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Wishing you a magic circle this Easter
On deadlines and - well, read the piece
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Christina Patterson
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February 2024

Draw a shadow, hammer a nail - and weep
Lessons from the masters - and Yoko Ono
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Christina Patterson
3
What I've learnt from my gold medallist friend
(about work, art and life)
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Christina Patterson
6

January 2024

Air and Angels
Some thoughts for Blue Monday
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Christina Patterson
6
Some new year advice for me (and you)
Raise a chalice to the resolutions that work
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Christina Patterson
22

December 2023

Three shows and a birthday
Why we all need to see people in pink tutus doing the splits
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Christina Patterson
2
On curtains, career change and a dog's dinner
What I've learnt about freelancing (and fabrics)
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Christina Patterson
5

November 2023

On joy, struggle and the perfect cocktail
And why it sometimes pays to have a horrible time
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Christina Patterson
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October 2023

The rabbi, the poet - and the castle of flames
On Seamus Heaney and my first service in a synagogue
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Christina Patterson
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On lies, filth, vermin – and Tories
What to do when you inherit a mess
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Christina Patterson
6
Rhapsody in blue velvet
On leaving, losing things and letting go
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Christina Patterson
6
On beauty, Rightmove and not being an oligarch
(a kind of apology for silence)
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Christina Patterson
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