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Kate Harrad: selling her soul to go to the ball.

A tiny nugget of purest sexism

On the way to work today I got shouted at by a man leaning out of a van.  Now, this was a tiny and brief incident and I'm not particularly bothered by it as such - that is, I'm offended but I'm Continue Reading

Further tasty virtual flies from the Web

Further tasty virtual flies from the Web

- These toy photography pictures are very pretty. I think most people who possess both toys and camera must have tried this (or at least I have: see picture). - Be your Own Souvenir. Who Continue Reading

the bubble and the waves

the bubble and the waves

When I try to visualise my emotional landscape - and I assume I'm not the only person who tries to do that - what I see, what I feel, is the sea. I'm bobbing among the waves, and all I can feel is Continue Reading

Hatting

Hatting

I probably wouldn't make a great party organiser if I did it for a living. (I have thought about it, because people do quite often tell me it's what I should be doing for a living.) I can't network Continue Reading

Time and the letter E

Time and the letter E

Like many of the people reading this,I was born in the mid 1970s.* It's a very confusing fact. The 1970s seems like such a long time ago, but I'm only 36, and that's still... sort of young, isn't it? Continue Reading

Candy punchbags

There's an article in the comments section of the Guardian today, about Nick Clegg. I don't have any particular issue with the article, but the title has rather annoyed me. (I know the author Continue Reading

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Kneehigh is a Cornish theatre ensemble which has found success in London. I therefore identify with it, not because I am a Cornish theatre ensemble myself - although aren't we all in a sense Cornish Continue Reading

Oh dear

Oh dear

I picked up a flyer in a London cafe yesterday. It was for a club night - I won't reveal which one - and it was a perfectly reasonable flyer in every respect except one. There was a website listed on Continue Reading

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