Category: James Complains
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Prior to becoming a parent, I had no idea what ‘soft play’ was. Indeed for quite some time after becoming a parent I was only…
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Recently I purchased a new pair of shoes. This is not, in itself, an inherently unusual thing for me to do. I probably do it…
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It’s been a while since last I blogged and in that time the world has gone from being predominantly concerned with a pandemic to being…
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And so we enter that surreal period of the calendar, known to me (and possibly to some other people) as Twixmas, when Christmas is sort…
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Occasionally on this blog I like to comment on the world of politics. Not often and usually with the kind of authority that you might…
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My daughter’s increasing vocabulary is, I think, quite impressive. Even if we allow for a natural parental bias, of which I am happy to accept…
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There’s no getting away from it – this post is an absolute shambles. This is partly because I started writing it on the 27th August…
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By anyone’s standards, Christmas is well and truly over for another year. I, alas, had to go back to work on the 3rd January, which…
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It’s the first Monday in September and like many teachers I’m obliged to go back to work after a six-week hiatus. Obviously, I expect very…
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Ok, it’s been a while since I did a ‘James Complains’, so just a reminder that nothing here is to be taken too seriously. There…
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Regular readers of this blog will know that I rarely write about work. This is for a number of reasons, not least of which is…
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It’s a popular maxim that ‘the best things in life are free’. I’m less than convinced that’s the case. I’m not sure that there’s much…
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I’m writing this in what can only be described as a foul mood. Christmas now seems but a distant memory and, although I’m sure I…
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Much as it pains me to admit it, I’m already too old to ‘live fast and die young’. It’s no longer a goal I can…
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Recently I ordered a pair of trousers from a well-known online retailer. I order lots of stuff online but very rarely trousers. Normally I like…
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A few days ago Mrs Proclaims and I returned from our summer holiday. On the whole it was a thoroughly pleasant city break that was,…
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“The terrible irony is that the vast majority of the people who voted to leave are the ones who will be most adversely affected. The…
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Today there is a referendum on whether or not Britain remains part of the European Union. Today we as a nation decide whether to Brexit…
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I’ve done it this time – a title loaded with irony. A contradiction in terms. If that isn’t ‘click-bait’ to the internet browsing masses then…
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I’m rarely up early on a Saturday morning. It is usually the day I allow myself a few extra hours in bed after the ravages…
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I do most of my shopping online. I’m not especially a cliché of masculinity that detests the idea of actually going into shops. I like going…
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It seems like only a few weeks ago that I was ‘celebrating’ the fact that I had written my very first blog post via the…
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I’ve been in work today. All day. Because it is a normal working day in the UK. Yet according to my email inbox and various…
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To label the space in front of my house as a ‘garden’ would be somewhat overselling it. A tiny patch of gravel does not constitute…
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The Iron Man comic books and films would probably have captured the imagination of the public a little less if his main super power was…
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About a week ago Mrs Proclaims and I went to see Jurassic World. It was an odd thing for us to do as we were…
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I often go on river cruises when I’m on holiday. I’ve been on river cruises in Paris (I technically lived in Paris at the time but…
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Today’s diatribe is, as ever, about something trivial and unimportant that doesn’t really have any relevance to my daily existence. Nonetheless, it did dominate my…
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