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.…

Definitely getting to that midway point of the year. Summer solstice has come and gone and “summer” has officially started (as has my hayfever). I set out some ambitions for the year at the back end of ‘23. Things have changed since then but → I gave myself a bit of a pep talk regarding…