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Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 15 Feb 21

There is some concern by nurses dealing with my dressings change on my cancer operation entry wound (still slowly healing) that the liquids oozing from it could be getting infected. They are coming out more frequently and darker...

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New 10 Day Wait For Prescription Processing Creates Repeat Prescription Hell In Preston

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 May 20

With the NHS health service stretched to breaking point over Covid-19, it is not surprising that many regular services they provide are in disarray. I have an ongoing repeat prescription for 10mg a day of Amlodipine, as my blood...

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Diary 8th To 12th February 2020

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Feb 20

Diary - Saturday 8th February 2020 - I spent most of the day preparing for my trip to Manchester for my 58th birthday celebrations. The weather was nice but I was worried by reports of major storms expected on my birthday itself....

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Diary 25th To 30th January 2020

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 Jan 20

Saturday 25th January A busy day, Burns Night, and Chinese New Year. I hadn't realized the Chinese New Year events were on the city of Preston until I saw the dragon being prepared in the museum, and some musicians practicing...

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Graphic Text Book Michael Barrett Preston North End The Rise Of The Invincibles

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Jan 20

2016 - Invincible Press I'm not a sports fan, so a book about football should not really appeal to me but this true story deals with a major part of my home city's history, In 1889, Preston North End (PNE) became the first and...

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Movie Review Capernaum

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Oct 19

Spoiler alerts – 2018 A harrowing movie presented with documentary realism. Made in Lebanon in the Arabic language by Director Nadine Labaki.. The title is drawn from the Biblical city Capernaum, dismissed by Jesus as a place...

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Movie Review The Heiresses

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Oct 19

Spoiler alerts – 2018 The penultimate screening at this year’s Worldwise Learning Centre International Movie Festival in Preston. A slowburn Paraguayan drama, filmed in Spanish, dealing with a mature woman discovering herself...

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Movie Review CJ7

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Oct 19

Spoiler alerts – 2008 Written, directed by and starring Stephen Chow of Shaolin Soccer & Kung Fu Hustle fame this may be one of the most delightful children’s movies ever, featuring an alien that might well be even more cute...

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Movie Review Cold War

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Oct 19

2018 – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski The third of nine movies in the Preston based UCLan Worldwise Learning Centre International Movie Festival. An incredible tragic love story set over many years from 1949 to the mid-1960’s,...

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Movie Review One Hundred Days After Childhood

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Oct 19

1975 – spoiler alerts. Directed by Sergey Solovev The second of nine movie screened at the 10th Worldwise Learning Centre International Movie festival was this Russian coming of age drama set in a school summer Camp for young...

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The 13th Preston International Film Festival And Movie Review Of Frantz

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 15 Oct 19

Though only my second year of attendance 2019 mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Preston International Film Festival organized by the University Of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Worldwise Learning Centre., itself celebrating its...

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Diary 30th July To 1st August 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Aug 19

Tuesday 30th July was the day of the annual meal and day out for the volunteers who help out at the University Of Central Lancashire. This year we were treated to an expenses paid trip to the seaside town of Blackpool, including...

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Diary 14th To 16th July 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Jul 19

Sunday 14th July - I returned to the city centre to use the library and buy in some basic foods. It all looked rather empty and quiet after yesterday's exciting vibrant Viking re-enactment show. Monday 15th July - My mum phoned...

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Diary 19th To 24th June 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Jun 19

A busy time looming, which explains why I have posted so little this last week or so. Wednesday 19th June 2019 saw my routine doctor’s visit, to check my blood pressure which is coming under control nicely. The rest of the day...

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Diary Monday 3rd To Sunday 9th June 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Jun 19

A week of quiet days and busy ones. Job searching is usually quite a mechanical routine process, involving the same career websites being checked daily. It can be tedious and take hours. I have to do it daily. The Monday and...

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Diary Friday 17th May 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 May 19

I helped out at the university today, as a volunteer, promoting the closing day of the week long Dying Matters promotion. I have attended all the talks and film screenings too, with today’s talk on Digital Legacies closing a very...

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The Ytterbium Eastercon Convention 2019 Easter Monday 22nd April 2019 Administering Fantasy Worlds Closing Ceremony And Dead Dog Party.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 May 19

The final day of the science fiction convention was a mixture of the relaxed and the sad, as many great friends left over the course of the day. In several cases it could be next year before I see them again. The first panel I...

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The Ytterbium Eastercon Convention 2019 Tuesday 16th April 2019 Travelling To London

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Apr 19

Back from my adventures. Though the convention wasn’t starting until Friday 19th April 2019, I travelled down a few days before to be able to explore London. To get a full day of exploring on the Wednesday I caught an overnight...

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Diary 18th To 22nd March 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 22 Mar 19

Diary Monday 18th March 2019 Such a quiet day my to-do list diary page was blank, the first such page this year. The routine job search and a little shopping went on as well as my ongoing preparation of promotional flyers for...

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Diary 11th And 12th March 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Mar 19

Monday 11th March 2019 Not a great deal of activity today, though I did walk to the community centre in a rare spell of sunshine between long periods of horrid weather. I used the scanner there to edit up lots of old photos from...

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