BEFORE I START:
Lockdown is utterly crap. Let’s not ignore that, or glibly pretend otherwise. I collected a dance costume for my daughter today and the lady who made it said “Thank you so much. That’s all I’ve sold this week and it will pay for this week’s groceries”.
So, having had that rather mood-crushing dose of reality, and acknowledging that we’re not saving lives here, I’m still going to write this blog post about the unforeseen upside of lockdown for those of us who make podcasts.
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I don’t know about you, but according to our postbox, the arrival of this email marks The Start of The Weekend. I don’t know if you have ridiculously stressful Fridays – full of meetings and ‘can you do this by EOP?’ requests, but we also know that a sunny Friday in July is a time…
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Well, it’s DoPSoTE here for this week only, as Neil was last seen by an ancient fort somewhere in the desert. We’re desperately hoping he makes it back, especially as he’s only got his Swindon Town branded bucket hat and a tiny fan to protect him from the searing heat. In the meantime, Michaela (HofLNB)…
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Hello. Oh how lovely to see you here again, looking bright and breezy on a sunny June morning. Seven days in sunny June were long enough to bloom The flowers on the summer dress you wore in spring The way we laughed as one, and then you dropped the bomb That I’ve known you too…