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Say what, Huddie?
Where did this word ‘woke’ come from?  Let’s hear what Huddie Ledbetter a.k.a. Lead Belly had to say on the subject…
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Our Colin's losing weight, Mother
Smallholders and garden farmers give animals names. And once named, eating them becomes, well, tricky.
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Busking Diaries - 2
The Grasshopper is often asked about the rules in England pertaining to busking.  It takes a fair amount of digging to find out...
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Freedom and the Law of the Land Pt. 1
At the very start, The Grasshopper stated that one of the high themes of this blog is the freedom of individuals to act and say as they think, without…
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Like Lazarus from the Ashes
If only one or two businesses start thinking holistically for a change, customer service could rise from the grave.
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Green Onions
This whole business of understanding what on earth these Net Zero geeks are banging on about is like green onions.
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Water off a duck's mak?
The government has done an embarrassing U-turn again, this time on amendments to the environment bill. Where does that leave certain MP's who should…
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Hiding the Gems
How many more hidden treasures are Historic England locking away?
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Not giving up the day job...
The Grasshopper has just finished the first draft of his new novel! Of course, it’ll never be published, because it’s w-a-a-y too far-fetched…
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The Green Edge
Announcing the launch of a new Substack newsletter from the author of The Grasshopper
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Season’s Greetings from The Grasshopper
The Grasshopper wishes glædelig jul to all his readers.
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The Goal (and stuff along the way)
The Grasshopper has always thought the drum-buffer-rope method is worth knowing about. It can cut down stress in life – perhaps it IS life!
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