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    i’m back! sort of…

    …and Happy New Year! Albeit a few days late; having managed to pack everything bar my laptop’s charger cable I have not only been negotiating a three-location work trip mostly outside the UK for the last nine days, I’ve been doing so completely on BlackBerry power (doable, but not recommended) and thus no updates from the Emerald Isle as planned…

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    i’m on the train!

    All is nicely on schedule and Belfast awaits by way of muchas airport chaos, judging by the number of fellow passengers also in attendance with suitcases (although going solely on apparel, I speculate that final destinations would in all cases bar mine be places other than Northern Ireland). Hands up everybody who watched Doctor Who again last night just to…

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    one more sleep…

    And a final sign off (for a few days at least) since I’m now home, in no small part to thank those who have emailed to state their approval of my response to Rhoda Grant published last Saturday but also to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and especially those who made last week lots of fun! A fine time…