The New Season: Who doesn’t welcome the respite that summer holidays offer? The chance to mooch about in a greying hoodie and forget about whether midi skirts suit your dwarf-like frame, or whet...
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Mushrooms are a bit ‘Marmite’ when it comes to enjoying them as a food. Some gourmets are evangelical about the delights of foraging and cooking funghi – but I must admit until...
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One of my favourite phrases is “I don’t know”, which might be considered as a form of fantastic stupidity until you consider this. If I say I don’t know, then somebody will tel...
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Isn’t it currently heaven, e-mail-wise? The torrent has slowed to a trickle – round here, at least, and looks set to stay that way till the tsunami of e-communications flood in, come September.No ques...
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the word “sorry” recently – and not in that terribly English way of apologising to people as we stumble past them to get to our seats in the theatre. Frankly, after that...
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It’s strange how one of the most powerful life lessons is so steeped in pejorative language. To fail: an experience that is vital for growing and learning but which we are educated to believe is...
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