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Why are people so horrible about Coldplay?
I was listening to my beloved BBC Radio 4 on Saturday morning when a thing called Inheritance Tracks came on.
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Some good news from Amerika
At lastd some very good news, the Irish wife of the veteran who I wrote about yesterday has been released after four months in detention.
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It’s on Amerika’s tortured brow, Mickey Mouse has turned out a cow
With that immortal line from Life On Mars (and I remember clearly from obsessively reading the album sleeve notes in the 1970s that it was spelled…
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A very handsome man winked at me on the street – and remembering a dear friend
Just before Christmas I spent a really fun weekend with my husband, pretending we lived in a fabulous apartment in Westbourne Grove (the bougiest part…
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I've got Covid and I'm in love
Well, I’ve been in bed all year so far, which isn’t an unusual January for me.
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Why can't I sit still and watch television like a normal person?
After my rant about New Year resolutions I was delighted to see this clip above on the Insta, with this marvellously eloquent man analysing the subject…
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Not a post about New Year – I reject it as a concept
I, Maggie Alderson, hereby declare that I reject, with no conditions and exceptions, the concept of a ‘new’ year beyond the fundamental calendar fact.
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Let's talk about the Power Neutrals - leopard print is one of them
And a woo woo update
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A Christmas ghost story – being an update on my Disappearing Objects Phenomenon
At a party last month I was chatting to a friend (who I will call AH) telling her about the strange time I’ve been having at home with objects…
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BONDI. I can't.
What?
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We are drowning in clothes – so I'm taking serious action
I bought this sign at a boot fair at the end of the summer and it’s finally made its way onto the wall on the first half-landing.
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In which I have a close encounter with a very large insect - and a delicious healthy pudding treat
I’m putting the non-insect part of this post at the top and will warn you when to stop reading.
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