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I didn’t know that

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Life at the coalface

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We built this city

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Reform are not your friends

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A blank canvas

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The Friday Music Shuffle (24.4.26)

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    The union gap

    by Rick Johansen April 25, 2016
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    My old trade union, the PCS, is doing its level best to divide its own members …

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    We are not all in this together

    by Rick Johansen April 25, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 25, 2016

    Several weeks ago, chancellor George Osborne was happily reprising one of his favourite catchphrases in the …

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    Rough Justice

    by Rick Johansen April 24, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 24, 2016

    There are times when I absolutely despair at our justice system. I am not, by nature, …

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    The deaths in 2016 are the new norm

    by Rick Johansen April 23, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 23, 2016

    We have all been shocked by the number of celebrity deaths this year. And not just …

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    Happy Anniversary?

    by Rick Johansen April 23, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 23, 2016

    An email arrives from an old friend who lives abroad. In it, he asks: “What is …

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    A smile can hide all the pain

    by Rick Johansen April 22, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 22, 2016

    It’s Glen Campbell’s 80th birthday today. Not that he will know because he is in the …

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    A brush with the Bard

    by Rick Johansen April 22, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 22, 2016

    I am sure that my loyal reader will have never, for one moment, looked upon me …

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    That Friday morning music shuffle (22/4)

    by Rick Johansen April 22, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 22, 2016

    It’s time to let that iPod bang out some random tunes. Let’s see what random music …

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    Cry

    by Rick Johansen April 22, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 22, 2016

    Sometimes you read or hear something and you think, “You know what? That person has a …

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    Removing barriers to participation?

    by Rick Johansen April 21, 2016
    by Rick Johansen April 21, 2016

    The acting minister of sports minister David Evennett (no, I haven’t either) has called on Stoke …

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