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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)

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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

A-levels and algorithms: Not a good result

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Isaac is 12, so his GCSEs and A-levels are still a few years away. But they’re not that […]

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August 17, 2020 A dad's life, Viewpoints

Life under lockdown: Normal, and yet not normal at all

Life under lockdown
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Nobody bothered to tell us, really, but lockdown is definitely over. But equally no one really knows when […]

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August 11, 2020 A dad's life

My fitness update: July 2020

2020 fitness plan
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July has felt like a watershed month in my fitness journey. Not the end – but perhaps the […]

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August 3, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Ticking the boxes

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The peak of lockdown, when nowhere was open and we were only allowed outdoors to exercise once a […]

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July 28, 2020 A dad's life

Five have fun in a caravan

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It was only four nights in a static caravan in Dorset. But after four months of lockdown, it […]

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July 24, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Releasing the pause button

Life under lockdown
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Are we still in lockdown? Is it officially over? Unofficially over? Does anyone know anything any more? It’s […]

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July 13, 2020 A dad's life

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