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Nightmares and maintaining our mental health

Nightmare
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It’s the nightmares that stick with me. On the whole, I’m a calm and rational person. I’ve adopted […]

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April 16, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: A marathon, not a sprint

Life under lockdown
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The UK’s third and final week of coronavirus lockdown ended with the four-day Easter weekend. But with no […]

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April 14, 2020 A dad's life

I’ll never be a marathon runner, but …

Running
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There are few things in life as satisfying as achieving a stretching, long-term target. Despite the coronavirus lockdown, […]

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April 12, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Hanging in there

Life under lockdown
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Reality has bitten in this middle week of the UK lockdown. We may not be achieving everything we […]

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April 6, 2020 A dad's life

My fitness update: March 2020

2020 fitness plan
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This was the month my fitness plan flew out of the window. I’ve been working at home for […]

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April 1, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: A different life

Life under lockdown
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We’ve just experienced our first weekend in the UK under lockdown conditions, and we’re already getting used to […]

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March 30, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: The shapeless monotony

Life under lockdown
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With the UK now in what I’m calling a ‘soft lockdown’, boredom is as much the enemy as […]

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March 27, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: And so it begins

Life under lockdown
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As I write this post, the UK has just announced severe restrictions on people’s movements across the entire […]

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March 24, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Our ‘new normal’

Life under lockdown
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These are strange, worrying and unprecedented times. Who could have predicted even three months ago that terms such […]

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March 20, 2020 A dad's life

Talking to our kids about coronavirus

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How do you talk to your children about something as scary as coronavirus? I think it’s important that […]

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March 17, 2020 A dad's life, Viewpoints

On the box: Star Trek: Picard

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We’re now approaching the home stretch of the first season of Picard, the seventh series in the Star […]

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March 9, 2020 On the box

Sunday mornings: Hamilton, stuffing and motherforking shirtballs

Kara
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More so than any other time of the week, weird and wonderful things happen on Sunday mornings in […]

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March 5, 2020 A dad's life

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