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Michelle Mone, please remember you’re the adult in this

July 23, 2012 By Ellen

She hasn’t got a point In the paper today, the ubiquitous Ms Mone is moaning about having to hand her kids over to their dad for the holidays. It’s, according to The Scottish Sun and her Twitter account, “the hardest things she’s ever done”. Made worse, apparently, by the fact that her ex is with […]

Silent Sunday

July 22, 2012 By Ellen

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The case study request that made me bang my head off the desk repeatedly

July 21, 2012 By Ellen

It got my goat We are looking for a man whose wife is much more intelligent than him – and the relationship works! This arrived in my inbox today, as one of many updates from an organisation that helps journalists find case studies. You know the kind of thing – we’re doing a story about […]

Review: Mega Bloks Play ’n’ Go Table

July 20, 2012 By Ellen

Mega Bloks Play ‘n’ Go Table demonstrated by Boy Three When the rest of the world comes to its senses and puts me in charge I have a very long list of legislation I will enact. One of these things will be to ensure that every toy that comes with bits must have a suitable […]

Naked rambler – cheeky hero or just a bit of a dick

July 20, 2012 By Ellen

Land’s End to prison, setting off Steven Gough is at large again.More than a decade ago the former marine had an epiphany and took his kit off. He decided that the human body is a beautiful thing and the right to wear one’s skin as nature intended should be an automatic one.His way of doing […]

Bruxism – becoming a bit of a grind

July 19, 2012 By Ellen

A good impression The last two tooth guards I have always been a tooth grinder, apparently. When I go to sleep it seems everything relaxes except my mouth. It first became a thing when I was at university. I had my wisdom teeth removed because my jaw was hurting. Then dental treatments like veneers can be […]

Silent Sunday

July 15, 2012 By Ellen

After the holiday… tips for getting over the gloom

July 14, 2012 By Ellen

We got home at 3.30 this morning, hot foot from Cornwall. Cornwall was very very wonderful – relaxing, scenic and memorable. The way home was full of looking forward to it, getting back on with stuff, charged with possibility. But then, after a very few hours of sleep, there’s unpacking and laundry. Mail, email and […]

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