May, 2009

Cat and Gorilla 2

A columnist from the Sun was on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC TV this morning. Her name is Jane Moore and she was leafing through the Sunday papers for Marr and noting the acres of space being devoted to the MPs’ expenses scandal. Ms Moore was in strong moral mode: ‘They’re all at it, […]

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Cat and Gorilla 2

A columnist from the Sun was on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC TV this morning. Her name is Jane Moore and she was leafing through the Sunday papers for Marr and noting the acres of space being devoted to the MPs’ expenses scandal. Ms Moore was in strong moral mode: ‘They’re all at it, […]

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Not Fair

I’ve just read an article by an Irish-American about the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Hillsborough, where she met the Irish rugby team. ‘English Queen should not set foot in Republic of Ireland’ the headline said. How refreshing – a commentator who isn’t saying it’s time in the name of reconciliation for HMQE2 to come […]

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Not Fair

I’ve just read an article by an Irish-American about the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Hillsborough, where she met the Irish rugby team. ‘English Queen should not set foot in Republic of Ireland’ the headline said. How refreshing – a commentator who isn’t saying it’s time in the name of reconciliation for HMQE2 to come […]

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Mind and Body

It’s hard to know which takes the severest pummelling in life, the body or the brain. I was in Bantry in Co Cork at the weekend, competing…No, wrong word. Participating in the half-marathon. It was a hilly course, which made me very apprehensive, as I tend to start gasping after a hill, and once that […]

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Mind and Body

It’s hard to know which takes the severest pummelling in life, the body or the brain. I was in Bantry in Co Cork at the weekend, competing…No, wrong word. Participating in the half-marathon. It was a hilly course, which made me very apprehensive, as I tend to start gasping after a hill, and once that […]

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