Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Kindle Appreciation Society?

Along with more than a million other people in the UK I got a Kindle for Christmas. As someone who’s supposed to love books, accepting it was a major step for me – on a par, I thought, with lobotomizing … Continue reading

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How to be fit (hint: not by buying Stella McCartney workout gear)

This post is otherwise entitled ‘Expensive sports gear will not give you a bum like Jessica Ennis’. In Britain, host country for this year’s Olympics, 2012 is being touted as the year of sport and fitness. Well, the papers need … Continue reading

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