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Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie

Breakfast. 7 a.m. in the morning. Earlier. “Sometimes, real life can dish up pure comedy gold” I chuckle, mouth laden with Choco Pops, in the general direction of a bemused cat. Well, I would have done if the cat wasn’t stuck on the porch roof at the time and if I hadn’t been eating Shreddies. [...]


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At the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea

There’s more than one Mr Cameron being splattered all over the electric wireless and paper newspapers today. The first has apparently been accepting donations and has spent time flapping about, under huge pressure, in the deepest, darkest trenches of the earth. The other is a film director who, coincidentally, made a film about a different, [...]


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Different Gravy

It is all too easy to make a grammatical gaff. Innit?


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Michael Gove The Boat Ashore

Some things are sent to test you. Crosswords, Sudoku or untangling a tangled slinky, for example. Other things act as a minor irritant, such as a fly excitedly circling your head or Jeremy Clarkson. And some things just make you mad…


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Restaurant Review: Cafe Maxsim

A new restaurant review no less. This time of Cafe Maxsim in Wolverhampton.


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