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Society & Politics Waiting for Godot (if Godot was a bus) Buses that never come - winter fun at its best. Read more	0	28th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
Society & Politics Age UK Internet Champion of the Year 2011: A view up the tower This year's Age UK Internet Champion awards had two winners, two runners-up and a very nice view. Read more	0	27th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
News The miseducation of Paul Ryan The GOP's riposte to Obama's State of the Union address revealed a great deal. Read more	0	26th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
Money & Finance Economy contracts: Real price of cuts As today's contraction of the economy reveals, just slashing for ideology's sake is every bit as ruinous as just throwing money at things. Read more	0	25th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
Society & Politics The Dope Show Marijuana stinks in more ways than one. Read more	0	24th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
News Alan Johnson: Letter to an ex-postman Alan Johnson's resignation is bad news for Labour. Read more	0	21st Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
Society & Politics Failtrack Our awful rail companies strike again, but we must share the blame with them and the government. Read more	0	20th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
Entertainment Big Fat Gypsy Weddings: Lurid doom Last night's episode was fun but pessimistic. Read more	0	19th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
Society & Politics How Alzheimer's is reported: Badly A quick glance of the news reveals how awful coverage of this condition, and our attitudes towards it, can be... Read more	0	18th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
Society & Politics Queueing will be the death of us A national obsession is also our national downfall Read more	0	17th Jan 2011 Alexander Hay
Travel A Dash To Paris What a thrill to decide to visit Paris and find ourselves cruising on the Seine the next afternoon! We had to pinch ourselves! Read more	0	4th Jan 2011 Diane Priestley
Travel A Jaunt Around Ireland I love Ireland. What's not to love! Warm and friendly locals, beautiful unspoilt countryside, charming townships and of course the craic! I can never get enough! Read more	0	4th Jan 2011 Diane Priestley
Relationships Forgiveness is the Highest Act of Love We have wrestled hard with forgiveness in our marriage and come out the other end, wounded but mostly healed and renewed. Read more	0	4th Jan 2011 Diane Priestley
Relationships Different Kinds of Relationships Enrich Our Lives The way I see it, there are seven kinds of relationships that make up the rich tapestry of relational life. Each kind of relationship needs nurturing to grow. Read more	0	4th Jan 2011 Diane Priestley
Health & Wellbeing Forever Young: 28 Days to the New Me I was overweight, sluggish, unfit and floundering! So I embarked on a Detox program with the help of a trainer. Here is my personal journey. Read more	0	4th Jan 2011 Diane Priestley
Home & Leisure Discovering the Joys of Inner City Living After a quiet life in the suburbs of a coastal township in Australia, the gritty, noisy, multi-cultural inner-city neighbourhood of Ealing in West London has come as a stimulating surprise. Read more	6	4th Jan 2011 Diane Priestley
News Rough seas ahead! By the time you've read this, the Irish government will no doubt have fallen and paid the hard price of fiscal failure. Read more	1	23rd Nov 2010 Anthony Page
News As North & South clash... So, as the Koreas kick off for what, hopefully, will end up as a bit of short term skirmishing, what do the press think? Read more	0	23rd Nov 2010 Alexander Hay
Society & Politics Daily Mail nice to Gordon Brown shock! Having helped show him the door, a certain newspaper is now trying to be more cosy. Read more	1	22nd Nov 2010 Alexander Hay
Society & Politics The problem with being right Six months ago I predicted that Prince William and Kate Middleton would announce their engagement. Read more	0	17th Nov 2010 Anthony Page
Society & Politics In the midst of a New World Order Those of you who keep up with current affairs will have noticed a distinct shift of emphasis from the news media recently. All the news from the Far East is upbeat and very positive, whilst the news from the West is full of caution and caveats. In other words, not quite doom and gloom but pretty close. Read more	2	16th Nov 2010 Anthony Page
Society & Politics You can't make people good As Iain Duncan Smith denounces worklessness as a 'sin', the thorny issue of politics and morals surfaces again. Read more	0	15th Nov 2010 Alexander Hay
Society & Politics Cameron accepts that size matters! Domestic politics is so passé. David Cameron is off playing international statesman and trying desperately not to mention the appalling human rights record of his hosts (China). Read more	0	11th Nov 2010 Anthony Page
Money & Finance Spending cuts: Osborne sharpens axe When the government was formed as a coalition, I admit I had very little faith in its ability to focus on the malaise the nation was in, let alone formulate a plan that would offer a remedy. Read more	1	19th Oct 2010 Gareth Hargreaves
News i, newspaper Next week The Independent launches a new ultra-cheap condensed newspaper called i. Read more	0	19th Oct 2010 Allan McLachlan
Society & Politics Foreign aid too costly for Britain Having forked out £billions in aid in 2009, UK politicians and commentators are questioning the value of boosting emerging economies such as Vietnam, India and China. And I agree with them! Read more	0	8th Oct 2010 Anthony Page
Relationships Sex and 'old people'? Heaven forfend I'm sick of reading stories about how the over 50s are ignorant to the risks of sexually transmitted diseases and that older people are rampantly promiscuous, viagra powered slaves to lust ... blah, blah, blah. How refreshing that a recent report from Continuum Crew's Lori Bitter suggests that women over 50 prefer watching TV in the bedroom to sex. Read more	1	20th Sep 2010 Gareth Hargreaves
Money & Finance Housing and property prices: An uncertain outlook The worst may be over in the housing market, but the future is still far from clear Read more	0	16th Sep 2010 Stewart Andersen
Money & Finance The state of things After months of flatlining, there is some tentative evidence to suggest that the property market is still alive...just. But media reports are sending mixed messages. Read more	0	16th Sep 2010 Stewart Andersen
Home & Leisure Moving Countries in Midlife Why would a middle-aged Australian couple, with a spacious home close to surf beaches, move to chilly overcrowded London? That's just what my husband Andrew and I have done and the adventure has just begun... Read more	6	14th Sep 2010 Diane Priestley