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What’s another year?
It’s my birthday today, a fact I was reminded of early this morning when Isaac and Toby came running into our bedroom, jumped on to the bed, threw some cards at me and started singing Happy Birthday...
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A blogger’s (personal) guide to blogging
Image courtesy of Kristina B If you read enough blogs for long enough, you’ll recognise that two of the most common topics people post about are (a) how to make money from blogging and (b) how to be a...
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Table for one, sir?
I’m on day one of a three-day business trip to Dusseldorf, where the beer is plentiful and what little remains of my O-level German is woefully inadequate. I don’t travel with work often and it’s been...
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The long goodbye
I’m between jobs. No, not like *that*. For the past three months I’ve been ‘in transition’ – that’s business code for ‘doing two jobs at the same time’ – moving internally from one division to another....
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We’ve come a long, long way together
We returned to my old Oxford college yesterday for what was described as a ‘family fun day’. I’m still not entirely sure exactly what the event was for, but it was an opportunity to arrange to meet up...
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The brother who never was
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll have probably heard me talk about my younger brother Peter, who to my children is just ‘cool’ Uncle Pete. Technically, though, I’m not one of two...
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The benefits of a blogging holiday
Our holiday last week was a break from two of my three jobs: the ‘working’ one that pays the bills and (unsually for me) the writing one that provides enough of an additional income to keep me gadgeted...
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Am I a writer?
It’s a question to which the answer has never been obvious to me. So let me start with what I’m not. I’m not a professional writer. I have a day job. I’m a middle-ranking manager in a large...
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I’m a LoveAllDads Awards finalist: 7 things to do on the big day
I’ll admit it: blogging awards have never really been my thing. It’s not that I don’t value them – I do, and I think awards such as the MADs (for Mum and Dad blogs) are fantastic for celebrating and...
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And the winner is …
Even the mightiest of oaks starts out as a tiny acorn. Slouching towards Thatcham is hardly a Californian redwood of the parent blogging community – I like to think of it more as a beautifully sculpted...
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#SaveSyriasChildren and the good, bad and ugly of social media
I saw the best and the worst of social media this weekend. The best in the form of how it enables people to rally around a common cause and act as a catalyst for good. The worst in the actions of a...
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