Category Archives: Are You With Me?

East Anglian Book Awards

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

Have you had a novel or collection of stories published that is/are predominantly set in East Anglia? We are looking for entries, details of the judges: here. The book must be published between for the first time between August 1, … Continue reading →

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Ennui

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Slothful Lackadaisical Listless Lifeless Indolent Sluggish Lethargic Miserable Gloomy Jaded Melancholy Splenetic Depressed Fed up Unable to be arsed Cmon Stokies, snap out of it; I haven’t had one ‘amusing’ remark this week. Not one.

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Pictorial # 5

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

These girls were hanging over the bridge post-match waving their Barcelona scarves: ‘We are all anti-Man United supporters today,’ they were saying ahead of some other match and the Manchester City fans more than appreciated the gesture.

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Normal Human Being

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

You heard it here first; Dot is going to be huge; video made in Paris btw (cross ref to something, somewhere).

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I’ve always been a bit fey

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

And now I know why. Martin Amis was interviewed in yesterday’s Observer where he made this aphoristic observation: You have to be slightly innocent to be a novelist. You can’t have too much nous. It gets in the way somehow. … Continue reading →

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I just couldn’t resist it, via Motorola

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

I noticed this sign while I was stopped at the traffic lights in Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, last Sunday lunchtime before the Mighty Potters proved to strong for West Ham.! There was a terrier sitting in the window of the house looking … Continue reading →

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The Moons in Norwich Tonight, via Motorola

Posted on March 19, 2011 by
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The Supermarket Cashier

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

I don’t mind having a chat with the butcher or the fishmonger, in fact I like talking about meat and fish, but I have this fixed idea that supermarket cashiers should just roll the goods through, take the dough, and … Continue reading →

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I wish my missus wuz this dirty!

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Your usual van-dirt scrawl speaks volumes about its author but today I followed a vehicle down the A47 which had been attended to by a more than usually romantic soul. Unfortunately, and even via Motorola , you can’t actually see … Continue reading →

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Beets

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

They have a lot of beets in Norfolk, I don’t know what they do with them. Something about this scene pulled me up this morning on my way back from the beach, it reminded me of a Van Gogh painting, … Continue reading →

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