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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 120

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Near impossible… It’s been a long time (luckily) since I have to had to try to find a flat or place to live. My daughter is in the midst of the horror now. Full-time job, nice […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 105

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Cycling is an idiot’s pastime. Ten years ago a dear friend of mine was diagnosed with terminal cancer and his dream had been to cycle (he was a lycra-wearing cycling nut) from London to Paris. It […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 81

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A New Year and an old problem Coming back to school after the Christmas holidays is always a grind. The bright lights of Christmas cheer have dimmed to a murky gloom foreshadowing cold days, cold nights […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 65

September 21, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Faces from the past. One of the pleasures of teaching is meeting students that you have taught when they’ve stopped being irritating, needy little blighters and become their own, individual human beings. That’s not to say […]
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Something for the weekend: Hurray for the Riff Raff “Rhododendron”

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Well that’s it from us for the week and we leave you dear reader with a track taken from the new album from Hurray for the Riff Raff aka the Bronx-born, New Orleans–based singer/songwriter Alynda Segarra. […]

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