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In a moment, all the colour in my life was drained by death of Mike
Just over four weeks ago I was reading a book by Kate Atkinson called Life After Life.
Angelina is being true to herself...in style
Loved a line from Oscar Wilde I read recently -- "Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."
Life is about sharing, not standing on principles of hatred or division
I wonder what a dissident republican would do if he was in a car accident and the PSNI arrived at the scene within minutes to help him. Would he stand on his principle of hatred?
Why I'd like to see her divisive legacy buried alongside Mrs T
Last Thursday a friend said he'd reached Thatcheration point.
Modern society needs knuckles rapped for attitude to women
I'd never heard of rapper Rick Ross until I read that Reebok had dropped him from ads for their trainers.
It's not just Claudia Winkleman living on the fringe
I've debated whether to write this bit about North Korea or Claudia Winkleman's fringe. I want to appear serious and concerned with world affairs, but also a bit fun and down with the light-hearted types.
By George, he's got it! A plan to tax all those getting it too easy
At the time of writing, an online petition to get Iain Duncan Smith to live for a year on £53 a week has reached nearly half a million signatures.
Maybe they'll give us something to cheer about at the next G8
Sales of petrol have dropped by 20% in the last five years.
Why it's Groundhog Day for the DUP
The DUP have time to put forward motions in Belfast City Council condemning the murders of two corporals in west Belfast many years ago. The same party helped set up a Unionist Forum to look at problems in loyalist areas, following the fleg protests.
Oscar is leaving Jamie on starting blocks
Jamie Bryson must be wishing he lived in South Africa. Or that he was an Olympic athlete.
I can't stomach these crocodile tears over fate of frozen lambs
I'm not a livestock farmer. I'll admit that straight up. I don't know how someone can raise animals and care about them and cry when they get lost in the snow, knowing that the only reason they are raising said animals is to sell them for slaughter.
Why Ed doesn't have the look of a winner
Steven Spielberg might wanna consider making a sequel to his Band of Brothers series based on Ed and David – (Mili)band of Brothers....
Just why is new Archbishop on such a mission to target needy? New job: Archbishop of Canterbury
You gotta love the Church of England for trying to be cool, don't you? They are the religious equivalent of Dad-dancing.
They made a pig's ear out of finding right punishment for Vicky Pryce
An article in a national newspaper last week suggested that Vicky Pryce (the wife who took three points for her husband, got "nul" points from the judge for doing so and then whinged about it) might find it hard to do her time.
Fur the last time, this is cruel, not fashionable
I know fashion and rational thought don't necessarily go together, but sometimes the absurdity of the fashion world is just unbelievable.
Sorry, Wolfie, but I'll keep the flag flying for those who never sell out Right on: Robert Lindsay
Twenty five years of Red Nose Day. Friday was something of a nostalgia fest for anyone old enough to remember 1988. The hair cuts (short and spikey), the comedy (alternative and left wing were seen as cool), the scene in NI (not great).
Why the only way to be fair is to share
Have you ever wondered why things suddenly happen or suddenly stop happening? Like the flag protest riots.
The Pryce could be right for new pontiff's doppelganger
The actor Jonathan Pryce must have been shocked when the new pope emerged, looking extremely like him.
Until Catholic Church changes, it really doesn't have a mission
Q: How many Cardinals does it take to change a light bulb?
Sam Cam's Comic Relief effort is no joke
I used to like Comic Relief. It's funnier than Children In Need and it doesn't have Terry Wogan being cringey for the camera. It's the cool version of the marathon fund-raiser and even the hipster types are happy to be associated with it.
In pictures: UK Soap Awards
New suspects in Maddie probe
In Pictures: North West 200
In Pictures: Balmoral Show
Nice-but-dull Kate's annoying baby bump pose
FHM's sexiest women - Kunis knocks Tulisa off her perch
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