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The Acoustic Egg Box Radio Show – Episode 1: MY Mod Revival – Where Did It All Start?

In early 2022, despite much guffawing and hilarity from people who know my speaking voice is a little less beautiful than Richard Burton’s, I recorded the first “The Acoustic Egg Box Radio Show”. Although I’ve always been fanatical about music, in 1979 everything changed. I left school and turned 16 that year, but, more importantly, …

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My Coronadiary 16/04/2020 – A Special Report

Virologists are encouraging the public to contact them with any strange symptoms they are experiencing which COULD be associated with COVID19. So far, apart from the telltale cough and fever, it’s emerged that some people have encountered a lack of taste or smell and others have reported a feeling that their whole body is “fizzing”. …

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My Coronadiary 08/04/2020 – I’m Not A Pheasant Plucker

I love our wildlife. I love it enough to pay a monthly donation to the World Wildlife Fund as I don’t want to see any more animals become extinct or get badly treated. And, of course, David Attenborough is a god. Because I’m a country boy at heart, one highlight for me after working a night …

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My Coronadiary 26/03/2020 – Acid Nights

I’ve just finished my last night shift with Morrison’s until Sunday. Despite my reservations, I loved it. Working as part of an extremely busy team with excellent people helped make the time fly by.  Night shifts are, basically though, the work equivalent of dropping acid. To that end, I have some questions and observations: Can …

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My Coronadiary 24/03/2020 – Lockdown Lite

To set the scene, it’s 3pm and I’m lazing in my garden, resplendently attired in speedos and silk kimono whilst basking in the sunshine like an albino elephant seal that’s just broken into Liberace’s boudoir. I suffer from insomnia during normal “sleeping” hours, so working night shifts has really messed with my head. I now …

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Don’t Let Enforced Downtime Become Enforced Down Time

I wish I had loads of hilarious shelf-stacking anecdotes after my first night shift at Morrison’s, but because everyone was so busy from the minute we started work at 10pm to the final whistle at 7am, nothing of note happened apart from lots of hard graft. Nothing apart from on arrival that is. I waited …

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COVID-19 – The Indiscriminate Assassin

During one of my final (normal) appointment’s yesterday (Friday 20th March) I had the privilege to speak with an overworked intensive care doctor. I won’t post what he told me about COVID-19 as we should all try and remain as positive (but vigilant) as possible. However, his words regarding the pathology of this virus were …

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Sticks & Stones Might Still Break Our Bones, But Now The Words Are Killing Us

I’ll start by saying that I had no real affinity for Caroline Flack. I rarely watch Strictly Come Dancing, have never watched Love Island, and only discovered who she was due to the press and social media coverage about her forthcoming assault trial. But, because of my firsthand battles with the black dog, her back …

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