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Toys are really just for dads

Toys are really just for dads

With Golden Boy hanging around the house all rainy day after rainy day, what with his nursery on a fortnight’s hiatus and the Great British Summer in its usual state, the purchase of new toys has been in order to keep my son amused.

We MUST get our clocks in line with EUROPE...

We MUST get our clocks in line with EUROPE...

Could someone please explain to me why we have to go back to Greenwich Mean Time in the autumn every year?

Alistair Darling has got to go!

Alistair Darling has got to go!

Until recently I have felt some sympathy for the hapless Chancellor.

Don't blame violent films for society's woes...

Don't blame violent films for society's woes...

A few weeks ago I predicted there would be a hoo ha over the violence in the new Batman movie.

Mums can't afford to stay at home!

The summer school holidays are that bit more stressful for working parents.

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Free Eight Hour Cream!

The good people at Elizabeth Arden are celebrating the date 08/08/08 by giving away free samples of Eight Hour Cream.

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Should we respect youth? Or should they respect us!?

Should we respect youth? Or should they respect us!?

You can't put an old head on young shoulders, so the time-honoured saying goes.

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What's the real cost of royal overseas visits?

What's the real cost of royal overseas visits?

IF YOU'VE ever wondered what the Royal Family achieve by going on overseas visits at taxpayers' expense, the Daily Express can finally shed some light on this question.

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Is Gordon Brown really that bad?

Is Gordon Brown really that bad?

POOR OLD Gordon. If he is not bumping his head on aircraft, stumbling over his words or being photographed looking awkward, then he is loosing by-elections. But is he really that bad?

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Our nuclear future should not be open to foreign control

Our nuclear future should not be open to foreign control

THE prospect of French-state controlled EDF buying British Energy - whose eight nuclear and one coal-fired powers stations generate about a sixth of the UK's electricity - got my goat this week.

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Is Elizabeth II our greatest monarch?

Is Elizabeth II our greatest monarch?

THERE has been much talk in the last week about Britain's worst monarch but who is the best in our long and glorious history?

Gotham is terrifying but Britain is worse

Gotham is terrifying but Britain is worse

THE Batman premiere in London was as nightmarish as the film.

EU Treaty farce is like the rigged Zimbabwe 'election'

EU Treaty farce is like the rigged Zimbabwe 'election'

THE European elite's plot to force Ireland to ratify the Lisbon Treaty against the will of its people is now in full swing.

Do regular racegoers enjoy anything about Newbury?

Do regular racegoers enjoy anything about Newbury?

HOW do you measure the success or otherwise of a one-off?

Greedy bankers are paid enough!

About the brightest spot in the banking sector gloom of the past week has been the decision by the Bank of England's governor Mervyn King to turn down a 30 per cent pay hike because it would be inappropriate given that the financial establishment is calling for national wage restraint to help combat rising inflation.

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I'm tired of getting no sleep...

The long summer evenings may be nice but it’s the early starts to the days that are killing me.

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So...what exactly is the point of the EU?

So...what exactly is the point of the EU?

EVERY few years we have to go through costly general elections where politicians display the skills of snake-oil salesmen in their frenzy to win our votes.

Government should change the function of the MPC

Government should change the function of the MPC

It is time that the remit of the body which votes on UK interest rates every month - the nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee - was re-thought. This would only be putting on the statute books what is already happening in practice.

Was Royal Navy drugs op a waste of time?

Was Royal Navy drugs op a waste of time?

IT'S PROVING difficult to find out what has happened to the five suspected cocaine traffickers arrested in a Royal Navy operation involving Prince William.

A rock festival is no place for children

A rock festival is no place for children

I SPENT last weekend launching headfirst into embarrassing dad territory by attending the Roskilde music festival in Denmark, basically the Scandinavian equivalent of Glastonbury.

Why it's all gone wrong for M&S...

There have been so many false dawns at Marks & Spencer, it's a wonder the Met Office doesn't feature the store group on its weather charts.

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What do tipsters know about pressure?

TIPSTERS are always moaning about the pressure they’re under. Here’s pressure.

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