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Stefan Czerniawski
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Blogging less than the olden days. Still working to make public services better, now in healthcare regulation.
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It's sometimes hard to remember that public services can be delivered with pride and self confidence
A stone plaque above a doorway inscribed "The health of the people is the highest law" The facade of a brick building in confident municipal style.
November 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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The theme of the walk was autumn ending
A row of trees in autumnal colours - deep red, yellow and residual green - with a clear blue sky A single arch brick bridge with a steam locomotive going across it, framed by trees Two mushrooms with white almost lacy caps and black frills A view across a lake to woodland beyond in a range of autumnal colours. The sky is covered in low cloud.
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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It's completely optional, other than not being at all optional.

#FixTheForms
Two fields from an online form. The prompt text for each includes "optional" but there are error messages saying "This field is required"
October 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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And then there were seven
An empty stage with seven music stands set out in a row, with the sheet music glowing red in reflected light
October 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Music stands in place for the solo performer
An empty stage with nine music stands set out in a row, with the sheet music glowing red in reflected light
October 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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How quintessentially Hadley!

Congratulations - and it's reassuring to know that the world is now a slightly safer place.
October 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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No - nor to read children's books more generally. This is good as a general licence to read:
Cover image of an essay by Katherine Rundell, Why you should read children's books, even though you are so old and wise
October 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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A strange little demonstration outside Broadcasting House - a handful of people with a banner bigger than they are proclaiming that "Bullets will not silence us - RIP Charlie Kirk" against a stylised union flag.

The ratio of confusion to word count seems remarkably high.
A very small crowd outside Broadcasting House in London A long banner is held up with a handful of people standing in front of it
October 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Thick mist last night, clear blue skies this morning. Autumn beyond doubt.
A street at night, there are cones of light from lampposts picking up thick mist, visibility fades quickly into the middle distance
September 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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The new cathedrals are built differently
September 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The theme of the walk was orchards.
A pale green apple tinged with red and covered in rain drops hangs on a tree A group of deep red apples spattered with rain drop surrounded by leaves Precise rows of apple trees, all covered with fruit, follow the curve of the land Rows of apple trees under a heavy grey sky
September 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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There is a certain pleasing irony in this list
A list of most read articles, numbers 1, 2 and 4 are about the new Green Party leader, 3 is about vegan restaurants closing down
September 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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... the logon screen we started from.

So in short, in order to get help on how to create an account and log on, you first need to create an account and log on.
A logon screen with fields for email address and password
August 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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And with a slight sense of foreboding, the answer for my kind of account is to be found by ... logging in to MyAccount. And sure enough, clicking on the large "Help centre" button takes us to...
Same screenshot as previously, with expanded drop down headed "Please log in to our help centre" and later "You just need to log in or sign up to MyAccount first"
August 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The reassuring heading gives a clear signal that this is the right place, but the next step apparently depends on what kind of account I have:
A help screen headed "How to set up MyAccount to manage your account online" with drop down options based on format of account number"
August 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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So clearly I need to set up this account. How is that to be done? Let's see what help there is - and only a few clicks later this seems to be exactly the right topic
A MyAccount help screen with options including "I'd like to know about... How to set up"
August 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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A #FixTheForms masterclass today from @edfenergy.com

A bill arrives with an estimated meter reading. It's a bit off, so let's update it with a more accurate one. Off we go to the website. Log in to MyAccount it says. Which is reasonable enough, except that I don't have any such logon details.
A logon screen prompting for email address and password
August 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Never had Bletchley down on my list of places to search for gold
A slightly blurred picture taken from a moving train showing a factory with a rainbow crossing the grey sky above it
August 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Adaptive brickwork
An old brick wall. On the left, the courses are horizontal, on the right the courses slope upwards at the bottom but remain horizontal towards the top, with a triangle of bricks to make it all fit together.
August 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The theme of the walk was beyond the harvest
Lines of stubble across a field - the field slopes so the lines seem curved Looking across a field of stubble towards a distant valley under a cloudy sky A spray of bright red viburnum berries against green leaves A branch of scarlet hawthorn stands out against a stubble covered field
August 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The LOOP plays tricks with public transport at the best of times - cross several fields and what do you see in the distance but a TfL double decker looking decidedly out of place.
A view across a grassy meadow under a clear blue sky. In the distance is a line of trees - and a double decker bus incongruously just visible behind them
August 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Usually, the best thing about a recording is the music. Just occasionally, it's a footnote in the liner booklet, clearly only there because the author couldn't bear to leave it out.
There are six more or less complete corpses on record claimed to be St Mary Magdalene, the principal one at Vézelay in France having been destroyed by Protestants in the sixteenth century.
August 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Email treat of the day. I am definitely looking for the most experienced and highly qualified Not currently hiring there is to be found. Great to know that there are people ready to help.
Hi Stefan, I saw you’re hiring for a Not currently hiring, that’s great news! I know hiring fast is tough. And bringing on the wrong people? That slows things down even more.
August 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Sheer weight of numbers - there are three couples just in this one picture from a few days ago at the back of St Thomas'

Not surprising they are tripping over each other.

Oh, and more importantly, congratulations!
August 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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The theme of the walk was unexpected framing
Flowering heather Very young acorns, still small and green A distant view of the south downs across the low weald, under a grey sky frame by dark trees A large gilt picture frame is mounted upright on wooden supports and standsby itself on rough grass. There is nothing in the frame.
July 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM