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09:27 pm
12/31/09

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A One Joke Christmas

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View from the flat a few days before Christmas.

I pass the Christmas week painlessly enough, cat and flat-sitting on my own in Crouch End. The freedom of having a whole flat to myself including a bathroom (I've spent most of my life sharing a shower with other bedsit tenant), ...
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02:25 pm
12/29/09

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Naughty children

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The papers today carry a photo of the man of the moment, the failed Nigerian leg-bomber who tried to blow up a US jet on Christmas Day. Though his attempt was mercifully thwarted, it's still meant for a new range of over-the-top security measures. A full hour before landing, passengers ...
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08:52 pm
12/25/09

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Christmas Card

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A Frankly Merry Christmas and a Splendid New Year to you.



(This year's London tree: in the foyer of the 100-year-old Phoenix
Cinema, East Finchley, Christmas Eve 2009. Just before seeing the new
print of  The Red Shoes. Photo by Ms Shanthi.)
saunders.mike@virgin.net
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01:48 am
12/24/09

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The Reluctant Contrarian

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Early December: As I suspected, the BBC Short Story competition is won by my least favourite of the shortlisted five - the one about the terminally-ill son. It was beautifully written: I just think that if you're going to write about terminal illness without adding anything new, the work needs ...
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