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Caffeine Tangent

Fuelled by coffee and a desire to explain to family what he's been doing lately, this blog explores family life, personal values, education leadership, and the systems that shape them all. Oh, and probably retro gaming too.

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Weeknote 26/2026: Leaving, Sort Of

Watching someone else's horizon widen

Weeknote 24+25/2026: The Value of a Yes

Hello! In the last weeknote, I learned that you don’t have to say yes to everything, but should say yes to things that chime with your values and passions.

Weeknote 22+23/2026: The Right Room

A fortnight of accidents, events, and one idea I can't stop thinking about

Weeknote 20+21/2026: Recovery Time

Finally learning something the Italians tried to teach me a decade ago

Weeknote 18+19/2026: Do Look Up

Minutes, marking, a missed coffee, and a much-needed look up

Weeknote 16+17/2026: Transition

Everything everywhere is always moving, forever

Weeknote 14+15/2026: Italia, cara!

We returned to Milan in late March, close to nine years after we’d left.

Weeknote 12+13/2026: We build castles with our baggage

Week 12 began with illness.

Weeknote 10+11/2026: Ozymandias (After Shelley)

A poem of thresholds and aftermath

Weeknote 8+9/2026: For God's Sake, Take The Stairs

When I was young, at primary school, the local fish and chip shop had a VHS rental display to peruse as you waited for your food to be prepared.