Opinion with Matthew Munson: A brand new year
Well, there you have it. Christmas is over. New Year’s Eve is done and dusted. We are in a brand […]
Well, there you have it. Christmas is over. New Year’s Eve is done and dusted. We are in a brand […]
There’s Christmas done and dusted all over again. I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted; not because I’ve had […]
I almost met Boris Johnson this week. Almost being the operative word. On Thursday, I decided to go and get […]
Planning for Christmas is always a busy time – and I speak as someone who doesn’t have to worry about […]
By the time you read this, Christmas decorations will be up in Casa de Munson; the festive spirit will, it […]
I don’t consider myself old by any stretch of the imagination, but a realisation hit me like a steam train […]
Bryan asked me a question that really made me think this week; when did I first start thinking of myself […]
I have been a dad for the past two and a half years, and my son is eight. You do […]
There is a strange lull at Casa de Munson right now. It won’t last, of course, but I’m enjoying a […]
Freedom Day is upon Casa de Munson. Yes indeed, Bryan and I can once again leave our home. Oh joy […]
Sound the alert! Covid has struck Casa de Munson; our time has come. Not me, it should be said, but […]
I remember my first pet vividly; his name was meant to be Oliver (he was a beautiful cat), but I […]
Do you remember your move from primary to secondary school? I don’t – at least, not very well. I can […]
Well, where do I begin? I look back over this last week and find myself thinking, “What the hell just […]
Are any readers a bit nifty with their feet? Can you do the tango? Shimmy your way across the room […]
It’s funny, you know; adoption formed such a large part of my family’s life for a significant amount of time, […]
We have been plagued with new words we could have probably done without over the past 18 months; lockdown, vaccine, […]
Did you blink and miss it too? The summer holidays seem to have gone by in a flash; Bryan was, […]
Something I realised a while ago is that there’s no manual on how to be a perfect parent. Perfection doesn’t […]
Wi-Fi. Games consoles with more computing power than the computers that sent us to the moon. Mobile telephones. All things […]
I went back to work this week – crumbs, working a full day is hard, isn’t it? I haven’t had […]
Having a routine is always useful; when you’re a parent, if you can find a routine that keeps the family […]
I am now double-jabbed – it’s funny the words that enter our lexicon, isn’t it? A year ago, no-one would […]
When I first became a dad – two and a half years ago – I remember being a little nervous […]
I’ve never been one for high-powered jobs, working as a CEO for a bank or law firm – I’m not […]
I write this at some godforsaken time of the morning this weekend, as we’ve left Thanet for a couple of […]
Children grow up and away from you in a thousand small degrees; it’s never all at once, but it does […]
I have to remind myself sometimes that we’re still coming out of lockdown; that there are things we’ve not been […]
I was born in June 40 years ago. Crikey – how is it that I still think of the 80s […]
How much screen time is too much? How many games consoles constitute too many? These are questions that I consider […]
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