…with all the frills upon it
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We’ve had a pretty creative week. The pinnacle of which was the spectacular
creation that is Amy’s Easter bonnet. Who would have thought that a trip to
t...
Comic Review: Spandex #6
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At some point during my regular reviews of Martin Eden's excellent small
press comic Spandex, I am guaranteed to use the words "best issue yet". So
let...
Charles Goss’ Bishopsgate Photographs
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West side of Bishopsgate Without, looking north with St Leonard’s
Shoreditch in the distance One hundred years ago, when the City elected to
widen Bishopsg...
I'm pretty browned off with living in South London
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It's quite amazing how you don't realise how much you use water until you
haven't got it.
Today the water is turned off. I am fully aware there is no water ...
A bit of a journey
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Its hard for a girl to look good in kevlar, and I mean that in the
literal and metaphorical sense. Whilst I can shrug off the sweaty body
armour and heavy he...
Update from the Matto Grosso
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As per usual, the garden is in a bit of a state. In part this is down to my
lassitude; in part due to spending half of each week over at The Small
Object o...
Who Is The Fairest Of Them All?
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When I write, I am – it has to be said – an egotist.
It’s all about me. Me. Me. Me me me.
*You* don’t get a look in. Not really.
And if you do it’s only a...
The New Elizabethans
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I thought I would reproduce my nomination to Radio 4's The New Elizabethans
in honour of the 60 most definitive British figures during Queen Elizabeth
II's...
Stationery nerd
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I can easily lose an hour in a stationery shop stroking the planners, the
paper and the pens.
And don't go pretending that you think I'm weird because I kno...
The BGD and the Clean Fork
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When I started my working career my first job was doing maintenance in a
hotel. I remember the first week on the job I was walking through the hotel
restau...
Leap Day treat: The Book of Mormon
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When The Doctor tried to book tickets for the Book of Mormon on Broadway as
my Christmas present, he found the show was pretty well sold out for the
forsee...
an enigmatic state!?
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Happiness. Contentment. Joy. Pleasure. These are words we throw around, but
I wonder if rarely do we really think about them and mean them? Understand ...
More from Global Street Art
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So the Global Street Art project is up and running! The most amazing
unpublished street art archive now has a blog! Please check out and click
like at www....
Layers of Love
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A while ago I attended a talk by the poet Roger McGough, who told a story
about Carol Ann Duffy who had just been appointed as the Poet Laureate,
Roger wa...
Isn't it strange
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... how years after your precious baby has learned to sleep through the
night, at weekends you are sometimes still kept awake and pacing the floor
by them?...
Wilkie or won’t he
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Image by Matt Golding- WA Today And he did…sort of. Andrew Wilkie
withdrew his support for the Gillard Labor government because they failed
to honour a w...
Things I Have Said To My Husband Today
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- Oh crikey
- We do this every time
- Every time I give you salmon
- It's fish
- Fish
- You do like fish
- As I've said before,...
The year in pieces
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I'm not re-animating this blog. This is a coda or end-piece, or codpiece if
you will, to explain why I feel that we have come to a close.
The world of Helm...
Warning: Awful Restaurant Alert
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Completely forgot to tell you. Here goes. Virulent vilification of victuals.
Actually that's not exactly true - the food was fine, even 'nice' (though
the d...
Jo McGowran - Rest In peace
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Dear bloggers
This is the post I didn't want to write and it is the post you did not want
to be reading.
Jo fell asleep on Thursday 20th October and moved...
Rumours of Things Going Astray
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There is undoubtedly a confusion of where things really are. This blog has
become one of them, so I'm off. Off to find the bright side of life and see
how ...
Frape
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Ironically, last night we watched ‘The Social Network’ on DVD. Ironically
because, just before signing off at midnight, I visited Facebook and
discovered a...
Frankly, Mr Shankly
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I've recently turned 42
Not that it feels all that different from 41
There's a lot of changes going on around me though.
Life..
You just never know wha...
fayre to middling
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Ok, so it's been a while. I hold up my hands. I find that I am unable to
work 3 days a week + be treasurer of the local toddler club + be mum to 1.5
youn...
Some new views...from a different angle
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Well everything seems to be getting a roof now, which is a good thing given
the weather...this is the veledrome...one from the road underneath, and one
...
I know, I know...
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However I cannot *but* post on the following subject. Mr (yes, dear reader)
Stanley Vann, erstwile organist of Pizzaborough Cathedral, co[image: Italic]mpos...
Insomnia? No, but i am bloody knackered.
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Insomnia, apparently can be caused by an inadequate sex life. Right... Glad
i a) don't have insomnia, and b) don't have a sex life, let alone a c)
inadequa...