I was out, thinking, yesterday. I never have a problem coming up with ideas. My problem is having a surfeit of them (all the time;
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We passed 100,000 YouTube subscribers in early January this year. Yesterday, the plaque to mark this arrived. It had taken that long, we were told,
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I have a heavy schedule today, including leaving for meetings quite soon. Content is limited today as a result, and moderation might be slow. Please
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I was trying to find an old blog post of mine yesterday and could not do so. As a result, I enlisted the help of
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A regular commentator on this blog, who posts using the name Ex-Teacher, but whose name is known to me, said this recently, in my response to
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I mentioned the possibility of a new book a month ago. As I said then, on 22 April I asked my wife and elder son
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Over the last five days, I have had more than 200 new followers on Substack. There is something a little weird about this. I do
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I was grateful for comments made here and in some emails sent to me about Thursday‘s video, which people seemed to appreciate. Yesterday’s was appreciated
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I am recording for a documentary today. I’ve known the people behind the documentary in question for some time, but I was a little surprised
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