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Posted at 9:50am Monday 22nd March 2010
English as a Foreign Language
This blog is courtesy of Scott’s cereal. (I think they only sell one type...)
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Posted at 10:08am Thursday 18th March 2010
Do skinny models cause eating disorders?
Can the fashion industry be blamed for mental illness now?
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Posted at 10:36am Friday 12th March 2010
The New Look Amersham
It might be my age but change concerns me. It feels like Amersham might change quite quickly.
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Posted at 10:24am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Life as Film: Rebecca gets surreal
Elizabeth Bennett, Cleopatra, the new Mrs. deWinter, Jason (with his Argonauts)... I'm all for a little fantasy.
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Posted at 10:43am Thursday 4th March 2010
David Cameron has Tony Blair’s hands – what does it mean?
I’m not following the conferences or run up to the election with any commitment. But I did catch Mr. Cameron in Brighton the other day. And the snippet I saw was enough to have me talking personally to him (via the TV) in the foulest language.
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Posted at 9:07pm Sunday 28th February 2010
World Book Day – This Thursday
My daughter’s school makes World Book Day a big event. Children are invited to dress up as a character from a book they’ve read. Last year she knew in January what she wanted to be. This year, well, we’re struggling.
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Posted at 10:39pm Saturday 27th February 2010
UK Children – Poor, Neglected and Unloved?
What are we doing to our children? We’re still under the illusion that the UK is wealthy and offers the best in education and therefore our youngsters should be thriving. They’re not.
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Posted at 9:31pm Tuesday 16th February 2010
Crime and Punishment – You Decide
On one of the radio stations there’s a menacing ad telling us that offenders can serve time in their community paying back for their crimes. And we, the public, can have a say in how they pay back. How very democratic and forward-thinking.
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Posted at 10:21pm Sunday 7th February 2010
Three Things That Money Can’t Buy
In case you think I’m going to spout on about love and honesty and all those human qualities which often can’t even be inherited, let alone bought, I’m not. I want to talk about goods which are by nature imperfect regardless of how much money someone has.
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Posted at 10:06am Monday 1st February 2010
Valentines Day looms: so why not check out the divorce statistics?
Having just begun to surface after Christmas, I’m now aware that Valentine’s Day is upon me. There’s red everywhere. (Though for those not anywhere near a relationship, shops are also displaying Easter goods.) I imagine roses and romantic dinners and proposals on bended knees. As I ponder the cost of this day, I start to wonder what Valentines Day is for.
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The perfect wife and mother, Rebecca runs a home, a bad temper and is working on her novel. She enjoys photography, playing the piano and likes almost anything that's out of fashion and uncool. She lives in Amersham with her husband and youngest child (aged ten). Her eldest, now 27, lives and works in Buckinghamshire.
