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He's not really a duke …
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07/05/2008
THERE we were, three old pals wandering around Lichfield Cathedral on one of our cultural visits, when we ran into a dozen police officers and their sniffer dog. They were conducting some kind of security sweep in that ancient place of worship, apparently in readiness for the visit of a VIP.“Anti-terrorist...
He's not really a duke …
Jeff Tillett
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06/05/2008
Lucy’s column for May 6.Politically, we were poles apart. But we shared a sense of the ridiculous, and in the early 70s, Jeff Tillett and I forged an unlikely friendship.I say "unlikely" because he was, on the surface, erudite, intelligent, cultured, a gentleman and a scholar, where I was, compared with...
Jeff Tillett
Election day memories.....
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01/05/2008
I’VE still got the Dinky toy, tucked away in its original box. A yellow dumper truck, battered and scratched, the result of several childhood years spent playing with it in the back yard of our house in Gerard Street. It’s wrapped in the original paper, too, and you can just make out the faded message,...
Election day memories.....
My hellish threesome for eternity
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30/04/2008
IF hell meant spending eternity in a small room with three people, who would they be?This was the starting point for one of those pub conversations that are handy for filling the long gaps between slurping beer since the smoking ban was introduced.The sight of Newcastle United – or rather, manager Kevin...
My hellish threesome for eternity
Cataract surgery
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29/04/2008
Lucy’s column for April 29Not only was I a fat little kid, born weighing eleven pounds, but was lumbered with the kind of moniker, Lucy Seymour, which cried out for cat-calling of the Loose-Elastic, See-More-Knickers, variety.I also wore specs from the age of five, so Speccy-Four-Eyes was never far from...
Cataract surgery
My Rams fan shame...
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29/04/2008
The Arsenal game on Monday night was sadly marred by what can only be described as racist chanting. I am usally proud to be a Rams fans. Everyone has commented on our supporters' loyalty in this most dire of seasons.But the tendency, almost through boredom, to wind up star Premiership players in the...
My Rams fan shame...
Sir Alan Sugar and Me
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29/04/2008
SIR Alan Sugar’s down to earth attitude of mind would mean we would get on just fine. I am sure of that.Nevertheless, in the unlikely event of me ever getting onto BBC’s hit show The Apprentice I would be sacked in the first week.That’s because I failed to get a degree in back stabbing, a Masters in...
Sir Alan Sugar and Me
I'm an internet dunce
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29/04/2008
I’VE just discovered – not that it should be any surprise – that I am an online dunce with an internet age of seven.This shocking revelation was made to me after I tackled a questionnaire on website www.myinternetage.com.Launched by communications company Orange, it gauges your internet experience to...
I'm an internet dunce
Confusion reigned on the High Street
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23/04/2008
HERE’S an anniversary I bet you’d forgotten – 40 years ago today, confusion reigned on Britain’s High Streets. Yes, on April 23, 1968, decimal coins first made their way into the nation’s purses and trouser pockets: the new 5p and 10p pieces were introduced to operate alongside the shilling and the florin.To...
Confusion reigned on the High Street
Was it a bird....?
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16/04/2008
IT’S funny how you can let your imagination run away with you. It happened to me last week – yet another flight of fancy. And, as usual, it ended in an anticlimax.An invitation to attend something called a biomechanics clinic seemed full of early promise. Biomechanics: the word conjured up thoughts of...
Was it a bird....?