Nov
18
“I’m an environmentalist.” It’s something I’ve always wanted to say, but I’ve never quite felt I have the credentials to get away with it. I care about the environment, and in my own bumbling way, try to do my bit – recycle more than I bin, turn lights off, never turn on the boiler if …
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Nov
04
I am not a scout, I have never been a scout, I have no knowledge of scouting… … except to say that perhaps, as a girl, it’s more likely I would have been a brownie. A division which, in fact, went some considerable way, in my youth, to bias me against both movements outright. Why, …
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Nov
01
We’ve all been there. It’s 9.30 at night, you’re incredibly tired, it’s been a long, bone-breaking day, there’s nothing on the TV, it’s too early to go to bed, you’ve finished the book you were reading and know that if you do try and break on through to Chapter 11 of ‘Teach Yourself Mandarin’ (after …
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Oct
18
What are our government doing? What are they doing?! What will make them stop?! Why would anyone in their right mind go ahead with a policy that ignores the advice of experts, ignores the views of the doctors, ignores the views of the patients, ignores the statistics, responses, analysis and input of everyone who has …
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Oct
06
So, I’ve dabbled. I think that’s about as good as it’s going to get. I’ve dabbled in martial arts and it’s been… interesting. My motivation, if anyone is curious, has been two-fold: 1. I am not a fitness nut, I will never aspire to run the London marathon or really achieve anything with my body …
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Sep
30
… but fairly angelic?
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Sep
25
I am very grateful for my anonymity. I’m aware that there have been plenty of books, which are read by lots of people (hurrah!) in a wide and occasionally surprising number of places (huzzah!) but, and this is a key and groovy thing for me… I’m not there while that happens. Indeed, on the rare …
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Sep
20
“The wages of sin are death!” my grandfather would wail, on those rare occasions when he came down with a disease. “Mensch, wir haben gelitten,” concurred my father from the darkened bedroom where he would lie, whimpering with surprising volume, during those rare days of his confinement. “What’s the point of being ill,” he’d further …
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Sep
17
We’re often told that you have to respect people’s opinions. Your culture is not my culture; your ways are not my ways, but I can see why you have adopted them and I respect your right to chose to behave in x or y manner – so the mantra goes. And it’s a good one …
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Jul
22
I am not a science buff. I don’t understand rads, and can only do pi to two decimal places. I can’t tell you the value of ‘e’ and still don’t fully get the use of ‘ln’ on my calculator, although I have a vague recollection that it’s important in radioactivity and exponential decay. But I …
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