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Birmingham City Vs Sunderland (2-1)
Cheap tickets were available through work as part of “Birmingham Workers’ Day.” This in turn was part of a mission by Birmingham City’s Chairman to “fill St Andrews” (Birmingham City’s ground). The mission was successful, with a capacity crowd of 27,449 for the match (well above the usual 14,000 or so). The energy was incredible,…
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Finally did some exercise in 2024!
The start of 2024 has left me kind of speechless to be honest. It has been BRUTAL in ways that I could not have anticipated. 2023 was no cakewalk – it was stressful and high pressure – but it was under control and I passed the baton to 2024 with a note saying “nothing to…
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Rocky Horror
It’s felt like a long time coming, my girlfriend of 20 years ago was obsessed with this raunchy musical. Back then it was 30 years old, now it’s a geriatric at 50! It hasn’t aged a day though, naughty British comedy-cum-farce at its finest.
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London (visit #1 2024)
I attended a course of AI in teaching and learning and enjoyed some city time whilst I was at it. The January sales still had a bit to offer so I loitered around the West-End for a couple of hours on Sunday 21st.
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Birthday weekend
It already feels like a lifetime ago but it’s only 3 odd weeks (I’m doing a bit of catch up). I’ve rediscovered a love of ice skating so that was a highlight, asides cake and a re-production of Christmas dinner (which like a pet, isn’t only for Christmas).
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International Teachers Programme & Amsterdam, Jan 2024
The ITP is the most prestigious training for university teachers worldwide so it was a genuine thrill to be a participant. The first of three weeks took place in Brussels. I was delighted to have an opportunity to visit because it’s unlikely I would have done so without a work reason. The programme was bracketed…
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Christmas 2024
Here’s a random selection of pictures from the main Christmas days. It has been a fairly textbook Western Christmas with over-indulgence galore, gifts and warmth. It’s all about the quality of the company though, and I have done well (as always) to keep negative elements away. It’s the simple secret of how I always have…
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Christmas in Sofia
I took this trip a while ago but have been too busy and distracted to get the pics uploaded. Nice to finally have a spare hour, 3 days from Christmas day ’23 no less. It’s been a full on year! Saturday Sunday Monday
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The Home Front @ Christmas
Now the 7th Christmas in the Droitwich house, how quickly it goes by! The house is all set for a calm and fun Christmas. There is a lot of work to be done over the “break” but at least I’ll be doing it in style in my festive grotto.
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Winter Wonderland 2023
I try not to let being busy act as an excuse for not getting out, getting away and doing things. There’s never a good time, there’s never not some “emergency” in need of attention but the world does keep turning if you take a few extra hours to respond to those emails. I am committed…
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Dr Martin James 