February 2012
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I like to think of the first coat of paint as the ‘crumb coat’, like when you ice a cake. That’s all for now.
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Painting a Freecycled chest of drawers and bedside table with beautiful, expensive Earthborn ‘Just White’ eggshell paint, while drinking Yorkshire Tea and watching James Bond be awesome in From Russia With Love on ITV4.
So, what are you doing with YOUR Saturday evening?
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Heartbreakingly beautiful letter from a soldier to... →
“If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the gladdest days and in the darkest nights, advised to your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours, always, always, and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; as the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by.”
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“My last Yorkshire tea bag has a rip :(”
– The saddest text I’ve ever recieved.
January 2012
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best fancy dress ever →
On the eve of the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s death, 485 boys dressed up as Gandhi at a peace rally in Calcutta, in a bid to create a new Guinness World Record and promote non-violent protest
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For the love of God, meet that child’s...
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Observations on a car boot
If it had been cold enough to remove my gloves this morning, my tweets from my first car boot of the year might have read like this:
1: holy shit it is COLD *scrapes ice off car with broken CD*
2: the queue for the car boot is long. I thought the 0.5 degree temperature might have put people off. Then I remember I am in Yorkshire.
3: eggs, potatoes, root veg, stolen lawn mowers, dysons
4:...
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December 2011
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Uncle Wilf
Used to time his cigarette breaks from the wool factory where he worked so he’d meet my 11 year old dad from school and have a chat with him. Everyday. Small kindnesses like that undo me. What a kind chap.
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Arnold's rocky road
150g milk chocolate
150g dark chocolate
175g butter
60ml golden syrup
200g amaretti biscuit
150g brazil or pistachio nuts
150g glace cherries
125g mini marshmallows
1 tablespoon of Amaretto
Method:
Melt, crush and add biscuits, nuts, cherries and marshmallows. Pour into a tray and cool in the fridge.
*Arnold is my Grandma Winnie’s neighbour. He is extremely sweet, has a bad hip...
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November 2011
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Dear Photograph →
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Sadly predictable
When following a link to the UK Government’s e-petition site today (to sign the cable theft e-petition), I began to browse.
The idea is that anyone can suggest a subject for discussion via an e-petition. If it gets 100,000 signatures, then MPs will debate it in Parliament.
An excellent recent example was the Full disclosure of all government documents relating to 1989 Hillsborough disaster...
October 2011
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Why be happy when you could be normal? →
Why indeed.
Want to read this a great deal. So much so, I want the actual physical non-Kindle version.
I’m happy. Don’t think I’m that normal either. And I’m happy about that too.
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Dinner
Felt the urge for a Greek inspired dinner tonight. Sure it’s utterly inauthentic but can’t wait to eat it.
Mint and lemon lamb
Marinate the lamb steaks/escalopes in oil, juice of a lemon, zest and a few crushed cloves of garlic.
Cook under a smoking hot grill until cooked but still pink.
Serve with lemon and roast garlic mayo, potatoes and salad as follows.
Best potatoes ever
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Really seedy fruity flapjills
Love pottering Saturdays. Decided to cook today whilst listening to Radio 4. And I made:
Really seedy fruity flapjills
Gorgeous energy boosting and sugar rush flapjack for my girl who never gets time to eat lunch. Adapted from various recipes:
140g butter
140g muscovado sugar
1/2 cup golden syrup
250g oats
100g mixed seeds inc sunflower, pumpkin, linseed, sesame seeds
75g dried...
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Yorkshire afternoon tea
As well as crumpets, Yorkshire brack, homemade parkin, cucumber and Yorkshire potted beef sandwiches, we had gin cocktails with a twist:
Royal Tea
2 parts Gin
Chilled Earl Gray Tea
Squeeze of lemon
Spoonful of sugar
(served in teacups)
Yorkshire Blossom
2 parts Gin
2 parts Yorkshire Tea syrup
dash of bitters
Squeeze of orange
topped up with Prosecco
(served in a champagne flute)
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September 2011
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The 2,660 mph train →
Been working on this at work for a couple of months now. We filmed a train drivers eye view of a 3.5 hour journey from the north east, through Yorkshire ending up at London Kings Cross.
Gorgeous seaside views. Fun fact: it took 3 days for the video to reduce down to 6 mins. 3 DAYS.
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Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield
Students chattering outside Rhythm and Booze, no sign of Disco Tramp but others are sitting on his bench.
Next door playing the jazz flute, or perhaps it’s just the recorder again. Over and over.
The passage door slamming shut because the boys from the restaurant are playing musical chairs again, endlessly moving and stacking them.
Four girls and a boy are repainting the empty shop...
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A text, the morning after a French martini...
Something is wrong, I just need a watermelon. I want to carry a watermelon then cut a little hole in it eat it with a spoon.
And I don’t want to get dressed and I simply need a macdo’s. Kate says if I’m quiet she will drive me after a sleep. I asked Kate to either ring nurse Kelly or an ambulance. I need a saline drip.
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August 2011
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