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• Mar 31

  Stick or twist?

  Comments (1) by Jo Porter March 31, 2009 - 8:07 AM

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  Then, he comes home one evening, when I’ve spent an hour or two browsing ‘property porn’ on the web, and he throws another spanner in the works. 'How about a job in Naples?'

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• Mar 26

  Gal pals on the town, the perfect cocktail

  Comments (3) by Melanie Gow March 26, 2009 - 3:45 PM

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  That’s when the trouble started. I must have poured another glass of wine because, I started a Facebook group for 'mums who sometimes needed to go out with girlfriends and drink cocktails'.

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• Mar 25

  How to be an idle parent

  Comments (4) by Harriet Mellor March 25, 2009 - 12:41 PM

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  This is our kind of child-rearing book: The author believes we should drink alcohol without guilt, lie in bed for as long as possible and fill the house with happy mess rather than miserable tidiness.

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• Mar 25

  Death and the maiden

  Comments (1) by Gigi_E March 25, 2009 - 9:18 AM

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  It's been a horrible week. The dreadful death of Natasha Richardson, and the awful inevitability of Jade Goody's passing, has left us with a picture of contrasting attitudes and reactions to death.

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• Mar 22

  Jade Goody (...and a brilliant 'baddie')

  Comments (8) by Gigi_E March 22, 2009 - 11:15 PM

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  Update: Jade Goody died March 22nd 2009. Our thoughts and love are with Jade's family and friends at this awful time.

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• Mar 19

  The Top Nine Songs to Play

  Comments (4) by Gigi_E March 19, 2009 - 11:16 PM

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  Sainsburys are running a TV ad campaign plugging a compilation CD called 101 Housework Songs which they promise will banish those cleaning blues and make housework fun.

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