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The Sound of the Moment IV – Snapshots

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General musings on arts and culture, sport and current affairs. December 21, 2016. December 20, 2016. The Sound of the Moment IV. The best of current music according to me, featuring a mixture of popular releases, lesser-known recent tracks, and just what is stuck in my head at the moment. A new single from an up-and-coming artist,. Also comes highly recommended by me. Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie –. The Rolling Stones –. In an eventful year for arguably the biggest rock band in the world, t...

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Backsnbumps.com - Going back to work - the end of maternity leave

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Going back to work. Back to work preparations. Firstly work are amazing, there are lots of people to help go through entitlements and processes. I had a call with HR and my line manager back in August to discuss when I would be coming back. I managed to add my holiday and make use of my KIT days onto the end of my statutory maternity leave. This has meant I haven’t had to go into the dreaded no pay period. The boys went back to school yesterday and Darcey’s first day at nursery. How do I feel. When I&#82...

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Backsnbumps.com - Weaning Regression at 12 months - why won't she eat?

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I thought we were doing so well with weaning. Darcey started early to help with her Reflux and has been eating so well until December. All of a sudden we have had weaning regression. She has decided some days to barely eat anything at all. Even when I tempt her with other options she still won’t eat. No mummy I don’t want the food. This is her push it away technique. Breakfast : 8:00 Baby muesli with a 6oz bottle of formula. Snack : 10:30/11:00 Fruit. Bottle : 16:00 a 7oz bottle of formula. I keep tellin...

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Foals @ Reading Festival 2016 – Review – Snapshots

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General musings on arts and culture, sport and current affairs. August 31, 2016. September 3, 2016. Foals @ Reading Festival 2016 – Review. The Oxford rockers balanced themselves nicely between heavy crescendos and slower, more contemplative tunes in a set that paid tribute to fans and showed a great deal of their musical progression. Oxford rock band Foals have come a long way since their debut album. Suitably enough, it was the fans who felt key to the whole set. Foals were comfortable with the mor...

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My Top Films of the Century So Far – Part 1 – Snapshots

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General musings on arts and culture, sport and current affairs. September 6, 2016. My Top Films of the Century So Far – Part 1. BBC Culture recently commissioned a poll of film critics to choose the 100 best films of this century so far. 177 critics from around the world voted, and from their respective top 10’s, David Lynch’s. Was declared as number 1 late last month. Without further ado, after much consideration, here are numbers 20-11…. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Only Lovers Left Alive. This violen...

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Spotlight On … Andy Murray – Snapshots

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General musings on arts and culture, sport and current affairs. December 23, 2016. December 23, 2016. Spotlight On … Andy Murray. After his eventful year, and following his third Sports Personality of the Year Award last weekend, I reflect on Andy Murray’s rise, and on how he has gotten to where he is today. 2 thoughts on “ Spotlight On … Andy Murray. January 14, 2017 at 5:56 pm. January 14, 2017 at 5:57 pm. I meant to say write but my phone embarrassingly changed it to right. Apologies. You are commenti...

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My Hay Festival 2016 – Snapshots

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General musings on arts and culture, sport and current affairs. June 9, 2016. June 9, 2016. My Hay Festival 2016. I look back at the range of events I went to at this year’s Hay Festival, which ran from 26th May to 5th June. Sinclair McKay and Thomas Briggs, Friday 27th May, 1pm. Robert Service – The End of the Cold War, Friday 27th May, 4pm. Frank Gardner – Crisis, Friday 27th May, 5:30pm. Which is out now, and how it was inspired by his own experience of Colombia. He was understandably cagey about ...

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Macbeth – Review – Snapshots

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General musings on arts and culture, sport and current affairs. May 17, 2016. May 30, 2016. Macbeth – Review. Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard give powerful performances in this visually stunning, harrowing and often inspired take on Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. 15, 113 mins. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown’, or so William Shakespeare wrote in. Henry IV Part II. In 1597, but perhaps nowhere is this statement more true than with his 1606 tragedy. Is a force of nature. By Justin Kurzel&#82...

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My Top Films of the Century So Far – Part 2 – Snapshots

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General musings on arts and culture, sport and current affairs. September 14, 2016. September 17, 2016. My Top Films of the Century So Far – Part 2. Following on from my previous post covering numbers 20-11 (see homepage), I count down my top 10 films of the century so far…. A big example of how films about people sitting in rooms talking can be thrilling,. The Grand Budapest Hotel. Daniel Craig’s first and best Bond film (to date),. The Dark Knight Rises. The summation of the whole Batman trilogy,.