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[AD] The Phoenix comic – an ideal Christmas gift

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Kara and I have been road-testing the pre-teen/early teen comic the Phoenix. Here’s what we think of it […]

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November 6, 2020 A dad's life, Reviews

Life under lockdown (again): Déjà vu?

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First we had a national lockdown to combat Covid-19. Then we introduced regional lockdowns and a three-tier system. […]

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November 2, 2020 A dad's life

6 things our kids will never understand

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You know you’re getting old when you mention something from your formative years to your children and they […]

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October 28, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown (again): 200 days later

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Two more weeks have passed and it looks like we have a long and difficult winter ahead, as […]

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October 19, 2020 A dad's life

Slipping through my fingers

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Time flies, as the saying goes. So, too, does childhood. The passage of time is a funny thing. […]

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October 15, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown (again): The Covid Hokey Cokey

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We’re now nearly two weeks into this new … what are we supposed to call it, anyway? ‘Not-a-lockdown’? […]

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October 6, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Here we go again

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And so it begins again. I closed the book on my lockdown journals barely a month ago. Now […]

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September 24, 2020 A dad's life

Thank you for the music

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Music has always been a big part of my life. And I’m delighted that it’s a big part […]

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September 15, 2020 A dad's life

Day 1 of WFH 2.0

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Yesterday, exactly 25 weeks – 175 days – after his last pre-lockdown day, Isaac finally returned to school. […]

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September 9, 2020 A dad's life

The big Five-0

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Is reaching the age of 50 that big a deal? Or is age just a number? What comes […]

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September 7, 2020 A dad's life

Back to school: This time it’s different (not really)

A girl and a boy standing in school uniform
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Back to School 2020. In this of all years, it should have felt distinctly different to previous years. […]

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September 3, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: An uncertain future

Life under lockdown
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And now the end is near. Or is it? With life fast returning to normal, peak holiday season […]

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August 24, 2020 A dad's life

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