Category Archives: children

Church Halls

Posted on May 17, 2008 by blogmywiki

I love church halls and village halls. I can still recall the mural in the village hall where I grew up in North Somerset, painted in the 1960s with villagers of the time dancing round a may pole. Today my … Continue reading →

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Twinkle, twinkle

Posted on February 26, 2008 by blogmywiki

Sometimes I get bored reading the same stories and singing the same lullabies to my children. So I substitute lines from popular songs. Ten points if you can spot the artists at work here: Twinkle, twinkle little star How I … Continue reading →

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Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?

Posted on February 9, 2008 by blogmywiki

…in the words of Mr William Bragg. We were walking home tonight and saw an amazingly bright satellite tracking across the sky, far brighter than any I’ve seen before. And I’ve seen a few – I love watching bits of … Continue reading →

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Flawless logic

Posted on January 12, 2008 by blogmywiki

My eldest son, 8, had picked up a bit on the TV show Smart being pulled off CBBC and the Mark Speight case and asked me about it – I said vague things about him just being in the wrong … Continue reading →

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Charlie Brooker and the Spooky Coincidence

Posted on December 30, 2007 by blogmywiki

I got Dawn of the Dumb, Charlie Brooker’s collection of Guardian columns for Christmas, and I’ve been chuckling my way through it since the big day. This despite the fact that I’m clearly the sort of person Mr Brooker would … Continue reading →

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