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  • Hair and Beauty sector and lockdown: more woe to come

    The latest reports suggest that post lockdown the hair and beauty sector will be discriminated against again. In the Daily Mail on 19 February: “Britons in need of a haircut will need to wait until at least April because salons are set to stay shut until at least April, according to reports.” It goes on…

  • Granta 153 – Second Nature: climate in crisis

    Granta has drifted over the past few issues to this one so it was a welcome return to form. This issue was a sideways step from the usual publication with a theme in that it had a guest editor – Isabella Tree – and that every contribution stuck firmly to that theme (again, a departure…

  • Wolves 1 Leeds United 0: Grandma

    Leeds headed into the Wolves match on the back of a difficult defeat against Arsenal where we found ourselves 3-0 at half but after a talking to by Bielsa, came out with more energy in the second half to pull tow back. Continuing injuries are holding the team back with players out of position. Kalvin…

  • Arsenal 4 Leeds United 2 – Valentine’s Day Massacre

    Leeds United went into this match with Leeds having thrown the kitchen sink at Arsenal at Elland Road last year ending with a draw, and now in February being one place above them in the league table. This match saw five changes for Arsenal and one for Leeds- loss of kingpin injured Kalvin Phillips with…

  • Barack Obama – A Promised Land: Respectable Politics

    This is a lengthy biography of Barack Obama’s time when he became senator up to the end of his first term as president. The early section on his growing up has been covered before and yet gives little away how this man was destined to lead America. It works fairly descriptively as a record of…

  • Leeds United 2 Crystal Palace 0: Slippery pitch

    Leeds lost 4-1 away to Crystal Palace earlier this season so would we be destroyed on the counter attack again? The last match losing to Everton was a painful defeat for Leeds and we needed to see a positive response especially with a tighter defence. Palace had only 6 players on subs bench due to…

  • Colder than it looks

    A walk around the lake. Not much snow but a feel real temperature of -6 degrees.

  • The need for debate

    It has been clear for a while this government is not going to admit any mistakes with this COVID pandemic, probably out of hubris. Few governments have managed this crisis well so that is not the issue. What is important is objective review and lessons learned. Instead we have a government backed up bypolicymakers who…

  • Radar 6 February 2021

    What is currently on my radar. What I am reading A Promised Land by Barak Obama – written as a detailed chronicle of his time in power rather than an entertaining mass market read. What podcast I am listening to Pc Pro. Twenty years old with over a billion edits it is reliable and my…

  • Leeds United 1 Everton 2: Missed Opportunities

    After two wins can Leeds gain some consistency? The loss of Rodrigo is difficult to quantify after recent quiet performances. However, it is another loss and a smaller squad and players playing out of their usual position. We have a new pitch at Leeds to see us through the season and the immediate impact is…