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Continue reading →: Pet minding
This weekend we are looking after a chocolate Labrador called Cora. This means staying at my son and his partner’s comfortable house. Cora is a very affectionate dog and a doddle to mind. We took her for a short walk this morning to buy a paper and some fresh croissants.…
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Continue reading →: Mahomes sacked
The Kansas City Chiefs quarter back was sacked, intercepted and stymied in a humiliating defeat by the Philadelphia Eagles. I managed to stay awake for the first half, but that was enough to show me that the Eagles strategy guaranteed their victory. The pocket around Patrick Mahomes was breached time…
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Continue reading →: The sanctity of life debate
Human beings have a bad reputation for attributing a higher value to their own existence compared with the rest of the animal kingdom Religion is responsible for a lot of that sense of superiority. If God has bestowed that sanctity, it is hard to argue against it as a non-believer…
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Continue reading →: Moving house
We are moving out of our house to make way for the contractors who will carry out the much-needed renovation work. Luckily we found a house to rent just round the corner that is unfinished and pretty much the same design as ours. Most of the hard work has been…
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Continue reading →: Six Nations
If you like rugby, the six nations championship is a great competition. France and Ireland are the favourites, but Scotland are in with a shout. Italy have come on a lot in recent years and Wales have not found their form. England can still spoil the party for Grand Slam…
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Continue reading →: One nation or what?
One Nation Conservatives have failed to endorse either of the two remaining candidates for leader of the Conservative party. This group of MPs used to be more influential within the party, then came Brexit and a lurch to the right. Given the class system and social inequality in the UK…
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Continue reading →: Pizza
I am finding Paul Hollywood’s book How to Bake an easy guide to baking bread. My next step is to try his recipe for pizza. I have all the ingredients except for sourdough starter. I’ve seen it somewhere in Belfast l, probably Sainsbury’s, they seem to have most things on…
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Continue reading →: Art as communication
Philip Larkin 2002 “you write because you have to. If you rationalise it, it seems as if you’ve seen this sight, felt this feeling, had this vision, and have got to find a combination of words that will preserve it by setting it off in other people. The duty is…
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