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    2023: heatwave #1

    Every year around this time the same thing happens, and I’m forced to try and think of a blog title I haven’t used before to indicate that the temperature has risen above around 25 degrees; frankly it’s so warm today I can’t be arsed. When I’ve finished languishing on the settee watching Pokémon Go videos on YouTube and organising my…

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    mayday!

    And so it continues, although the very welcome email from HMRC with details of the finally-upcoming SEISS grants announced a few weeks back brightened my day up no end (the online tool for anybody who wants to check eligibility for themselves is here, btw). Living with nothing coming in and no idea when there may next be anything coming in…

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    we are the mods…

    Since Genius Of The Week was very much enjoyed last time, here’s another gem. The many and varied ways that people think it’s appropriate to address a complete stranger with whom they have never even spoken provide hours of entertainment every week, and this one even apologised. Bless. After four days in Edinburgh followed by ten days at home it’s…