W/C 6th July 2020

Where to start...

Well I guess the whole week was centred around the appointment to get my hair cut. For so many people, this has been the biggest single most anticipated 'return to normality' moment of the last few weeks...and so it proved for me.

And yet it wasn't the moment I remembered most about Wednesday, that belonged to a certain Sheffield United Centre Half who headed in an injury-time winner for the Blades.

Elsewhere my devices have been spying on me, and one of the Supermarkets has had a Doughnut 'faux-pas', but we will get to that in good time.

Take care...

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W/C 29th June 2020

I make little notes through the week as I contemplate the content of the podcast.

It's normally just a word or two, enough to be a prompt, just memory joggers, obvs.

I realised on Wednesday that the first three topics I had settled on, all began with the letter ‘T’. So being both a fan of symmetry, and also just a teeny bit OCD, I had the idea that this week TFM could be brought to you in association with the letter 'T' (very Sesame Street).

Fast forward to the end of the week and it as it transpired I fell at the very next hurdle, but on reflection for all the right reasons.

Take care.

#letthemusicplay

musicvenuetrust

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W/C 22nd June 2020

It turns out that Harry Enfield got it just about spot-on. We officially welcomed Kevin (and/or Perry) into the house this week, though he's been popping in and out for quite a while...if truth be told.

I spent a good deal of time considering what you can do in an hour and fifty minutes, mainly because I had an hour and fifty minutes to consider it.

Oh, and Rachel came through (as I always knew she would) with the most eagerly anticipated message since lockdown began.

Stay safe,

x

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W/C 15th June 2020

Not only is it coming home, but it came home.

And of course, as is its want, it brought with it the heady mix of inspiration and frustration that make it such a unique sport.

And of course, if you are a long-suffering Blade, it was probably the first thing in a long time that felt like normal.

Stay safe.

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W/C 8th June 2020

Once we got used to the changes that CoVid had brought to day-to-day living, and we found our lockdown rhythm quite a few weeks passed as he nation held it's collective breath and quietly waited for updates.

Over the last couple of weeks, the updates have come thick and fast as we try and figure out the best way forward.

This week has been a blur of possibility and instruction, some carrot and some stick, broadly aligned but not quite, absolute whilst subject to change.

I had started to feel comfortable with a life that had slowed a little, but we seem to be heading back to noise and contradiction.

Oh well.

Life After Flash

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W/C 1st June 2020

It's been a difficult week to watch unfold.

At the time of writing we passed the sad milestone of 40,000 deaths related to the CoVid-19 pandemic. And even as we try and regroup, and unlock, it is hard not to dwell on the human cost - more lives lost than during the Blitz.

But then to look elsewhere for some relief, and be faced with the images streaming from the U.S, has just compounded the sense of sadness. It's bad enough that a virus can cause so much disruption and suffering, it should be inexcusable that we should do the same to each other.

Stay Safe.

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W/C 25th May 2020

On the surface it's been a fairly productive but also fairly relaxing week.

I have managed to get ahead of schedule in terms of podcast recording & editing, with some good ol'fashioned sitting in the sunshine sandwiched in between.

But bubbling under the surface I have been raging...

Deserve - Marillion

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W/C 18th May 2020

'How's your week been Ant?' I hear you say.

'Actually, pretty good' I reply in an upbeat tone 'I have had a good week work-wise, and everybody at home are coping just fine'

(slight pause)

'...so why is this weeks TFM just a little bit grumpier than usual?!"

Mmm, good point. And one (tbh) to which I don't have much of a response.

So I guess I am going to ask you just to roll with it for this week, accept the fact that I have a problem with the Daily Mail, the attack on Teachers, the constant undermining of the BBC and my watch trying to control my life....and move on.

Stay safe, x

Danny Dyer Clip

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W/C 11th May 2020

I am a bit concerned my podcasts are starting to fall into a pattern...

Monday - rant on about something.

Tuesday - get distracted by something else.

Wednesday - make amends for rant, by talking about something heartwarming and innocent.

Thursday - bang on about a podcast

Friday - #lockdownfriday.

(Mmm...I hear you say.)

But not this week, because this week I..

Monday - had a rant about politics.

Tuesday - got distracted with a haircut.

Wednesday - took solace in a deli-sandwich.

Thursday - told you all about a podcast edit.

Friday - #lockdownfriday

Stay safe x

9-42 Podcast

Taylors Foodstore

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W/C 4th May 2020

This week I have mostly been having mixed feelings about VE Day, and it's a tough one to talk about because I am not 100% sure what it is was that was bothering me, all I knew is but something definitely was.

They say that cutting hair is very much like making love to a beautiful woman, and that may well be true. In my case it involved a short YouTube instructional video to get my confidence up and then some tentative fumbling, before a less than professional conclusion.

On a lighter note I re-connected with a much loved foodstuff, which was nice.

Any way I hope you enjoy this episode, and remember...you ain't seen me, right!

Stay safe x

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