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    Je suis charlie

    I’m sat in the Starbucks opposite Finsbury park station, with my headphone travelling from my ears down to my iPad engrossed by what’s unfolding in Paris, two sieges, a growing death toll. 14:48 GMT and headlines appear to signal that Paris can’t contain what now seems like a war on…

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     CHRISTMAS PRESENTS MY GIRLS WANT

    The Christmas presents that my girls want this year seem to be getting bigger and more expensive. Both of the girls seemed to write their lists in September and when I say list what I mean is booklet. I thought I’d put together a little post of a few things…

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    “Noooooooooooooooo!”

    I fired through the streets of London like a torpedo, a hungover champion. Sweat fired off me – bullets of last night’s booze. A small man was walking ahead. I sized him up as any muscular hurdle-jumper would. Unlike for them, my hurdle was moving – so this was harder…