January 2011
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Definition: a borrower
Sometimes, I might sometimes refer to things being ‘suitable for borrowers’, such as this house for example. Or, really big things might have ‘made me feel like a borrower’. But, what is a borrower I hear you ask?  The Borrowers is a series of  children’s fantasy novels by Mary Norton about tiny people who live in the homes of big people and “borrow”...
Jan 25th
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“Come on, there’s got to be a contortionist there”
– Watching a video of a tiny child stuck down a well in China, a sensitive soul comments.  Don’t worry, they got him out in the end. 
Jan 22nd
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“Eurotrash: the show is an onanist’s minefield - one minute full of...”
– The genius of Charlie Brooker, tv and games reviewer extraordianaire. Apart from inexplicably marrying Konnie Huq of Blue Peter last year, he’s one of the most sarcastic and hliarious writers, no, human beings I’ve come across.
Jan 11th
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Jan 9th
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FOOD
My New Year’s resolution is a little different to the majority of people’s, I think. Although it is about food too, rather than eating less (or like a cavewoman - actually suggested in The Sunday Times today) I would like to spend this year eating better. As much as Nigella and her smug, pomegranate mollasses in the pantry face makes me cringe, I like the way she always makes the...
Jan 9th
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Jan 7th
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By far the coolest poet in the GCSE English...
I Wanna Be Yours I wanna be your vacuum cleaner Breathing in your dust I wanna be your Ford Cortina I will never rust If you like your coffee hot Let me be your coffee pot You call the shots I wanna be yours I wanna be your raincoat For those frequent rainy days I wanna be your dreamboat When you want to sail away Let me be your teddy bear Take me with you anywhere I don’t care I...
Jan 5th
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“Well when I was 22 I was going to marry him, he was a Petty Officer in the Navy...”
– My wonderful Grandma, Winifred. 88 years old and northern, and clearly, ever practical. 
Jan 5th
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Elvis, Irish, wedding bliss
I went to a fabulous wedding last week in London. It had all the ingredients of a perfect day - lovely friends, gorgeous venue on the Thames, an Irish singer, unlimited Champagne, a beautiful bride, my gorgeous date, a wonderful band, loads of food, an excellent cheeseboard and speeches that reduced me to a blubbering wreck are the first that spring to mind. But even better was the addition of...
Jan 5th
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Heartwarming squash soup
As it’s January and New Year’s resolutions and all that, thought I’d share a nice recipe. Ate so many vegetables yesterday my body has gone into shock and I had to have some Chocolate Money just to even myself out again.  Butternut squash Onion Garlic Ginger Stock Fresh chilli Peel and chop a squash. Roast in a pan in the oven for about an hour at 180c. Chop garlic and...
Jan 5th