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Two weeks on from the operation
Despite limited mobility in the last 2 weeks I have still lost over 6lbs. I’m not entirely sure how, my diet hasn’t been any more disciplined (nor any worse mind you), and my calorie burn is well down on before. Maybe I have simply turned my body into a calorie burning machine over summer, and…
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Autumn ’22 House Progress Update: sexy double oven
Such has been my meandering focus over the last few months that I have not documented any recent home improvements, of which there has been a few. The drama I had over the installation of this new oven was genuinely hard to believe (I’ll spare you!). This only makes satisfaction with the end result more…
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Dr James’ Good News (2): Living to tell the tale
OK it might have only been a hernia operation rather than say, brain surgery, but it’s not entirely trivial. It is after all open surgery under general anesthetic, a full day in hospital with strict rules on what you cannot do before and after. For instance, I am not allowed to lift anything heavier than…
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Dr James’ Good News (1): How do you like those apples?
There’s a dizzying amount to feel depressed about at the moment so here’s some good news: my apple tree produced its first batch this year! As you can see it’s a monster bounty, almost a bowl full. 🙂 Just wait until next summer, there’s no stopping us now.
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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
There’s not much I can add in terms of superlatives, it was an incredible event and I’m super proud of how the city I’ve made home hosted this festival of sport. Only world class planning and organisation could have made such a huge occasion go off without a hitch. If nothing else, it shows there…
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Montrachet
In the weird and wonderful world of wine incongruous buying opportunities endlessly present themselves. For example, a friend of mine bought a Bollinger Grande Annee at a local corner shop where they mispriced it as a standard bottle of Bollinger. The price difference is about £70. I too have had my victories over “the man,”…
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Summer Trip Day #3 – Bridlington & Flamborough
First and only nice weather of a 5-day round trip, although I got sun burn so it probably wasn’t a good thing! 😦 Bridlington was nonetheless flattered by the warm blue skies, and as much as I don’t like children it harked back to my own childhood to see them enjoying the traditional seaside pleasure…
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Summer Trip Day #1 – Whitby
Torrential rain aside it was a great experience! Having never visited and heard so much, it was nice to explore come rain or shine. Great shops, fish and chips, cobbled streets and picture postcard Yorkshire vistas. Oh, there’s a medieval abbey too, an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula so I’m told.
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BUIRA & the return of conference season
For numerous reasons including the most obvious (Covid-19), I have not attended an in-person external work event since 2018. This changed when I had a minor role as part of the delivery team for the British Universities Industrial Relations Association (“BUIRA”) conference at the end of June 2022. I cannot overstate how enjoyable it was…
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Liverpool
I was too busy at the time to post about my trip to the north-west, specifically Liverpool and Chester. I hadn’t visited the former for 20 years and have never visited the latter. The centre of Liverpool is changed almost beyond recognition, and I genuinely loved the juxtaposition of old and new (although UNESCO does…
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Dr Martin James 