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These are my blogs written over the years.

Reliably Unreliable

Becoming chronically unwell is on nobody’s bucket list. My “thing”, which I’ve endured for a few years, is, like a teenager’s mood, erratic. Despite the mayhem, I have been blessed [...]

Reliably Unreliable2025-03-23T22:30:40+00:00

The Sugababes, a Viking Ship, and Our Digital Footprint

Bang-average British girl band The Sugababes started in 1998 with Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena, and Keisha Buchanan (according to my research!). Over the years, Siobhán left and was replaced by [...]

The Sugababes, a Viking Ship, and Our Digital Footprint2025-03-09T19:39:18+00:00

Lefty Lawyers

Few things irritate me more than the lazy accusation that some legal outcome happened because of “lefty lawyers”—especially when that accusation comes from a politician. For most of my 45 [...]

Lefty Lawyers2025-02-16T22:48:46+00:00

Dunbar and the Internet

Robin Dunbar—the world-renowned anthropologist—figured out that humans are wired to keep social circles of around 150 people. It’s the upper limit of meaningful connections our brains can handle. Yuval Noah [...]

Dunbar and the Internet2025-02-02T21:12:12+00:00

My Happy Place

Sitting here in the shade of a palm tree, near the sumptuous church and vicarage of the Anglican parish in Puerto De La Cruz, I can confidently tell you: heaven [...]

My Happy Place2025-01-25T18:03:20+00:00

Mass Delusion

This morning, after feeding our insatiable Labrador—whose pet insurance costs more than many people’s monthly food budget—I wandered to my local coffee shop for my daily caffeine fix. All the [...]

Mass Delusion2025-01-12T19:33:54+00:00

Arise, Prime Minister Musk

Let me get this out of the way: I’m no longer a practising solicitor and never touched immigration law. But here’s a prediction you won’t see anywhere else: forget [...]

Arise, Prime Minister Musk2025-01-04T17:25:37+00:00

What Won’t Change

(Happy new year to to all my readers. Circa 250 of you get my blog sent directly to your emails, with hundreds more reading it on my site each month) [...]

What Won’t Change2025-01-01T11:34:18+00:00

Spud-Tastic

Co-owning a jacket potato company in Bolton wasn’t exactly on my agenda for the year—but here we are. Rostron and Gray Limited, trading as John’s Spuds, has officially taken [...]

Spud-Tastic2025-01-01T08:41:10+00:00
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