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Gliding, music (mainly organ/piano), languages (French/Spanish/German/Mandarin), technology, parkrun slowly, cycling slowly, sometimes/frequently wine, and politics
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

submitted 14 days ago • 912 comments

If you haven't yet completed your self-assessment tax return, TODAY is the deadline!

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Can Presidential pardons be unpardoned?

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The true cost of Brexit www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 50 days ago • 9 comments

This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media

submitted 58 days ago • 1168 comments

Today's French lesson is very timely as I slip into Phase 4: "Il y a quatre âges dans la vie de l'homme : - celui où il croit au père Noël ; - celui où il ne croit plus au père Noël ; - celui où il est le père Noël ; - celui où il ressemble au père Noël."

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It is just me or are others irritated by an on-going HMRC advert, heard on Classic FM, where the announcer calls the organisation "Hay'ch Emm Are See"? What happened to good old "aitch" as in every dictionary?

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All the coverage of Syria appears to me to say that the Assad regime was at best evil and at the worst off any previous scale. Why has the civilized world allowed this to go on for so long and, more importantly, not report the truth of what was happening?

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

I'm officially the family dullard as my wife picked up her PhD today in Swansea after 7 years of hard slog while holding down a demanding teaching role. A proud moment for all.

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