Author Archive: Ali
Locked down in Leeds #5 Sol 70 Dominic on tour
Stay home, stay alert, protect the NHS, protect your mates, control the virus, control the headlines, wash your hands….of the whole thing
Locked down in Leeds #4 Sol 59 Stay Alert
I think this was the week where my ‘give people the benefit of the doubt’ position became a bit untenable. We’re on our own now, everyone, the Captain just jumped overboard with all the lifejackets…
A chat about nuancing
Sol 45? Who knows? This blog first appeared on Culture Vultures. Having been the opposite of prolific over the last week, I’ve been inspired to open the laptop after reading this great blog by Mick McCann. Mick’s general tenet is…
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Locked Down in Leeds #3 Sol 53 Paralysed!
Nearly two months behind these walls. Podcast 3. Government is slow.
Locked down in Leeds #2: Sol 43 The Plan
Podcast 2. I started talking about leadership but then came up with a Plan. A cunning plan. Maybe Boris, Mr Blackadder, Sir, will like it. https://soundcloud.com/user366791295/lockeddowninleeds-2-270420
Sol 36 Wired for sound
Yuk, just made myself remember that Cliff Richard song. So here goes – first podcast I’ve done ever #LockeddowninLeeds. Recording it was fine, editing it has ruined my evening. Forgive the clunkiness, maybe I’ll get better. So this is me…
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Sol 33 Friday night gig
Off to a gig tonight. It’s pretty relaxed. No checks at the door, I’ve got a back stage pass. No queues at the bar, I just head for a top-up when I need to. I can always ask the band…
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Sol 28 Teeth on edge
This was first posted on Culture Vulture, a happy band of bloggers and reviewers and ordinary Leeds folk, as Billy Fisher’s mum might have said (Billy Liar). My mate dreamt that she married Boris Johnson, presented a daytime TV programme…
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Sol 32 Stockpile!
What kind of stockpiler are you? Want to know? Try our handy quiz to find out if you’re: an altruistic goddessa greedy bastardan excremental obsessivean alcoholic Or maybe it depends when you ask. In the early days of HM Gov…
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Sol 31 The grief
I had a funnier blog lined up but it’s not right today. I talked to Annie earlier. She has a number of elderly relatives for whom she’s buying food, keeping an eye out for them, hoping they stay home. They…
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