Goodbye Ben
BBC NEWS | England | Oxfordshire | British boy killed skiing in US Ben Trichler was at Uffington School, the one my son goes to, till the summer, and then moved on to King Alfred’s in Wantage (I... Read More
NYE vandals strike close to home
I drove through our local town, Wantage, at about teatime on New Year’s Eve, and later Ulen asked me I whether I’d noticed if the statue of King Alfred had been boarded up – apparent... Read More
Books I read in 2007
I set myself a challenge at the beginning of 2007 to read a book a week … didn’t manage to do it but I got to 45, which isn’t bad considering I’ve spent a big chunk of this yea... Read More
my hubbie's running the London marathon!!
My lovely husband Ulen is going to be running the 2008 London Marathon to raise funds for Volunteer Reading Help. This charity trains and supports volunteers to go into schools to support disadvantage... Read More
Gig review – The Winchell Riots, Zodiac, Oxford
The Winchell Riots are fast becoming my new favourite band. Rising from the ashes of the magnificent Oxford band Fell City Girl, The Winchell Riots have a harder rockier edge but vocalist Phil’s... Read More
Keep on Trucking!
The weekend was fab, we went to the rescheduled Truck Festival and it was ace! Saw lots of really good bands, some I already knew (like Goldrush and Electric Soft Parade, who were both amazing) and so... Read More
Truck Festival, woohoo!!
This should have been a free weekend, but because of the video above, we’re off to the Truck Festival, for what looks like being a really good weekend – so long as it doesn’t rain!!!... Read More
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Real Story | Recyclers' rubbish dumped abroad
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Real Story | Recyclers’ rubbish dumped abroad I found this story, about recycled waste from the UK heading to a false address in Indonesia, very shocking. We meticulously... Read More
Aargh what a cock up
Aaaargh I am so angry with myself. It just occurred to me this afternoon that the company that prints my magazine hadn’t let me know when the proofs were online for me to check – I only th... Read More
NobodyHere
I did post about the amazing site NobodyHere ages ago, but it deserves another mention. I don’t really know what the point is – maybe there isn’t a point, that’s the point R... Read More
The Wispa is coming back!
BBC NEWS | Business | Web campaign prompts Wispa return Saturday nights are never going to be the same again!! I LOVE Wispas! When I was a teenager Mum and I often treated ourselves on a Saturday nigh... Read More
Rail deaths, very sad
BBC NEWS | England | Essex | Probe over second railway death This is such a sad story. I heard about the disappearance of Natasha Coombs when I was on holiday in Cromer – it was one of the few n... Read More
Gutted :( Mourinho leaves Chelsea
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Chelsea | Mourinho makes shock Chelsea exit I am absolutely gutted. Not since Vialli was sacked have I felt so sad about what’s happened at my club. Okay, so Jos... Read More