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The Executive Youth Club Podcast: Episode 16 (opens the original)
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Chapters(01:10) Dairy Farms(06:36) Post-Apocalyptic Tap Dancing(08:54) Absent-Minded Weeding(13:54) Secret Squirrel Society(16:27) The Jumble Box(26:48) Gary from Poole’s Christmas Channel(30:42) Member of the Week: Jarvis CockerThe Jumble BoxTom’s contribution:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qr9p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64e7f2ba-9a75-45d0-8177-c
Musing on Motherhood (and other stuff I did this week) (opens the original)
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This week’s post is a jumble box of bits I’ve been doing and thinking. It’s late because… champagne.First, the article I published here, written when I’d taken my older son to university, has been appreciated by a number of people - for which grateful thanks - and, as I sifted through some old writing, I found another piece on the same subject which I thought might also resonate with those dropping sons and daughters off at university for the first time. It’s for anyone who’s had to screw their
The Executive Youth Club Podcast: Episode 15 (opens the original)
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Chapters(00:46) Kelvedon Hatch and Cold War Nightmares(04:20) Descaling the Iron: A Cautionary Tale(07:46) Fenton & Ronnie Pickering(11:51) 40 Years of Driving (and Five Speed Awareness Courses)(17:22) Spark Plugs, Jacks & Thinking Defensively(21:49) Jumble Box: The Cheeky Trombone(28:08) Mad Dog 20/20 and Sticky Carpets(33:08) Members of the Week: Ronnie Hazlehurst & Ray WinstoneThe Jumble BoxTom’s contribution: <div c
Lunch with Jarvis Cocker (opens the original)
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On the 19th August 2014 I had lunch with Jarvis Cocker.When I say ‘I’ I mean ‘we’: my husband, two sons and I. And when I say ‘with’, I mean ‘near.’ We were at La Colombe d’Or, the world famous restaurant in St-Paul-de-Vence where, in times past, art was traded for meals. The original work of Picasso, Miro, Matisse and others hangs on the walls, while the garden hosts sculptures by César and Calder. If you’ve never been, let me recommend it. You’ll be dining with ghosts and their conversation is
The Executive Youth Club Podcast: Episode 14 (opens the original)
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Chapters(00:00) Welcome to the Executive Youth Club(00:54) Christmas Shopping, Dynamic Pricing & Advent Calendars(03:39) Summer Trips: Palma, Vienna & Portugal (Plus Medieval Aches)(07:01) Losing the Fear of Flying(08:11) Ryanair Chaos: Steve, Ketamine & a Mid‑Air Emergency(13:08) Planes, Turbulence & Cabin Crew in Executive Youth(20:04) Tudor Feet, Arch Support & Marshmallow Slippers(24:48) Dolly, Bonnie Tyler & Football Songs(31:00) Sno
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