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Tom day

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Gary

Today Tom had his birthday party. His birthday is tomorrow but that’s a Monday so his party was today. So we leapt out of bed and hightailed it over to Haslemere to catch the train to the Isle of Wight. … Continue reading →

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Replacing St John

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Gary

Ever since we discovered the closure of St John’s at Odiham, we have been searching for a new celebration restaurant. Mirinda found Latymer at the Pennyhill Park Hotel, 13 miles up the road in Bagshot. We booked in to it … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, dear Internet

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Gary

The Internet turned 20 today. Tim Berners-Lee (the patron saint of all things www) was on Breakfast talking about where it will all be in another 20 years. This, clearly, is an impossible question to answer. If we look back … Continue reading →

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Another song from Molly

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Gary

Adele and Mirinda chatted for about six hours yesterday. Part of this chat concerned Molly’s performance in Annie. Apparently she was brilliant. Sadly, because of copyright reasons, the performance could not be filmed (this is very annoying because back in … Continue reading →

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Repelling hostile creatures

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Gary

For my birthday, Dawn and I went to the British Museum to see the new Egyptian Book of the Dead exhibition. It was a bit of a snap decision. I heard a glowing review of it on Front Row on … Continue reading →

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Essential maintenance, indeed!

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Gary

You could have knocked me down with a feather. I leave home before Waitrose opens, specifically to go to Starbucks first (which opens half an hour earlier). This works out very well. I tend to chuckle at the hordes waiting … Continue reading →

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