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Why we will all go back to work today
There have been two occasions in recent weeks on which I’ve woken early and arrived down in the kitchen to discover horror stories all...
Chris Barrow
Jun 5, 20172 min read
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President Lannister and other despots
You would think we know better in 2017. On one side of the world we have Kim Jong-un standing before the massed ranks of his army and...
Chris Barrow
Apr 16, 20171 min read
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Cupcakes and customer service
A guest post by Suzanne Stolberg Anyone who has heard Chris’s approach to not tolerating dental patients who are looking for the cheapest...
Chris Barrow
Aug 22, 20163 min read
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Seriously
You all know how much I love my taxi-driver stories because they demonstrate the triumph of the human spirit, of love and endeavour over...
Chris Barrow
Aug 20, 20161 min read
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The Eruv
Warning: if your religious sensibilities are easily upset, please don’t read this post. Trafford Council Planning Application Number...
Chris Barrow
Aug 7, 20165 min read
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Who were the Brexit voters?
The result is the result and, depending on how you voted (or didn’t) the party poppers or spilt milk can now be cleared away – tomorrow...
Chris Barrow
Jun 26, 20163 min read
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Parker Palmer on the “examined life”
In his May 10, 2015 Naropa University graduation address, Parker Palmer offered the advice of Socrates, and urged Naropa graduates to...
Chris Barrow
Aug 22, 20151 min read
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The Moral Compass
The week began with a cocaine-snorting, philandering Lord of the Realm, caught with his pants down and somebody else’s brassiere on. We...
Chris Barrow
Aug 1, 20154 min read
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