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Slippin’ Away
Slippin’ Away is the 1st song of a number that I’m working on. I wrote the lyrics while caring for my mum who sadly has developed dementia. It’s been clear for a couple of years that her memory and cognition…
Retiring in the UK in the 21st Century
For some people today, retirement has changed beyond recognition when compared to retirement 50 years ago. In this article, I aim to explore some of the underlying factors affecting retirement today and to explain some of the ways in which…
Christopher Paul Berrie (1956-2022)
My 4 brothers and I all went, at some stage in our schooling, to the Perse School in Cambridge. When my eldest brother David died, my immediate older brother Chris wrote a brief obituary that was published in the Old…
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: You Are Not A Fraud
If I’m honest about it, although I didn’t have a label for it until recently, I’ve experienced #impostersyndrome my whole life. In my childhood, painfully in my adolescence and in all the jobs I’ve done, I’ve always considered myself to be “not…
Back to School
Today is Anjanette’s 1st day working full time in the job she secured shortly before the school broke up for summer. So my new routine kicks in today as well which, roughly speaking, will be: 08:00 – Deliver Anjanette to…