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December

It is December and everyone is busy with the lead up to Christmas. In his chapter on December in his book The English Year, Steve Roud reports that, perhaps unsurprisingly, most of what we consider to be a traditional English … Continue reading

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Ray Bradbury

On the way home from London today I read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Big Dreamer has been pestering me to read it for ages but I’d resisted because of the weird 70s sci-fi cover on the version we own. I … Continue reading

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Warp drive

Big Dreamer succumbed to the lurgy on Wednesday and got sent home from work. He pads around after me looking mournful. It drives me mad because there is just nothing to be done with him. I also feel like I’m … Continue reading

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