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July 6, 2014

east-west…

So that was Cornwall, Devon and the entire south west of England. Stunning, sunny (in the most part) and fab. Today I’m in Norfolk. As East as you can go without falling off the edge into the North Sea. In fact I’m writing this on the 10.15 from Kings Cross to Kings Lynn (I only – Read More-

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July 5, 2014

silver lining…

So there you are, in Cornwall, having a seasiderful great time, and its hot and sunny and everything you could dream of that doesn’t come on a plate with either chips or clotted cream. And you’re happy as can be. And then you wake up in the morning and… …and its pissing down with rain. – Read More-

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July 4, 2014

north south…

we left St Austell, on the south coast of Cornwall, with some degree of sadness, though that lasted til the sun came out and we hit some really fab roads heading towards North Cornwall. And Padstow. The most lovely, quaint, pretty, picturesque little fishing village in the world. Well, in this part of the world – Read More-

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July 3, 2014

garden of Eden…

Went to the Eden Project yesterday. What a fab… er… thing, that is. Its all, kind’of, eco-bubbles set out in a former clay pit in deepest darkest (or brightest, as it turned out, being about 120 degrees here yesterday) Cornwall. They’ve made an Amazonian rainforest, under immense plastic bubbles, and its like being in Brazil, – Read More-

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July 2, 2014

exhausting…

So here we are in Cornwall. First English summer holiday for 50 years. First time I’ve ever been to Cornwall and Devon. And its bloody wonderful. Though fucking exhausting. There’s so much to do in England. All other countries offer endless sunshine and footballers who dive a lot. England has sooooo much to offer the – Read More-

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June 30, 2014

seaside…

When I was a kid we didn’t ‘go on holidays’. We ‘went to the seaside’. Small difference but concpetually world’s apart. The whole world apart in fact because ‘the seaside’ was in England. You could probably find one in Wales, even Scotland. But the real one was in the south of England. No-one accused me – Read More-

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June 28, 2014

wretched cur…

“They’ve treated Luis like a dog!!!!” said his grandma yesterday after the ban was imposed on her sweet little grandson. Well, actually, Mrs Suarez, they haven’t. Dogs that bite get shot. I was going to tell her that revelation myself but I couldn’t find the Spanish for ‘buck-toothed shit-for-brains nob’. I hope Barcelona are very – Read More-

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June 27, 2014

peony…

Do you know the word peony? If you do then, according to a survey, you are 96% more likely to be female. If you’re a man and you know a peony, you’re probably gay, even if you haven’t realised it yet. Or a heterosexual florist. I know what a peony is because I’m a totally – Read More-

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June 26, 2014

bitegate…

For some the World Cup is a virtual feast of non-stop footballing wonders. For others, (well, for one), its an all-you-can-eat buffet. International cuisine. But the matter of Luis will be resolved today. One way or another. His sad plea of ‘we just banged into each other’ is in slight contradiction to the film of – Read More-

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June 25, 2014

out for a bite…

what do you fancy? A curry? Chinese? Italian?? Luis Suarez. I mean: what the f***? But really; WHAT THE F***???? And at what point does a ‘moment of insanity’ in ‘the heat of the moment’, temporarily ‘losing it’ become a bit of a problem? A pattern. When does the odd isolated action evolve into serial – Read More-

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