Catherine Cain »

Barry Potter and the tea urn of terror

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Posted on 11:23am Monday 30th July 2012

Will the publication of JK Rowling's next blockbuster, set in the cut throat world of parish councils, provide opportunities for a whole new tour at Leavesden Studios?

Catherine Cain »

Mind the manners gap

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Posted on 11:10am Monday 16th July 2012

These days, if you have the temerity to make a gesture that could be interpreted as socially graceful or just plain kind, people usually stare at you as if you are an alien visiting from a distant planet… which in a way you are.

Catherine Cain »

Time to celebrate the annual midsummer monsoon

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Posted on 12:48pm Tuesday 3rd July 2012

Despite appearances to the contrary, this is the height of summer. Around this time of year newspapers are usually full of photos of mud-splattered music-lovers pretending to enjoy Glastonbury as they wade, thigh-deep, through acres of hazardous slurry.

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