. is that they are their own worst enemies. I have never seen behaviour like I have seen from fans of One Direction fans this week on Twitter. Or actually, any week on Twitter. They are a completely different beast. This week we have heard on the news that Zayn, one of the merry bunch of five lads thrown together by X Factor five years ago, has left the
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Musings
Taking Better Photos
. Whilst I have been trying to save the world in the past few months Mr B has been holding down a stressful job with a four hour daily commute and, in his words, “keeping the home fires burning” whilst I have been away. No mean feat and so to say thank you I dragged him off to Birmingham last weekend to the Photography Show. Photography is something
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Premier Inn Birmingham — A review
. Rather than dashing up to Birmingham and back in a day we decided to make a weekend of the Photography Show and our “Press tickets”. Well as much as you can at the NEC in Birmingham and check into the Premier Inn. As if I haven’t seen enough of Lenny Henry during all our Comic Relief shenanigans we thought we might catch up with him somewhere on the
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Musings
Ranty Friday Elton vs DolceGabbana
. So it’s been handbags at dawn this week between Elton John and Messrs Dolce and Gabbana over this comment in an interview with the designers in Italy’s Panorama magazine: We oppose gay adoptions. The only family is the traditional one. No chemical offsprings and rented uterus: life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.” Dolce then added that procreation “must be an act of love”,
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Hogwarts Express
. Today is the day if you are a huge Harry Potter fan, and let’s face it, who isn’t it? The actual real life Hogwarts Express steam train arrives at platform 9 3/4 of the Warner Bros Studio Tour just outside Watford. Ellie and I were lucky enough to have a sneak peek last week on our umpteenth visit. Every time I come I am still blown away by
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The Gallery — Black And White
Another great theme. I love black and white photos. I agree with Tara, they really do give a greater depth of emotion, and you see things you don’t necessarily see when you have colour there too. This isn’t a picture I took in black and white, it has been edited that way but it is one of my favourite photos on my phone at the moment. Showing three of
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Musings
Goodbye
. This is a final goodbye to a friend. Well it might not be a goodbye forever but for now it is. I have to get this friend out of my life. Because. Well because they aren’t really my friend. I thought they were. You see they were always there for me. Already I see I am referring to them in the past tense. I have been gradually
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Keeping your stuff safe
Keeping your stuff safe Keeping your stuff safe, either actual things or your online accounts is something we should always be mindful about. “Hands off my stuff” is, essentially, my mantra to my teens. We have all read or heard stories of children borrowing stuff and it coming back broken, bits snapped off, or not at all, so I now have a real “hands off” approach. Even to borrowing
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Happy 50th Birthday to Canvas Holidays
. My memories of summer holidays when I was growing up are sketchy. They all tend to merge into one, with the specifics blurred. One thing I do remember though is that they were always a huge amount of fun and involved tents. But not tents we had dragged with us from England, only to find we had left various bits in the garage, tents that are ready
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Pens – why we should start writing again
. I know we’re all mad busy running around after people, chasing work and doing what our boss “needs” (sometimes I think our bosses actually need something else entirely but that’s another story) but I want you to do something for me, dear reader. I want you to write a letter to someone. A nice letter too, not one from “Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells”. Because nice letters really make a
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The Lumie Iris Bodyclock — A Review
.The Lumie Iris Bodyclock — A Review I was offered one of these amazing gadgets as part of my Valentine’s Gift guide and loved it so much that I have decided to do a whole review on it because, well, because it could be life changing. It landed on my doorstep at a time when I didn’t know which way was up. The tail end of last year
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Musings
A Love Story
. You first came into my life in a dark, wet and gloomy November. There was another at the time, you knew that, and actually, the other knew that and that once you were in my sights they didn’t stand a chance. The other knew that once I knew you were mine they were going to be relegated. Kicked out into the cold of the garage until you could