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No more WordPress worries
A great weight has been lifted from my shoulders - thanks to the brilliant new Windows Live Writer which is the simplest way I have come across of writing posts and adding pics for WordPress. It is an absolute godsend and I shall be eternally grateful to Bill Gates...
Do MPs have happy marriages?
So men should not marry career women if they want to have a successful and happy life, they should stick to someone who has no desires other than pampering her man, dusting the house and doing the school run. This advice has propelled Michael Noer, news editor of...
No ordinary holiday
It is my insatiable curiosity about people's lives, meeting so many interesting fellow shipmates, that made my holiday so memorable. This is the first time we have ever had a holiday of this kind, and I tell you cruising must be the best stress free way for three...
Taking to the high seas
It’s time for our family hols, to literally push out the boat and cruise around the Med for a couple of weeks. We are being joined by my incorrigible mum Loula, as well as and some friends and their three young kids. And for those of you who lament the fact that...
Antonia’s 5 mins of fame
It appears Antonia has had her 5 mins of fame after the Evening Standard picked up this story from my blog a few days ago. I guess they read it on ConservativeHome where it was plugged with their best of blogsphere. And thanks to Dizzy too for following it up too.
Sweet 16 and never …..
Sweet 16 today, that is my son David, pictured here with his prom date Laura, who he insists are "just good friends". He had one birthday wish, he desperately wanted a Samsung D600 mobile phone and after trawling a dozen stores, we discovered that Carphone Warehouse...
Getting the hang of WordPress
I'm beginning to find my way around the labyrith on WordPress, it is "awesome", as they say over the pond. I spent last night updating my blogroll, it should be easier to follow now compared to the mish-mash I had before, but please let me know if I have accidentally...
Thanks Geoff for a great birthday present
Geoff, originally uploaded by elleeanne. This is 007 Geoff 🙂 who I met in Cambridge this February and started me on my blogging. He has given me this great new site as a birthday present. Lots of bloods, sweat and tears to install all the plug ins and themes - but...
Cheque book journalism shoud be banned
Jubilant Gail and Tommy Sheridan The fight to get that great scoop has led to a sleazy, grubby form of journalism; in fact, it's not journalism, just titillation, writing about coke-fuelled celebs smashed out of their head taking part in orgies, for example. Why don't...