My capacity for reading – once voracious – has never really recovered from those early Covid days in 2020 when something short circuited in my brain and seemingly permanently damaged my attention span and ability to focus. It hasn’t gone entirely – I do still go through bursts or binges of reading but more books…

So that’s all folks. A quiet – almost Irish – goodbye (well not quite – I’ve still got a couple of hours left but I messed up the scheduled publishing so…) The speed with which things have moved from initial verbal resignation to today’s finale has caused a little whiplash but also is greatly appreciated.…

So I find myself somewhat unexpectedly about to be on the job market. Well probably not THAT unexpected if you’ve been following closely but I really hadn’t decided to resign until minutes before I did the deed. It had been on my mind a LOT – too much – but the final decision just sort…

I grew up loving the library. I think Horfield library was the first place I ever visited by myself that wasn’t the home of a relative. I haunted the shelves there (and Filton, Gloucester Rd [RIP] and eventually Bristol’s Central libraries). An unreasonable portion of my paper round money was spent on library fines. Whether…

There was a time ~ really not that long ago in the grand scheme of things ~ when I used to get up, get a train to another town, then jump on a bus to the office and then spend the day surrounded by colleagues all day. FIVE days a week! EVERY week. For YEARS.…