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Tag Archives: Slate
Friday Links
Happy Friday! My first week back at work has been interesting, I think the universe thought that I came back from holiday too relaxed and happy and so tried to put a stop to it! Here are this week’s links…. … Continue reading
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Tagged baby boomers, BHS, Donald Trump, how to avoid a life crisis, map of britain, Phillip Green, science, Slate, The Independent, The Pool, Vox, Washington Post, weasels, woman card, workout gear
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Happy Friday! It’s the last day of my holiday and while I’m going to enjoy sleeping in my own bed tomorrow, I am going to miss this place… People have mixed opinions about Jack Monroe and I’m not here to … Continue reading
Friday Links
Happy Friday! My Friday plans have been slightly derailed by a poorly foot (I really should look into learning to walk on my hands!) but I am on holiday and tomorrow we head north. Here are this week’s links, not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Saunders, big business, boots, Housing Crisis, Obama, Queen's Birthday, Royals, Slate, The Guardian
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Friday Links
Happy Friday! Generally, it’s not been a great week for news, the world seems to be going to hell in a handcart but here are this week’s link’s Wondering if I need to start calling her Madame Ambassador now. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, budget, Cote d'Ivoire, Donald Trump, FCO, gin, Grand Bassam, housing, new ambassador, Northern powerhouse, PM's PR cock ups, Presidential debates, shamrock shake, Slate, spring cleaning, St Patrick's Day, Stevie Wonder, terrorism, the budget, The Guardian, third culture kids, tidyness, US Presidential primaries, Vox, Yorkshire Post
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Happy Friday! I am more or less avoiding this week’s two big new items Brexit and Donald Trump. This is ’cause we have months more to think and talk and read about them and I just can’t this week… Happy … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael White, money and empathy, NY Mag, SCOTUS, security and immigration, Slate, The Guardian, the internet, the pope, Vox.com, zika
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Friday Links
Happy Friday! So this weeks links can be divided into two categories, Paris (and Paris adjacent articles) and everything else. I’m going to start with Paris. Actually I’m going to start with Beirut and Iraq…Did the media ignore Beirut or … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, diet, friendship, Gaby Hinsliff, Giles Fraser, Hannah Betts, housing, Jeremy Corbyn, london, Mark Steel, microbiome, paris, Peter Hitchens, Slate, sleep, terrorism, The Guardian, The Philadelphia Story, The Pool, The Telegraph, The Toast, Tudor for the Day
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Happy Friday! Here are this weeks links… The Vaccine Delayers. Interesting, I know loads of parents who just don’t feel that it’s right to stick needles and viruses (even weakened ones) into their babies and I have some sympathy for … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, bourbon, Empire of Drinks, equal marriage, Greece, gun control in the USA, healthcare, Japan, london, Slate, The Guardian, The Pool, vaccinations, Vox, working mothers
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Friday Links
Happy Friday! Although it’s been a short work week, I’m still happy to get to the end of it! Here are this week’s links… Grace Dent on the death of a Grange Hill star, watching telly in the 70’s and … Continue reading
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Tagged bad book reviews, book reviews, Fifa, friendship, Gin and Tonic ice cream, Grace Dent, Grange Hill, Helen Lewis, Hot Feminist, LittleeandBean, parents being nuts, Polly Vernon, Slate, social media, State Opening of Parliament, The Guardian, The Independent, Vox
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Happy Friday! I am not at work today, I took a day off so I could go to the Dr’s and talk about my poor feet, meet Ryan for coffee and bake a cake with the Baxters for Adam’s birthday! … Continue reading
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Happy Friday! It’s been a busy four day week for me and today all I have to do is some post meeting tasks and minutes (I hate writing minutes and now I have to do it every month – I’m … Continue reading