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Oct 06 2024
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Owter Zeds: 40th anniversary gig

Saturday 5th October 2024, 10.15pm (day 4,790)

Calling a band an ‘institution’ is something of a double-edged compliment, as it suggests they have been around a while — and the local Hebden Bridge institution that is (or are) the Owter Zeds were, indeed, celebrating their 40th anniversary at the Trades Club tonight, a gig I came all the way back from London to attend. And plenty of fun it was; if you like a bit of ska, you could do worse. The sax player gets on the blog for the second time, the first being over 10 years ago, when they were mere striplings of just 30 years’ experience.

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Sep 28 2024
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Tony, in his spot

Friday 27th September 2024, 6.30pm (day 4,782)

Tony, in his spot, 27/9/24

Those of us who drink in particular pubs regularly may or may not have A Spot. I wouldn’t say I do, even in the Railway. I have been found in most of its corners, at one time or another. But Tony is someone who has A Spot, and here he is, in it. If he sat somewhere else we might not recognise him.

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Sep 26 2024
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This year’s newbies

Thursday 26th September 2024, 12.40pm (day 4,781)

New students, 26/9/24

For the first time since 13th December last year — I give a lecture in Manchester. Most of the recipients look happy enough at this point (perhaps because I wasn’t talking).

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Sep 11 2024
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Doug does Latics

Tuesday 10th September 2024, 6.55pm (day 4,765)

Doug at the 3 Pigeons, 10/9/24

An excuse to see friend Doug, and have him make his sixth appearance on the blog, provided by the fact that Oldham Athletic (known as the Latics) were playing in Halifax, and D. can be minded to raise it for the Latics now and again. The Three Pigeons lies between railway station and ground and is rather obligatory on such occasions (see also here, for instance, which I’m pretty sure is exactly the same table). I like this one thanks to the brightness of the guy behind, who interrupts the dark line of people quite agreeably. It finished 1-1, by the way.

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Aug 28 2024
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The world in Steve’s eyes

Wednesday 28th August 2024, 5.25pm (day 4,752)

World in Steve's eyes, 28/8/24

As good a reflection of an afternoon in the Railway as any other shot I can think of. Happy Wednesdays. I should have been somewhere else, but that’s a different story.

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Aug 17 2024
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A mask of smoke

Friday 16th August 2024, 6.35pm (day 4,740)

Smoke mask, 16/8/24

I used to smoke tobacco, but quit in 2008 (it remains the only one of my addictions which I can claim to have truly quit). Still, I couldn’t care less whether others still want to use the stuff, and it does sometimes look good. This is, of course, an optical illusion, but an effective one.

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Aug 13 2024
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The online conference experience

Tuesday 13th August 2024, 6.55pm (day 4,737)

Digital Pedagogy Institute, 13/8/24

If you ask me, ‘hybrid’ meetings and conferences are a disaster, certainly if you’re one of the online participants. But online-only gigs work well enough, particularly when most of the others in the ‘room’ are located in Canada. So let’s proclaim from the upstairs office, instead: from where we get to look at the little details of other people’s offices.

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Jul 30 2024
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Doris disdains the cigarette

Monday 29th July 2024, 7.00pm (day 4,722)

Doris the dog, 29/7/24

Well, that’s what it looks like. In truth we were all, Doris the dog included, enjoying the sunshine; there’s not been that much of it to be seen in northern England this year so far but summer does appear to have broken out over the last few days, at least.

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Jul 14 2024
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King Tony

Friday 12th July 2024, 4.55pm (day 4,705)

King Tony, 12/7/24

This is, very much, a picture chosen because it is a person I know looking very much themselves, and in exactly the right context, too. All he needs is the bike in the background, and it really wasn’t far away.

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Jun 10 2024
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Carl, and acolytes

Sunday 9th June 2024, 11.45am (day 4,672)

Carl Bereiter, 9/6/24

Professor Carl Bereiter, Emeritus of the University of Toronto, is someone I’ve been lucky enough to, if not exactly work with (at 94 years of age, Carl doesn’t exactly turn up to the office very much any more) but certainly meet, talk with, hear from. He is genuinely one of the pioneers of the academic field of computer-supported collaborative learning, in which I have occasionally been known to dabble. And please, don’t ask which one of the people in this picture is him.

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