writing
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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about truth. Not in a grand, abstract way. Just… what’s real, and how hard it is to hold onto when everything around you feels chaotic. Every day there’s more noise. Politicians saying things that aren’t true. News headlines designed to provoke rather than inform. People doubling down on ideas
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I made vegan leek and potato soup today. It was very nice. The leeks, potatoes and chives were grown in my back garden. I used this recipe from BBC Good Food but made some substitutions. I didn’t have bullion powder, whatever that is. I used an Aldi vegetable stock cube. I used normal vegetable oil for the
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I tried to watch it. I really did. I thought I would give the Coronation a go, mostly out of curiosity. A bit of anthropology. I wanted to see what the fuss was about. I lasted three minutes. It wasn’t just the opulence, though the sight of gold carriages in a cost-of-living crisis is hard
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I wanted to share this quote I came across today. “We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely
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My partner Stephanie runs a yoga class, and this is the recipe she serves at her socials. It’s too good not to share. This dish is actually called Kapora, not pakora. One time, in the 90s Stephanie and her mum had a little too much drink in an Indian restaurant and asked for kapora. It
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Back in 2017, a few weeks before the general election I wrote a blog post titled “Political betting for the 2017 UK General Election” for people like me who enjoy politics and the occasional flutter. I made recommendations for bets that were good value in my opinion. I’ve republished it here. I found the post earlier
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Leaving a political party is never an easy decision to make, especially if you have invested a considerable amount of time and effort into it. However, sometimes, there are compelling reasons for making such a move. In my case, I recently made the decision not to renew my membership to the Scottish National Party and