I had a Waitrose moment the other day, which somewhat elevates the Tesco products that were its genesis.
I was de-stalking strawberries to put in my porridge when I was struck by the incongruity of summer fruits in a winter breakfast.
Saturday 6 December 2014
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Film review: Hello Carter (15)
Hello Carter
(15) 81mins
★★✩✩✩
According to the support notes to this film, Londoner Anthony Wilcox sold his house and spent a year writing the script for Hello Carter, his full directorial debut.
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Tuesday 2 December 2014
Working Mum: The arty battleground has shifted to breakfast
GUEST BLOG
By Tabitha Ronson First it was impossibly creative lunches. Mums with way too much time on their hands creating elaborate lunchbox artworks.
Sandwiches shaped like cartoon characters, animals, iconic buildings; salad and vegetables carved to resemble fauna and flora; food patched and pieced together to resemble colourful miniature works of art.
Thursday 27 November 2014
Spiral Notebook: What is the point of a council, if not this?
Recently Mayor Lutfur Rahman blew tens of thousands of pounds on a longshot attempt to save himself from humiliation.
Despite a High Court judge telling him that his claim against communities secretary Eric Pickles was "hopeless" he still opted for a second hearing.
Despite a High Court judge telling him that his claim against communities secretary Eric Pickles was "hopeless" he still opted for a second hearing.
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Tuesday 25 November 2014
Film review: Paddington (PG)
Paddington
(PG) 95mins
★★★★★
Clear the decks, grab the children, make a note - there's a new tradition elbowing its way into Christmas schedules.
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julie walters,
matt lucas,
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Saturday 22 November 2014
Working Mum: Taking a Punch from little madam Judy
GUEST BLOG
By Tabitha Ronson I was called in to see Master A's teacher at pick-up on Friday. Although small in stature, she has an almighty presence and is thoroughly intimidating.
She just has to look at me, with her withering stare, to reduce me to a quivering wreck. Heaven knows how my little boy survives in class.
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Book review: How We Got To Now, by Steven Johnson
BOOK
How We Got To Now
Steven Johnson (Penguin)
★★★✩✩
The world is rich with academics with a good turn of phrase exploring the history of ideas and innovations, making the mundane endlessly fascinating.
How We Got To Now
Steven Johnson (Penguin)
★★★✩✩
The world is rich with academics with a good turn of phrase exploring the history of ideas and innovations, making the mundane endlessly fascinating.
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how we got to now,
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Monday 17 November 2014
Working Mum: My boy is a magnet for nasty critters
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By Tabitha Ronson When I think we are safely over one thing where Master A's ailments are concerned along comes another.
I have spent hours researching Molluscum Contagiosum. It may sound like a spell cast by Harry Potter but this horrible little critter is not the stuff of fairytales.
Wednesday 12 November 2014
20 fascinating facts about east London
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wapping,
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Tuesday 11 November 2014
Film review: Third Person (15)
Third Person
(15) 137mins
★★★✩✩
There's something wrong here. You ask yourself, how come something that reeks of quality, with a quality cast and a quality writer-director reprising - structurally at least - his finest hour, feels so limp and insipid?
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adrien brody,
film,
james franco,
liam neesom,
mila kunis,
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review,
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