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yellowness

May 13, 2012

yellowness...

He’d downloaded the new Jack White album, handed over an eye-watering amount of dosh for petrol and charged up the natsav, so we were totes prepared [...]

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hummingbirds & dirtybirds

April 9, 2012

hummingbirds & dirtybirds...

We celebrated Christ being risen at the Crabtree, a favourite riverside pub. It was a cloudy, cool day; perfect for a long, lazy lunch with loved [...]

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boxing day stroll in kew gardens with stanley & gladys, a cocky unicorn and melancholic seahorse

December 26, 2011

boxing day stroll in kew gardens with stanley &#...

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scenes from the weekend

November 21, 2011

scenes from the weekend...

In which we put the world to rights, just after the fourth bottle at 2am on Saturday morning; got to potter around Lyme Regis and breath [...]

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jerusalem

November 6, 2011

jerusalem...

I always thought it odd when we sung Blake’s hymn at school: ‘green and pleasant’ was not my impression of England. Ensconced in New Zealand in [...]

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first

August 1, 2011

first...

Pinch n punch (NO RETURNS), summer frock, air-con = hairdryer by 11am, not-siesta, unice-cream in the park, work blackberry that WILL NOT SYNC, baking hot City [...]

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scattered

July 8, 2011

scattered...

Home. Back to something of a routine. Normality. The future. I ironed work clothes this afternoon. Not all items were mine. This made me feel like [...]

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how to have a fun day out at english seaside destination

December 29, 2010

how to have a fun day out at english seaside des...

Get up nice and early. This may necessitate having breakfast on the train. Do not dawdle (or allow companion to to be distracted by the WIDE [...]

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lunacy

December 21, 2010

lunacy...

Its still bloody freezing and the snow continues to cause havoc. People have been stuck at Heathrow for days, and passengers have gone a bit feral: [...]

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weekend round-up: an enigma, wrapped in awesome, served with cake

November 29, 2010

weekend round-up: an enigma, wrapped in awesome,...

On Saturday afternoon I listened to the afternoon play on Radio 4 and baked The Best Carrot Cake In The Known Universe and promptly transmorgifurated into [...]

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fancy pants, warp-drive, bung-eye and spartapuss

November 18, 2010

fancy pants, warp-drive, bung-eye and spartapuss...

We had our End-Of-Project-Party on Monday night. Several hundred people in posh frocks and suits piled into Madame Tussuad’s for an evening of waxing lyrical (heh) [...]

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‘gordon brown caught sewing fish into the curtain linings of 10 downing street as election date announced’

April 6, 2010

‘gordon brown caught sewing fish into the ...

My voting card arrived on Saturday. Thursday May 6th has been announced as the UK Election. Cameron and Brown (and Clegg – bless!) have set out [...]

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