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No-one to bring a bit of sunshine
When I was little, the highlight of Christmas Day TV was the Morecambe and Wise special.
Last updated 29 December 2011
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Life-changing resolutions
I have never been a fan of New Year resolutions.
Last updated 29 December 2011
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Too merry a Xmas?
I admit I have had one or two slurps more than I would normally have over the past week or so.
Last updated 29 December 2011
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It’s not just the teachers who should smarten up
So the new head of Ofsted reckons our teachers are too scruffy and should smarten up for the classroom.
Last updated 27 December 2011
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If I was Mary, I’d be texting too. Probably my mum to be honest
A visit to a living Nativity scene is a bit like a secret Santa gift. You never quite know what you’re going to get – but you’ve an idea it won’t be what you imagined.
Last updated 23 December 2011
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The thrill of the chase
There's good and bad news on the mouse front at Green Towers.
Last updated 22 December 2011
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A welcome case of telly deja vu
The Christmas TV schedules are out and, as usual, it’s the same old movies with a sprinkling of ‘special’ shows from popular series such as Dr Who, Ab Fab, Downton Abbey and Outnumbered.
Last updated 22 December 2011
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Drop those knickers
News just in: More than 24 million pairs of Christmas knickers will be wasted as gifts from UK men to their girlfriends and wives.
Last updated 22 December 2011
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All together now people, ‘Mistletoe and whine...’
By now it should be a simple business of relatively plain sailing. It should be but...
Last updated 20 December 2011
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The lesson is spacecraft
Strange things have been happening at Bowness-on-Solway primary school.
Last updated 19 December 2011
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Zimmer dancing anyone?
The news that topless male waiters will serve drinks at a new bar in Carlisle has been given a mixed reception.
Last updated 19 December 2011
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Befuddled about the affordability of recitalling and recycling
She was a hairdresser confidently claiming to be a cut above the rest... she being an accomplished pianist and all.
Last updated 16 December 2011
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I’m a traditionalist when it comes to tea towels...
So it is now officially Christmas! At least in the Green household. A proper tea towel-wearing, tree-collapsing, carol-singing, family row-type Christmas...
Last updated 15 December 2011
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Gods among men, or just in Cumbria?
It used to be a Pernod and black, a brandy and Babycham or a vodka and lemonade that were demanded when I went out for the night with a girlfriend.
Last updated 15 December 2011
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Margaret Thatcher may not deserve a state funeral, but I can’t imagine her having anything else
I raised an eyebrow on reading that Baroness Thatcher was to have a state funeral – the first British prime minister to be honoured in such a way since Sir Winston Churchill. (43 comments)
Last updated 13 December 2011
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Wee shall not be moved
Many of us know the agony of sitting cross-legged at a show, dying for the loo but dreading drawing attention to ourselves.
Last updated 12 December 2011
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A rock and rolls star
The streets of London may be paved with gold. But before the gold there’s usually graft.
Last updated 12 December 2011
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Dress to impress, guys
The little black dress, often referred to as the LBD, has been a staple of women’s wardrobes for nearly a century.
Last updated 12 December 2011
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Supermarket pricing can send you off your trolley
Here's a couple of shockers, just to be going on with. (10 comments)
Last updated 10 December 2011
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This is my idea of interactive fun
It's panto season! Oh yes it is!
Last updated 8 December 2011
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