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Once Around The Block
You'll know what I mean. The Block. The only solution is a good (bad) old fashioned disaster movie.
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Retroactive
The Guardian website is showing me the latest trends I need to update my wardrobe. 'Retro' seems to be a thing.
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Ye Mighty
Everyone knows it was a Roman salute. But at least the wokeocracy has been defeated.
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There You Go
It's all going very well. Mind the eejits.
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Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent
A bit of a rant. The odd bit of totally unnecessary foul language. The views expressed are strictly the author's own.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Jean, you have been so generous about sharing your story in our public domain posts, so I hope you are happy for this to be our Pick today. The picture represents how I've always seen your writing - colourful and sparkling and bringing joy. x...
Read full commentPosted in The End - part 2
Pick of the Month
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
This is our Poem of the Month! Congratulations!
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I always thought they
Posted on Thu, 04 Aug 2022
I always thought they originated in Paris, but according to Wikipedia (so it must be true) there is a Hungarian story about a woman who fastened padlocks to bridges in memory of her lover who was killed in the First World War. I think mass...
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 14 Nov 2025
This is our fabulous social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Jane - I'm sorry it's a bit of a bland picture (and that its description is cupcakes). The other results of my search for online images of 'fairy cakes with...
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Poem of the Week
Posted on Sun, 26 Oct 2025
This is our wonderful Poem of the Week! Congratulations!
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2025
This is our very intriguing and gripping social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2025
This latest gripping chapter of a brilliant series is our Sunday social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Picture by Willi Heidelbach, copyright free at Wikimedia Commons:...
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Poem of the Week
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
This is our very beautiful Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 07 Aug 2025
This brilliantly written and very evocative piece is our social media Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can.
Picture by Malc McDonald, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: https://tinyurl.com/...
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I become unbearably smug when
Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
I become unbearably smug when I'm in unfamiliar territory with my offspring and they're pissing about with map things on their phones and getting very confused and saying 'just a minute...', and I just ask someone the way. On the other hand, it...
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