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Record breaking weather

July 19th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Drivel, Local

This afternoon, temperatures are set to be hotter than at any time since yesterday afternoon. Even at 5:00 this morning, the sun strength was greater than at any time in the previous eight hours. This is likely to be the hottest and driest 19 July 2006 on record. We live in remarkable times, boys and [...]

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Advertising – nowhere to hide

May 31st, 2006 · 3 Comments · Consumer, Local, Politics

If the BBC interrupted Newsnight with toothpaste adverts, I’d be annoyed. Similarly, if the Houses of Parliament were renamed the Vodafone GovMax! Centre, I’d have a right old rant. Well, you would, wouldn’t you? So when, having bought some Royal Mail stamps today, I was made to wait for my change while the Post Office [...]

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Goodbye, Waveney Terrace

July 21st, 2005 · No Comments · Local

This won’t mean much to people who weren’t at the University of East Anglia, but never mind. We’ve all got bits of nostalgia floating around in our brains. When I arrived at UEA back in October 1987, there were five options for living on campus. Norfolk Terrace and Suffolk Terrace were the award-winning Ziggurat-shaped constructions [...]

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London bombs… the reactions

July 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Local, London

Just a follow-up to the previous entry, really. A collection of links relating to the aftermath of the London terrorist attacks… Good comprehensive sources of information can now be found on the BBC’s dedicated mini-site and the Wikipedia entry. The group (supposedly) responsible for the attacks claims that “Britain is now burning with fear, terror [...]

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London, 7 July, 2005

July 7th, 2005 · No Comments · Local, London

There isn’t much to say which hasn’t already been said umpteen times. Of course, we’d been told that a major terrorist attack on London was inevitable, but when it’s just a possibility, even just an *inevitability*, it’s always going to be tomorrow. It only becomes tangible and believable when it’s today. With the initial flush [...]

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Marathon running without tears

April 18th, 2005 · No Comments · Local, London

Taking advantage of the great weather yesterday, we spent a few hours soaking up the atmosphere around the London Marathon. One reason for going was that Nicola’s sister Judith is a keen runner, but I was also hoping to spot my pal

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Weekend walking

April 4th, 2005 · No Comments · Local

People from warmer countries must wonder why we bother with the concept of “spring” in England… that period between winter and summer, when the weather careers madly between rain, wind, snow, more rain and occasional sunny spells. The English spring, and especially the month of April, is perfectly demonstrated by the BBC Weather Centre‘s forecast [...]

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About time too

February 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Local

With the media frenzy over the past week, you’d think we were about to experience the Second Coming rather than a short period of frozen precipitation. It’s easier to be cynical about exaggerated snow reports when you live in (mostly) snow-free London, but I know that part of my cynicism is actually a result of [...]

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So, 2005…

January 3rd, 2005 · No Comments · Drivel, Local

New Year Resolutions are not really me. When you have a flitting attention span, terrible time management and a tendency to attempt too many simultaneous tasks, the whole resolution process is doomed to failure. I made a couple last year and the year before, but I recall neither what they were nor how long I [...]

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The things you find in Croydon

December 7th, 2004 · No Comments · Food/Drink, Local

Regular readers of this drivel will know about my fondness for Belgian beer and, equally importantly, the attention the Belgians pay to the environment in which they drink their beer. Well… a few weeks ago, I saw a flyer for a place in Croydon called “Beer Circus”. Being at a beer festival at the time, [...]

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