All posts by Gordon

PA: it’s your money they’re wasting! Hello friend, Day 116… (see blog 2020 – 40 – dpa) And so, this still trundles on… I’ve attempted to be reasonable and invite the MoJ to negotiate my costs – they have been less reasonable – unreasonable, you might say. They’re sticking at offering me £50 costs. That
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Media: the end is nigh… Hello friend, Day 108… I hear on the news that the Mirror and Express newspapers are making an eighth of their workforce redundant – 550 jobs! So it begins… Be happy, be safe and be kind. Graham Coutts, 9th July 2020

Coronavirus: moving forward? Hello friend, Day 106… … and we’re into stage 3 of our lockdown(see 2020 – 61). The only stage to the regime which seems to affect me is how they will unlock us Monday to Thursday. Up to now it’s been a controlled unlock fo showers and the phone – showers, cell,
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2020 – 63 – veganism Veganism: …yah! marmite is back! Hello friend, Day 102… I’ve decided to go back on the vegan diet. I’m not entirely sure what’s prompted this but I think it’s been a couple of recent reminders. One from Kim – thanks Kim; another from one of the guys in here who’s
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Media: the babbling babies of Fleet Street Hello friend, Day 101… There seems to have been a few nasty little tabloid articles about me recently. Two in a Scottish newspaper which I’m in the process of obtaining, and these two: This one seems to have come from my blog about being a living donor (see
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2020 – 61 – coronavirus Coronavirus: the beginning of the end…? Hello friend, Day 100… I guess I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to write this blog on day 100! – wow! Only in the last few days we received the lockdown easing stages but no proposed timetable: Stage 5: Complete Lockdown… an active outbreak
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Jimmy G: … the musical! Hello friend, Day 92… I can’t remember where I left this? My blog archive is buried deep within the confines of my cupboard. My plan was to contact musical theatre producers about putting on the show – not as a 1 hour 10 minute rock opera but as a 2
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Coronavirus… and on and on Hello friend Day 91… Wow! Twenty more days in lockdown since my last blog – 91 days? – that’s exactly 13 weeks – 3 months – a quarter of the year. I know some guys are not coping with this. The level of noise has increased, loud ‘boom-boom’ music and
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Coronavirus: having fun?! Hello friend, (still) Day 71… Wow, day 71! I was told this could go on like this in here for several more weeks. I believe that. One prisoner confirmed that he had tested positive for the virus when he was ill a few weeks ago. There are others who are quarantined. I’ve
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Six Degrees of Separation: the preaching continues… Hello friend, Day 71… I’m sure I’ve mentioned this concept before but I’m not sure if I’ve written a full blog on it ; no matter, it’s worth a revisit Of course, six degrees of separation is not my idea. I’m sure most of us become aware of
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