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James Geddes

You Never Forget Your First…

Monday evening. I’ve just finished work and I do the first thing I always do after turning off the laptop…I check to see what I’ve missed on Twitter since last looking at it at lunchtime. I see the usual things – Tories bad; Labour infighting; Line of Duty opinion; America

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James Geddes

Seriously Guys! What The F**k Are We Doing?

Stop what you’re doing! No really…stop what you’re doing right now. Take 5 or 10 minutes out of your day and read the latest piece from Marina Hyde in The Guardian. I’ll wait for you…go on. All done? Good. Now…are you as fucking angry as I am?   People who

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James Geddes

A Year With Coronavirus And Lockdown

A year used to feel like a long time. At least it did when I was younger. Since entering my thirties, almost a decade ago (clinging on to this for my dear life), I’ve noticed several things that have noticeably got quicker as I get older: the time between new

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James Geddes

What A Time To Be Led By The Worst Men In The World

96,000+ confirmed Coronavirus deaths in the US and nearly 37,000 in the UK. At the time of writing, these are the figures that dominate the crisis we’ve been facing since the start of the year. The two other countries that sandwich the US and UK in the confirmed cases list

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James Geddes

Coronavirus Lockdown: So I’ve Started A New Website

They say that the Coronavirus lockdown is the perfect opportunity to start that new project you always said you would get around one of these days. This could be starting your own business using that skill you’ve kept hidden, developing your own podcast from your makeshift recording studio/broom-cupboard, or working

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