Today has been a bit of a challenging day in some respects, but more so emotionally. It just floors me when people I know and love turn around and give that love right back to me. So to that secret army, my love and respect always x
Neil Lawrence
@ox1digital.co.uk
Former Product Manager / localgov survivor / LocalGovDigital alumni / All my views / Stupidly excited by default / European citizen and French resident / passionate about not using the word “passionate”
Could Walking Tai Chi adverts kindly fuck off? I’m not buying it, no matter how much money you pour in
I don't always like to highlight my latest blog posts, but this one has been a bit pivotal, not to mention scary and painful. www.ox1digital.co.uk/france/2026/...
Life can be a pain
Navigating healthcare in France
ox1digital.co.uk
In celebration of #YorkshireDay, please enjoy this Sean Bean bastard collection. Sound up, bastards.
(Don't) Know how good music by #AFP, Fischer-Z, #Garbage and #MartinHannett can be? All you need do is listen through #ColinSpencer Programme #216 ▶️ www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... to #DiscoverAndRemember @afponline.bsky.social @garbage.com and more
Just had a picnic under an old pine tree in the Vosges mountains, watching les pelatons race past. But how is your Thursday going?
Helped the UK net immigration figures today by leaving the country with a one-way ticket. Enjoy the by-election or whatever else happens there
Keeping everything crossed for a France v Argentina World Cup final so I can wander down to the local bar and shout ‘Allez Les Bleus!’
...and Farage makes it The Double!!!! All I ask is for a certain orange madman to choke on his burger to make it The Triple
Neil Lawrence@ox1digital.co.uk · 2mo agoNice that the French are locking up Le Pen before we move there
Nice that the French are locking up Le Pen before we move there
Two weeks from today we’ll have moved to France Read about how we made this happen at www.ox1digital.co.uk/france Allez les Bleus!!
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Really happy to read this article by my old council. A true display of acting on behalf of residents and visitors for the greater good, despite the abuse they are getting for doing so www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘Not a culture war’: the council that won its case over England flags on lampposts
Leader of local authority in Oxfordshire faces backlash over injunction ‘to maintain neutral, safe space for residents’
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Dear Shopify, I'm not an entrepreneur and never will be. Please fuck off out of my podcast ads Lots of love x
A big thank you to everyone over at The World's Greatest Ever Electronic Music Albums. Who voted for afp - The Further Adventures Of Kapitan Ping. You can get your copy here.. nobeatsaloud.bandcamp.com/album/the-fu...
Bad Services, coming soon Ships on 25th June 2026 good.services/badservicesb...
afp - The Further Adventures Of Kapitan Ping album release night: touched-music.mixlr.com/events/5056169 7:30pm BST We open with a Biophonix mix from Andy Falconer’s back catalogue. 8:40pm BST We’ll play the album in full. 9:30pm, the album goes live on our NBA label: nobeatsaloud.bandcamp.com
This week is my last work week - ever! So I shall mark it with only listening to songs from the year I started work (1983) on Spotify Oh god - first up is Save Your Love by Renee and Renato. I made need to rethink.....
Just had my final pay from a job - ever! Sweet, sweet feeling
Add your name to a petition to allow a fabulous independent cinema to keep operating, and to shout down the college that doesn't want to help preserve it c.org/qFSxwS8Tc9 Please reshare
Sign the Petition
Save the Ultimate Picture Palace
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When does digital transformation get to the pensions service in LocalGov. I swear I had 7 paper forms to fill in, and most of them asked for my NI number (which they know). Some asked me for a payroll number for a job I left 6 years ago.
I can't adequately express how much I don't care about the Mandelson 'scandal'. Can we sort out the poo in our rivers instead?
Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU. Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
