This note was meant to be shorter as the week was very long. What happened this week? GovCamp Scotland on Monday went well. I enjoyed being on the welcome desk but had to jump into a few meetings a...

A shorter note from a week in which the back-to-school germs hit hard. I was mostly moving at half speed, avoiding the school run and doing very little in the evenings. What happened this week? Mon...

A bit of an epic note from a week which included: a trip to see my parents on the Essex coast, a few days in London, and catch ups with lots of fab people. Most of this as written in the in-between sp...

What happened this week? A slightly shorter note this time as I emerge from a recruitment-heavy week. We interviewed for a couple of roles linked to a UKRI-funded project and I then sat on the panel ...

Busy, busy. Feeling the pinch of back-to-school organisation with new timetables, devices, and parent briefings. The kids are coping better than we are. The weather is also dipping into Autumn with mo...

What happened this week? A week churning through a growing to-do list, trying to focus on one thing at a time and ticking-off multiple admin tasks. Often the tasks you think will be simple open up a ...

Another shorter week as we headed off for a wedding in Marple, south of Manchester. Lots of stone cottages and rolling hills. This is minus the boy who returned from the Boardmasters festival in Cornw...

A strange week with a big focus on exam results. The boy did amazingly well, managing to pull off the perfect ratio of hard work and outcomes for each subject. There's now a bit less pressure on his f...

What happened this week? A day of leave on Monday was spent on a furniture hunt with the girl. We were the first people in Ikea which was fun (for a while). We left with some spoons, a pack of storag...

A much shorter note from a condensed three-day week. Things are a little quieter at the Library through the Summer (although the noise outside the office is ramping up with the swarm of tourists and s...

A first week spent with friends* in the sunny Cairngorms. Lots of forests, cycling, woods, river swimming, trees, good food, football and games. It felt good to be in a different space and slow down. ...

A final week before a long-awaited Summer break, including my wedding anniversary (19 years!) and my brother turning 50 (!!). I also marked three years in my role at the Library and the half way point...

I’m writing this on the day’s fourth slow-moving train, heading back from a university open day at Durham with the boy. It’s been a very full week with little time for reflection, so I should perhaps ...

I'm attempting to write this at the tail end of a very full on week involving team away days, a museum visit, board meetings, and an exhibition opening. Fun, challenging but also exhausting. It's beco...

A very full-on week involving recruitment, a couple of exploratory workshops and thinking about long-term strategy and funding. With the boy away in Kenya, we've taken the opportunity to redecorate hi...

The house felt very empty this week as my daughter headed off a school trip to the Netherlands. Friday then saw my son head off on another trip. We managed about 30 minutes of child-free waiting at th...

Edinburgh's annual week of Summer arrived in time for the marathon festival and the end of exams. Sighs of relief all round and it felt good to spend time outside. What happened this week? The fina...

A slow start to the week as I recovered from the Hackney Half. Not my finest race. After my brother sailed into the distance I settled into a steady pace and tried to enjoy the good vibes. What happ...

More of a mini-note this time around, ironically due to a very busy schedule. I'm writing this at the end of Friday, trying to leave things in a reasonable state before heading off to London for the H...

Last weekend, Cambridge United secured promotion in the most Cambridge way possible, scrambling a 0-0 draw and relying on other teams failing to win. Work felt a bit like this, trying to keep projects...

A couple of shorter working weeks were squeezed around the boy's Higher exams and a long weekend on the Isle of Mull. Ridiculous levels of sunshine helped to tick off an impressive list of wildlife in...

A two-week edition following a short break with university friends, recreating a pre-graduation trip to Rhodes. Less sun, swimming, and dancing. More walking, whiskey, and reminiscing about our forgot...

A slightly shorter week with Monday and Friday as annual leave. Lots of sunshine and blue skies but, walking across the Meadows to work, frost remained in the long-shadows of the trees. I'm sure there...

A week of interesting chats, admin churn and unexpected tribulations. What happened this week? Monday began with a useful chat with one of our Board members about a large-scale AI roll-out across a...

A slightly delayed note after a week where everything seemed to be happening everywhere all at once. What happened this week? An energising Monday morning discussion on the Library's Moving Image A...

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After a relaxing half-term break in Fife, this week was all about catching up, planning for the worst and responding to unexpected changes. What happened this week? * The week started by reporting...

A slightly curtailed week, with time spent getting back up to speed following my London trip and then being hit by a cold on Friday. The week-noting ritual is becoming easier as I jot down highlights,...

After a frenetic return to the office, this week felt a little calmer with a chance to start planning for the year ahead. This was aided by a day-off on Wednesday to help the boy with his Maths revisi...