Category Random thoughts

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wordle 905 6/6 (11 December 2023) Warning post contains Wordle spoilers. I love discovering new music, but with the whole of the streaming world out there it’s hard to know where to start. Then along came Wordle which generates,… Continue Reading →

The Tory government’s bungling of A-level and GCSE exam results this year has had a devastating impact on young people this year. It has destroyed young peoples’ confidence, ruined chances for many to get the university places they want, and… Continue Reading →

Three related things happened to me over the weekend: I saw the headline of the Evening Standard on Friday night on the train on the way home; Paris was attacked and over 120 innocent people killed; and  On Saturday I… Continue Reading →

Since July this year Spotify has been dropping ‘Discover Weekly’ into users accounts every Monday. I registered it properly about a month ago and it’s become something I really look forward to at the start of every week. It’s  basically… Continue Reading →

In the run-up to Remembrance Sunday there’s a photo going round Facebook. It’s worth quoting the first of the two paragraphs that accompany the photo in full: A lovely military man selling poppies stopped me today and asked if he… Continue Reading →

I’ve just come back from the Parent-Teacher evening for children #2 and #3. This is not a gripe about the school at all.* They are both doing well and being taught by very good teachers. #2 is in Year 5, almost… Continue Reading →

So, there I was running when The Tings Tings came on Spotify singing That’s Not My Name.  For some reason the tone of the lead singer’s voice took me back to being an gauche 11 year old boy dancing at his… Continue Reading →