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Even after retirement the dread of going into work on Monday still haunts me; why is working life often so unpleasant?
I enjoyed about 10 years or so of my working life. The rest was dull or unpleasant; perhaps I am just unlucky, but poor management seems to have played a role.
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Vintage France: Lyon, St.Etienne/Chambles & Injoux-Genissiat
1978: a bunch of geography students descend on France & Switzerland but this is no ordinary trip – we were visiting some pretty obscure places, ostensibly to learn… A trip in 4 parts.
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AC/DC, Gordon Giltrap, Wishbone Ash, Colosseum II, Split Enz, Stretch… great gigs in 1976; how many do you remember?
From the London college scene to large venues and small clubs – I was at a lot of gigs in ’76. Eric Clapton and Curved Air at Torquay Town Hall; Genesis and Caravan in London; John Martyn and Kevin Coyne at the London School of Economics.
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Why is New Year’s Eve so special?
We give names to days that have meaning, and perhaps ‘New Year’s Day’ is one of the more significant human inventions.
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Treat your home like a Listed Building – Laser-clean!
Not only does laser cleaning your roof, walls, driveway, etc. give the best results but it also has less impact on the environment. English Heritage use laser cleaning on cathedrals and castles! A specialist is required but, if you live in Devon you are in luck.
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Being a pensioner and a private tenant almost certainly means poverty. Why is that?
I try not to dwell on it but 2024 has become the year when joy was expelled from my life forever. Why must it follow that pensioners who are private tenants should almost inevitably experience poverty?
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Colin Anderson 