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Strangely I started writing this blog on Friday, before the events of yesterday unfolded.
I may be a couple of days late in mentioning Gordon Brown’s gaffe with Gillian Duffy, but what’s interested me is the reaction to it. Initial news reports suggested it had all but killed the Labour campaign, however it seems in reality it may have balanced out. A few votes lost by those who are appalled versus a few votes won from those who respect him a little bit more for seeing his human side.
There seems to …
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This weekend was comedy weekend. And it was brilliant. I’ve been looking forward to it for ages. Friday was John Bishop, followed by Dave Gorman last night. It’s been nine or ten months since I first saw John Bishop on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and I immediately decided I had to see him on tour. Then back in January I phoned the Theatre Royal in the off chance there might be some Dave Gorman seats left. Fate must have been smiling on me that day as I got returned seats …
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The worst thing about a holiday is the returning to work bit. I coped with the three nights of having unsettling dreams about work (probably the whole anxiety/stress from working to hard thing!) so decided that for the remainder of the week I would be proactive in avoiding anything to do with work. It is in fact impossible for me to avoid EVERYTHING to do with work because it would involve becoming a hermit and not going near my front door for the entire week as I work in an …
