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2019-20 Archives: Episode 2 – The Many Faces of Jessi Parker
Read more: 2019-20 Archives: Episode 2 – The Many Faces of Jessi ParkerSomewhere in the twisted, labyrinthine sprawl of Berlin, a city sodden with history, there resides a man battling with the many sides of himself. Ideas ricochet like bullets off the walls of his mind, neurons firing as he runs the numbers, looking for a new angle, a cutting edge to fire him to a spectral…
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2019-20 Archives: Episode 1 – Tom Barklamb and why learning is for suckers
Read more: 2019-20 Archives: Episode 1 – Tom Barklamb and why learning is for suckersTom Barklamb is the worst kind of person. Let’s look back to last season; a promising campaign featuring a bronze medal in the ProMax World Championship was undermined by a disappointing 5th place finish in the Classic Grand. What accounted for this discrepancy was simple: his defence, worst in the league, was absolute bin juice.…
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2018-19 Archives: Episode 5 – The Amy Worthington Question
Read more: 2018-19 Archives: Episode 5 – The Amy Worthington QuestionThe date is Sunday December 9th 2018, and things are looking grim for Amy Worthington. Her beloved Red Devils, suffering through the dying embers of the moody and wayward reign of Jose Mourinho, have just been unceremoniously swatted aside 3-1 at Anfield by a Xherdan Shaqiri-inspired Liverpool, leaving them clinging on to 6th place, only…
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2018-19 Archives: Episode 4 – Tom Barklamb and Team Whack-a-Mole
Read more: 2018-19 Archives: Episode 4 – Tom Barklamb and Team Whack-a-MoleTom Barklamb, if his fantasy league exploits are anything to go by, is the kind of guy who’ll serve up a perfectly succulent Beef Wellington, with a side of rich, creamy pate-de-fois-gras and a crisp, home-grown salad for dinner … and then for dessert will chuck you a sticky, crumbled, month-old Musli bar found down…
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2018-19 Archives: Episode 3 – Zordon doesn’t care about your logic
Read more: 2018-19 Archives: Episode 3 – Zordon doesn’t care about your logicIt is my firm belief that Zordon has access to extra dimensions. His second-place finish in the Classic Grand defies logic. I really do mean it. Colin made no secret of the fact that he was barely paying attention, and in the marathon that is the ProMax World Championship this played out as you would…
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2018-19 Archives: Episode 2 – The Mysterious Disappearance of Elys Sargunar
Read more: 2018-19 Archives: Episode 2 – The Mysterious Disappearance of Elys SargunarThe Background There was a brief moment where Elys Sargunar’s F.C. Aubamaschlong, possessor of the league’s – and possibly the world’s – most irresponsible team name – were the talk of the town. Coming into GW15 F.C. Aubamaschlong sat proudly atop the Classic Grand. The manager was looking sharp, demonstrating an adept touch, spotting the…
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2018-19 Archives: Episode 1 – The Year of the Rat
Read more: 2018-19 Archives: Episode 1 – The Year of the RatThe Rat Pack were an absolute gift to this season. Manager Scott Worthington somehow managed to create a team that seemed to exist in a parallel dimension. When we look at the end-of-year records this man is absolutely everywhere, in stunningly contradictory categories. The Rat Pack led the Classic Grand with the most frequent lowest…
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Anatomy of a Howler
Read more: Anatomy of a HowlerNothing stirs me more than the desire to be good at something. Even better if other people know it. I am a firm believer in the importance of being humble. Yet I also feel as though if you’ve worked hard to be good at any particular skill it should be considered acceptable to proclaim, in…
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How do I job interview?
Read more: How do I job interview?Let me tell you a story. In 2010 I was nervous and clueless. I was living in Bristol, UK as a recent graduate from a university course in Film and Television Production, and was about as prepared for life in the real world as you would imagine a recent graduate from a university course in…
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English is hard, but maths is harderer.
Read more: English is hard, but maths is harderer.It’s 11:05 on a Thursday morning. I’m sat in a silent, featureless waiting room in a nondescript test centre in the very middle of a very rainy Bristol. Walking here had seemed like a good idea when I set off. It was not. I am cold and nervous, and absolutely sodden. As part of my…