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  • Gearbest.com: a case study in customer experience

    After six months of no progress I have attempted to nudge Gearbest into escalating the matter to a senior customer service person but it seems impossible to go beyond the robotic responses in their ticket process. Now their customer service staff have stopped “supporting” the resolution of my complaint.


  • Manchester City 1 Leeds United 2: 10 Men

    Manchester City 1 Leeds United 2: 10 Men

    Cooper changed everything. In spite of being first to the ball his follow through was judged dangerous and after the ref had his own look at VAR the yellow card was upped to a red – the letter of the law. Leeds ended the first half on ten men. Bamford had to sacrificed so Struijk…


  • Vaccine Passports – ID no one wants

    Vaccine Passports – ID no one wants

    When there is so much goodwill from the UK population in getting vaccinated, in that over half the population is already vaccinated, in that the infection rate and death rate are both down to a safe level, and staying there despite the return of the lockdown and a third wave in Europe, why then impose…


  • Leeds United 2 Sheffield United 1: Almost

    Leeds United 2 Sheffield United 1: Almost

    Leeds defence was assured without any evidence of being vulnerable to set pieces. Llorente was a rock in defence picking up so many balls coming into the box and filtering them out. Midfield with Harrison, Roberts and Raphinha surged into the Sheffield United box with over 20 shots reigning in goal, but finishing was missing…


  • Granta 154: I’ve been away for a while – Remembering our mortality

    Granta 154: I’ve been away for a while – Remembering our mortality

    With reportage and memoir for the industrial revolution, cholera, and coronavirus pandemic and fiction about a wandering father this was an inconsistent edition but with enough to justify it.


  • Ashnaa Hair and Beauty website launch

    Ashnaa Hair and Beauty website launch

    New website for Ashnaa Hair and Beauty salon. Today I have completed the first version of the new website for our Ashnaa Hair and Beauty salon. This is a hybrid retail website for the salon that drives online bookings to a third party website – Treatwell. I have moved from a static website design to…


  • Fulham 1 Leeds United 2: Beautiful Chaos

    Fulham 1 Leeds United 2: Beautiful Chaos

    Beautiful chaos Fulham probably had more to gain from this match with their relegation battle but Leeds had a curse to break. Early on it looked like Leeds were still getting used to VAR in the Premier League with yet another goal allowed but the disallowed by VAR with a pinpoint header by Ayling. After…


  • Klara and the sun by Kazuo Ishiguro: A human’s best friend

    Klara and the sun by Kazuo Ishiguro: A human’s best friend

    We are only at the beginning of AI in real life, but fiction is much further down the road of debate. This novel was an opportunity from an esteemed writer, Kazuo Ishiguro, attempts to bring to life the soul of an AI. In this case, Klara, an Artificial Friend with exceptional observational qualities. Can one…


  • Time to support the rebirth of the hair and beauty sector

    Time to support the rebirth of the hair and beauty sector

    It is a moral victory for the hair and beauty sector that the government has slotted the sector in with other retail businesses for a re-opening of 12 April. It puts our sector on an equal footing with retail and an acceptance that it has a proven record in using PPE to deliver a COVID…


  • Leeds United 0 Chelsea 0: A Rare Draw

    Leeds United 0 Chelsea 0: A Rare Draw

    Bamford makes his 100th appearance for the club. Koch makes his return to the squad by being on the bench. Finally we may play the first team we wanted to at the start of the season. Cooper has been dropped from Defence in preference for the pace of the returning Struijk – Bielsa clearly has…