Author Archives: Shades

I am Spartacus…

Story here, here, here, even here. My view here. (NSFW)

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Bradford CityPark

I have been watching this public space being constructed ever since we moved into our new building at work. It has been much maligned as an expensive folly but finally Bradford was buzzing with vast crowds & surreal attractions. Yesterday … Continue reading

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So David finally gets to try out one of his Christmas presents…

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A journey to the Empire of Makemland*

I haven’t really been to Sunderland very much. My Mum worked there for about a year in the late 1960s, in a shop on Fawcett Street, the main retail street of the town. (It was still a town then, it … Continue reading

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So as the festive season approaches…

A quick opinion from the Office Grinch.  (Hat tip to George for the anti-festive hat, also Pickaxe Pete for the photo. Pete says he has a hat like that as well somewhere).

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