Tag: 2016


2016: Some Ponderings and Ramblings Thoughts

A new hobby has entered the lives of many over the last few years. It involves checking the latest trends on Twitter.  It has become a thoroughly depressing pastime over the course of this year.  A tweet by @alex_greenough yesterday summed this up perfectly: “Love how David Attenborough and Bruce Forsyth are trending simply because they’re old and alive” It was retweeted 1,089 times at...

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Festevol 2016: The Arrival of Hurricane Rockchicks Reviews

  Firstly a brief, pre-ramble preface free from prejudice. I need to say this, but each time I have checked recently nothing has changed. I am still male through and through. These, therefore, are the views of a thoroughly male man who is not a woman and has no plans to become one. I do, however, have a deep-seated appreciation for women, and especially for...

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Post-Resolution Ponderings Thoughts

It is good to think about those poor souls who have been cast aside and forgotten at the start of this, yet another new year. I have one such person in mind as I write this. As I speak to people I realise that the world and his dog are starting 2016 with resolutions to be healthy. I see colleagues overlooking packs of biscuits that...

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