

I’ve been dealing with a surfeit of vegetables for the last month. The summer squash decided to go mental, the greens are abundant right now, there’s a lot. I came across a recipe for roasted vegetable quiche which had a … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Out of Office

Posted on October 11, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s an unwritten rule that the last week of work before a holiday is always busier than you want or expect it to be, last week was no exception. I did a day in the Southampton Office, a … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Everything Sucks

Posted on October 8, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a while. The Tories are cheering the voyage to a Brexit promised land that doesn’t exist. This. Access to the Tory party is being bought by a new class of tycoon funders All women know they … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Getting there

Posted on March 18, 2020 by nicdempsey

So we went to the plot this weekend. We can’t sow anything yet because we need a ton of compost so there wasn’t a lot to do, I wanted to put the last bed in and then our plan was … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Its the End of the World -R.E.M

Posted on March 15, 2020 by nicdempsey

I did my weekly shop yesterday and it was quiet but there was hardly anything there and this was playing and seems apt… It’s not the end of the world but it’s worrying and I’m concerned for my friends and … Continue reading →

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