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What’s Simnell Cake?

April 06, 2019
by George Emsden
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Mothering Sunday finds me at St Andrew’s Church, Girton near Cambridge. Founded 1869 as a ladies’ college, Girton went mixed in the 80s. Both the Rector and Curate are women. It’s a fine sunny day with plenty of daffodills in evidence, and the service is orientated t
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Dear Guest: You’re Banned

March 25, 2019
by George Emsden
charities, DBS check, disclosure and barring service, knife crime, soup kitchens, stab-proof vests, volunteer
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Fourth Monday in the month, and it’s my turn at Muswell Hill Soup Kitchen. Manager lets me in, informing me that he is wearing a stab vest as one of the guests is going to be banned. While I have heard of knife crime, this is my first close experience of it. The tables are all l
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Is My Pension Homeless?

March 01, 2019
by George Emsden
homelessness, nominated beneficiaries, Pensions
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It’s been a pleasant evening and I am walking down Long Acre to my tube station. Ahead of me and on an intercept course, is what looks like a homeless man limping and walking very slowly. He asks someone for something and I know he is going to ask me. He is clean shaven and very
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How big is a barn?

October 18, 2018
by George Emsden
barn, ernest marsden, ernest rutherford, gold leaf expriment, hans geiger, lord kelvin
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It’s October, so time to press on with the Physics part of my OU degree. Unit 6 deals with Linear Momentum which involves looking at collisions. First diagram is from Ernest Rutherford’s famous gold leaf experiment where the nucleus of the atom was discovered. Previous to
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All about the People (3Cs Diaries #21)

October 14, 2018
by George Emsden
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Not a political statement like “of the people, for the people etc” rather a recipe for good business and a good life. Save the planet, care for the environment, look after your employees, equality for women – all trendy issues now but which have been addressed by Qua
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The Southwark Cider Mile

October 07, 2018
by George Emsden
beer, cider, home brewing
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Rainy Saturday in Bermondsey and it’s time for a cider tour in an area becoming famous for its micro-breweries where it has acquired the label The Bermondsey Beer Mile. After a few years popularity in the 70s, home brewing went into decline but has bounced back strongly on both
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Of BREXIT and Betrayal

July 07, 2018
by George Emsden
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Our Leader in Wonderland   The time has come the Walrus said To talk of many things Of BREXIT and Betrayal and One hundred other things How referenda perish and our peoples voices pass Well thank you dear Theresa For the stiletto up the arse.   For chaining us to Europe Wher
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The Good Samaritan

July 07, 2018
by George Emsden
Girl magazine, mental health, revd Chad varah, Revd Marcus Morris, Robin magazine, Swift magazine, The Eagle, the good samaritan
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Trivia Question – What occurs (on average) 84 x week? That’s the number of men who commit suicide and the rate for men is several x that of women. This and other data are the subject of a talk given by Julian Smith at London Lunchtimers at The Freemasons’ Arms in Lon
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The Law Store Cometh (3Cs Diaries #20)

July 04, 2018
by George Emsden
3cs, advocate, AI, artificial intelligence, assize, entrepreneur, investors in industry, law courts, magna carta, robot, start your own business, venture capital
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It’s Been 20 Years 3Cs 100th meeting with 5 speakers hosted by international law firm Taylor Wessing. 3Cs Community grew out of Investors in Industry (3i) formerly known as Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation providing finance for management buy outs in the 1980s. Now
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