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Escaping the curse of the to-do list with a ta-da list

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It may be another universal division – the list-makers and the, well, frankly mysterious people who don’t have to write their tasks down. (If that’s you… please explain how it works?) I have lists. Sometimes I have lists of list. I have systems of lists. I have lists with different timescales (today, tomorrow, sometime – […]

Coronavirus: Things I’ve learned from school at home

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How long has this been goin’ on? asked Ace in 2975. Flippin’ ages, comes the answer in a warble. Yes. It all started so suddenly, so unthinkably, with our usual lives unceremoniously parked. Nothing was normal – work, going to the shops, school. Nothing. No more school bags, PE kit, packed lunches or 11th hour […]

Coronavirus: Questions arising…

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I’ve lost count of the weeks of this weird stuck time. Outside it’s lush and the air is full of birdsong, which is nice. But ‘nice outside’ is the only thing happening at all – anywhere. If it had rained all week, then ‘nice outside’ would be a celebration. Or if the week was a […]

Lockdown parenting – the real deal isn’t pretty

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It’s sickening, isn’t it? From Facebook to Instagram and back again, families hand-in-hand on sunlit meadows, tiny hands baking cupcakes, wobbly colourful art, snuggling up on sofas and the results of tie-dye. Where on earth has the tie-dye fascination come from? Up and down the nation, parents are doing their best, and putting the most […]

Coronavirus: Why there’s no going back

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If reports are to be believed (which is by no means a certainty) we are over the hump, the curve, the whatever, and we’re thinking about how we get out of this thing. It might be weeks, days, or months, but eventually, we’ll burst our weird stay-at-home bubbles and go back to join the world. […]