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Horseman Lane, Copmanthorpe
York, YO23 3UA
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ruminaonac
Jan 6, 20202 min read
Be a little more...flexible?
Ah Veganuary, our old friend, back from the distant memory of early 2019 yet still as headstrong and keen to promote itself as it was...
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ruminaonac
Dec 31, 20192 min read
New year, new you?
Today millions of us will make promises to transform our lives and appear, Stars-In-Their-Eyes-like from a curtained walkway on the 1st...
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ruminaonac
Dec 19, 20192 min read
Lean on me...
Look I'll admit to being slightly smug about the amusingly shaped traffic jam of mobility aids in our reception area. The kind of thing...
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ruminaonac
Dec 3, 20192 min read
What becomes of the broken-tarted?
As the excitement of Advent swept the nation this weekend, I delved into the dusty corner of my brain marked 'Christmas bingo', quickly...
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ruminaonac
Nov 12, 20192 min read
No questions asked...
Have you noticed how nice Scottish people smell? If you've spent any time with lovely children's diabetes nurse Louise Wootton you might...
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ruminaonac
Nov 1, 20193 min read
A breath of fresh air?
Finally my moment of fame. From the murky depths of anonymity to the sparkling heights of the celebrity in a matter of days. A photo and...
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ruminaonac
Oct 17, 20192 min read
Give sorrow words...
Last Thursday was Mental Health Awareness Day. Previously a taboo subject, we're now as keen as a puppy with two wagging tails and a...
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ruminaonac
Oct 10, 20192 min read
It's beginning to look a lot like...
Despite John Hurt's voice in my ear warning "Oh, we do not speak his name!" I'm going out on a limb to mention Christmas, after recently...
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ruminaonac
Oct 1, 20192 min read
The healing power of sewage
If there's one thing doctors are good at, it's talking to other doctors. We're like a big cuddly family, all sharing ideas, supporting...
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ruminaonac
Sep 21, 20192 min read
Where’s my time-turner gone?
Much like the inner torment Solzhenitsyn must have faced when trying to eke out 24 hours of Ivan Denisovich into 94 pages, I find myself...
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ruminaonac
Sep 5, 20192 min read
Over-50s festival
There's some festival or other on in York every day of the year, from 'Ebor races' to 'Early Music', 'Food and Drink' to 'Fossgate',...
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ruminaonac
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Please sir, I want some more*
Every minute, 1 million plastic bottles are bought around the world. Don’t want to be part of that? Then be part of this: the refill...
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ruminaonac
Aug 22, 20192 min read
Toilet humour
Some people might think that women have a tough time of it, toilet-wise. These people would be correct. Imagine forgetting to pop tampons...
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ruminaonac
Aug 15, 20192 min read
Happy endings
From joyous celebrations in Spain, marching jazz bands in New Orleans and novelty sports-car coffins in Ghana, to bodies burned by the...
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ruminaonac
Jul 26, 20192 min read
Eye-eye captain...
As you reach for your sunglasses in the current blazing weather, consider the rigmarole undertaken by those of us who, like me, are...
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ruminaonac
Jul 19, 20192 min read
Social prescribing
Let's take a brief wander back to the 16th century. Doctors were either physicians (who could treat anything on the surface of the body)...
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ruminaonac
Jul 8, 20192 min read
Here's joke about paper...
It's tear-able. Crying with laughter aren't you? I'll tell you what else is terrible: wasted paper. Not a laughing matter. My pioneering...
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ruminaonac
Jun 28, 20192 min read
paper bag blighter
Last year the NHS spent £8.8 billion on prescriptions. £8.8 billion. That's a lot of money, and a lot of prescriptions - over a billion...
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ruminaonac
Jun 21, 20192 min read
Plastic predicament
So I'm not great at Jenga, but on a more serious note, this is just a selection of the plastic spoons and syringes currently taking over...
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ruminaonac
Jun 11, 20191 min read
2 hazelnut soy lattes to go please...
Ah, the comforting sound of the kettle boiling as you log-on and shuffle yourself into a comfy position at your desk. Even better if...
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