Monthly Archives: August 2020

Locked Down and Blue

Posted on 16 August 2020 by Henry Gee

Lockdown has got to me, people. So much so that I have recorded a slice of vintage Americana. You can listen to it here. The song is ‘No More Cane On The Brazos’ originally sung by the convicts sentenced to … Continue reading →

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I Speak Your Weight

Posted on 15 August 2020 by Henry Gee

Lockdown Life — Here at Chez Gee we have tended to view weighing scales in the same way that Queen Elizabeth I viewed mirrors. Despite the reputation that fat people are harder to kidnap, Mrs Gee noted that COVID-19 has … Continue reading →

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No peace for the wicked

Posted on 9 August 2020 by Nicola Spaldin

Having coordinated the development of perhaps the most unsocially distanced bachelors’ curriculum imaginable, structured around groups of students working closely together on hands-on projects, only to have it debut during the throws of a major global pandemic, I felt pretty … Continue reading →

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Active Silencing

Posted on 9 August 2020 by Athene Donald

Aggressive. That’s such a useful put-down. As in “I think there were several very vocal, dare I say aggressive residents that, in my opinion, regardless of what work was being carried out or not, they still would have had reason … Continue reading →

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