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12:42pm Monday 25th March 2013

THIS newspaper is now enjoying its 157th year, but I am certain that no previous generation of our readers has lived through such enormous and constant changes in technology.

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Can’t we not spell anymore?

11:10am Friday 15th March 2013

Editor Steve Cohen this week hands over his column to guest writer Matt Seiber, from Lane End. Matt is the author of Gunfire Graffiti UK, which was published in 2012.

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How my trusted sat nav nearly made me miss an appointment with Royalty

11:10am Friday 8th March 2013

MY fanatical reliance on sat navs backfired terribly last Thursday – by making me late for a Royal lunch.

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Good sport ex-mayor makes it a memorable farewell for our health reporter Lawrence

10:13am Friday 1st March 2013

WHEN Lawrence Dunhill applied to me for a post of trainee reporter, he made sure he stood out from all the other supremely-qualified candidates.

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You think High Wycombe town was better off five years ago?

12:05pm Friday 22nd February 2013

I T’S fashionable to be depressed about the state of retail and town centres, and I certainly share the concern at the number of big name shops closing down in recent times.

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What’s going to happen to us if one day The Machine Stops?

11:15am Friday 15th February 2013

T HE machine stopped briefly in Bucks on Monday – and we saw a foretaste of a chilling future outlined 104 years ago by a famous author.

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They dropped the bomb on us as Wycombe is now an A&E-free zone

1:12pm Friday 8th February 2013

WHEN I first pitched up in Slough in the 1980s, the borough was a ‘nuclear-free zone’.

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In 20 years' time, who would want to use a train anyway?

11:49am Friday 1st February 2013

SO there I was standing by a hotel pool in snowy Canada at Christmas when I thought I’d call my father back home in the UK on my mobile phone.

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Plug the holes by staying eagle-eyed

11:49am Friday 18th January 2013

THERE has been a hole in my bank account, as well as my shoes, recently as I’ve found myself penniless at the end of every month with no easy explanation.

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Why is there abject chaos every time it snows in the UK?

9:52am Friday 11th January 2013

WE spent a white Christmas and New Year in Canada as snow fell regularly during our two-week stay with relatives in Toronto.

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Would you stop to save a dying animal?

6:54pm Friday 21st December 2012

MOST motorists are appallingly selfish and short-tempered – and I would normally include myself in this criticism.

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I'll stump up £13 to help those on benefits

7:18pm Thursday 13th December 2012

I HAVE never positioned myself as a fan of the benefits system, nor am I free and easy with my money.

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I didn’t vote, and I object to you calling me apathetic

12:53pm Friday 30th November 2012

IN recent columns, editor Steve Cohen has criticised the apathy of people for not voting in the elections for Police and Crime Commissioner after a turn-out in the Thames Valley of just over 13 per cent. Today, reader Malcolm Wiles from Flackwell Heath replies:

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People in other countries fight and die for the vote

11:02am Friday 23rd November 2012

I APPRECIATE reader feedback at all times – even when I’m being taken to task.

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Use your vote on Thursday to elect the police commissioner and maybe a health commissioner too

5:43pm Tuesday 13th November 2012

MANY of you, I suspect, won’t bother to take part in Thursday’s election for police and crime commissioner.

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Going underground saved me £24

10:29am Friday 2nd November 2012

I VE lived and worked in this area for 23 years, so it’s embarrassing to admit how ignorant I was until recently about the existence of a stunningly good aspect of our public transport system.

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