Now it’s just three and a bit days until I leave this place. I’ve been wondering what the job market is like and how long it will be until I find something new. Then yesterday I recieved a Facebook message which gave an indication of the situation. The writer, C, is a copywriter and editor [...]
I had an unexpectedly good time running yesterday’s Brighton half-marathon. It’s not a killer distance like a marathon, but being double the distance of a 10 km is definitely more challenging. As two mates were also running and I caught up with an old school friend the night before the race, the social occasion may [...]
One of the great things about being a gentleman or lady of leisure is all the excellent daytime TV. At least, I heard this is true, but I wouldn’t know. Even at my most ‘time-rich’, I never dug turning on the telly when the sun is up. When I was a student and a Warren [...]
Getting laid off seems to be the flavour of moment. Monday’s news brought news of workers at the BMW factory in Cowley, Oxford getting the boot. I caught the last few seconds on the radio of one worker talking about the situation, “And the worst thing was,” he said “we were told with only an [...]
