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Adam Parsons »
Don't have a pop at France, except about pop
Posted on 10:05am Friday 18th May 2012
You may just have noticed, but things are going a little squeaky in the Eurozone at the moment.
Adam Parsons »
World class and right on our doorstep
Posted on 9:30am Friday 4th May 2012
So we went to see the Harry Potter tour. We're hardly alone in that because if you're reading this, and you live within kicking distance of Leavesden, there's a decent chance you've done exactly the same.
Adam Parsons »
Why choice can be a rotten apple
Posted on 10:13am Friday 20th April 2012
I’ve gone off choice, and that’s a pity. It used to be such a beguiling idea, a concept that you couldn’t disagree with.
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Failure to thank can spark a wave of anger
Posted on 11:20am Friday 6th April 2012
LAST WEEK, the people of Spain and Britain were both confronted by challenges to the way they lives their lives.
Adam Parsons »
I'd have done the same in his shoes
Posted on 3:00pm Friday 23rd March 2012
It may have been a few days late but, as Mother’s Day presents go, Oliver Tebbutt’s will take some beating.
Adam Parsons »
Dressing up is hard to do
Posted on 1:18pm Friday 9th March 2012
So now, parents, we can breathe again. World Book Day has come and gone, and the children have all had a great time. Now the sheer terror of finding a costume can be forgotten about until next year.
Adam Parsons »
Traffic-Problem-That-Must-Not-Be-Faced
Posted on 1:56pm Friday 24th February 2012
HERE’S a question to drivers: when you want to get to a particular place, what’s your choice from the following two options: (a) get to a station, take a train, then at the other end, wait for a shuttle bus with a load of other people, or (b) get in your car, drive there, park, get out.
Adam Parsons »
How to start a fire in snow is a mystery
Posted on 2:45pm Friday 10th February 2012
Nobody is indifferent to snow. It matters to us in a deep-down, visceral sort of way. When you wake up and see snow, you react.
Adam Parsons »
Declining heritage a bitter pillbox to take
Posted on 11:48am Friday 27th January 2012
When we think of historic buildings, we British tend to go long. Because we’ve got the benefit of many centuries worth of architecture, we reckon that Hampton Court Palace, The Globe Theatre and Stonehenge are historic. Unless it was visited by the original Queen Elizabeth, it just doesn’t seem very old.
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Poetic response to my views on man-flu
Posted on 4:11pm Monday 16th January 2012
Well, here’s a first. Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to receive letters, phone calls, emails and tweets in response to things I’ve written or broadcast. But never before have my opinions sparked anyone into sending me a poem in response.
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