Questioning
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 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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Sol 26 Clapping for carers
I once read that writing a blog is like shouting into the void. You don’t know if it’s echoing off bare rock or whether someone is out there. And maybe I’m just writing this to my future self. When I…
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Sol 21 The city centre
Leeds City Centre has a lot of shops. In fact, Leeds is known, renowned for shops, shopping, it’s a leisure activity. It’s what Leeds does. On an average Saturday, it’s a big happening, people are cruising around, browsing clothes, buying…
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Sol 20 First thoughts
‘Let’s start at the very beginning, it’s a very good place to start’. Well yes, Maria, but the problem with this pandemic thing is that at the beginning, you don’t know it’s anything to proverbially lose sleep over. And then…
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