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In which I forgot to go to yoga

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On Thursday night I forgot to go to yoga. It had been on my mind all day. Or at least all day, right up until about ten minutes before I had to put on the comfy stuff and collect my mat. About half an hour later, I was picking up clothes (which I do so […]

Auschwitz: unequal to the task

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This weekend we travelled to Poland and visited Auschwitz and Birkenau. I called this post unequal to the task because there’s nothing I can say about the place and what happened there that would come anywhere near doing it justice. But the camp was – horrifically – equal to its hellish task. Astonishingly so. 1.3 […]

Brewers Fayre, Linwood: much, much better than you’d think

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Do you remember the years before kids? When spontaneity was more than just a difficult word to spell and now was as good a time as any… Back then eating out was just part of life – see funky new restaurant, go there, dine. My pre-baby self no doubt imagined sharing these culinary delights with […]

The 15 biggest time-wasters of modern life

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Progress is great, isn’t it? Labour-saving devices all over the place – you name it and there’s a machine to do it for you. Push a button and your clothes get clean, flick a switch and the dishes get done, turn a dial for dinner and the keypad for exactly the kind of coffee that […]

National Museum of Scotland – brilliant but too big

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Yet another phase of Boy One’s forthcoming 16th birthday took us to Edinburgh and the huge museum on Chambers Street. He’s into history – period irrelevant. Boy Three is doing the Celts at school and he was chuffed. Boy Two is largely interested in dramatic sighs, sneering and eye-rolling, venue irrelevant. And so we set […]