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Car review: Volvo XC60

December 11, 2013 By Ellen 1 Comment

It was a very sad day. The Panther of News waved goodbye to the chap who came to pick up the Volvo and said: “I’d say ‘drive carefully’, but there’s no point as this car won’t let anything happen to you.” We’d had an XC60 D4 SE to test drive during our recent trip to […]

143/365 Crocs: not so ugly after all

May 23, 2013 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Boat shoes made by Crocs Looking down at my feet! Take a picture of my shoes too, mummy. What do we know about Crocs then? Erm… Comfy, plastic, wide and ugly. Maybe that’s how it used to be, but the rubber clog has had a makeover. Now they do all sorts of other footery while […]

Review: Josef Seibel sandals (sunshine not included)

April 26, 2012 By Ellen Leave a Comment

LATEST UPDATE: The people at Seibel contacted me and offered me a replacement pair. They were apologetic and certain that their shoes shouldn’t behave in such a way. After all, they pointed out, if I had bought the shoes I may well have taken them back to the shop. I’m not sure I would because […]