Last night Lilou had a bath by (LED) candle light whilst listening to The Final Countdown pretty loud on repeat. It was echoing across the landing as I folded the clean underpants and cleared up the last of the chocolate wrappers strewn under his bed from poorly disguised midnight festive bingeing. It was the last […]
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Thomas Turkey Morton-Smith, CEO of the Christmas Association of Turkeys (CAT) has a festive message this Christmas:
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I once read that turkeys have to be brought indoors during heavy rain, as they have a tendency to look up at it, filling their airways until they drown. I am not sure if this is a fact, I just love it. These folk stood here for half an hour staring up at the announcement […]
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Praying and Christmas
What is happening in Syria, and with it’s refugees is especially appalling at Christmas because of the obvious contrast between our western festive habits, and what is happening to these people. Personally I don’t pray. Not per se. I tend to direct my wishes and thoughts upwards towards the stars with a general sense that […]
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The Westfield. At Christmas.
I’m not particularly religious myself, but non-the-less, I couldn’t help but feel a certain irony while spending the morning in the Westfield Shopping Centre, Stratford yesterday…
READ MOREThe Elf in Hamleys
Although the elf, known as Wendy, looked a bit like a normal woman with clip on ears, she was very kind and helpful.
READ MOREPerfume Advert Swap Shop
Imagine I am whispering this in your ear. Gently, softly and a little bit spitty-ly… I can deal with the occasional TV ad for perfume (just), but at Christmas, the ratio crescendos to something more like a scream. Everyone is leaping about in billowing chiffon looking, backwards over a slim raised shoulder with soft backlighting, […]
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