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the film at POO corner (sorry)
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As something of an amateur jones-ologist I was pleased when mrs carsmile booked us tickets to see Stoned at the london film festival, certainly more pleased than on leaving the cinema.
There are some good moments, and good performances (david moris[…]

Best. Science. Story. Ever.
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Here
“It’s great to be able to help grant Paul’s wish. Had he not had access to the computer he would not have been able to tell us what he wanted to do. Moments like this make it all worthwhile.”
This might provide some conte[…]

[insert mufc employee/owner here] ON THIN ICE
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I judge that the above headline will be used many times over the winter, with said employee/owner pictured/photoshopped here. also it’s not exactly somerset house is it? a scabby carpark on the edge of manchester…[…]

EAT PIES!
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As in PIES from the ungooglable pseudo-pret café chain EAT, rather than what was written on the pitch-side hoardings in “billy the fish” strips.
Unfortunately as I reached the counter the turkey and stuffing ones sold out, and I didn&#82[…]

Compare and Contrast
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Don’t Dumb Me Down pleads Ben Goldacre, decrying reporting of science stories, railing against straw humanities graduates misunderstanding and misreporting science stories
and
Today’s front page main story which seems to show that humanit[…]

Mmm, Salty
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There is a slight problem with the new Head & Shoulders advert. Their latest wheeze is Ocean Spa flavour smell fragrance (is that right?) “inspired by the sea” it says here, which features the now standard dandruff-free beautiful co[…]

Great by name…
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I’m surprised we haven’t written about the Great Nepalese on Eversholt Street before, I know I’ve been there with other publoggers previously, but the search says we didn’t tell you. I was hoping to find a previous review to […]

Edinburgh
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(1 of a series perhaps? is anyone going up this year, or will this just turn into me moaning about the graun?)
Of course, some of us were doing this sort of thing ten years ago at the fringe luvvie, and just because only 19 people came to see us all[…]

Culinary Worries
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Last night, whilst making an admittedly somewhat unseasonal tea of bangers and mash I seem, without thinking about it, to have made PERFECT MASH!* I am annoyed about this because I have NO IDEA how I did it and thus am unable to recreate it:
1. The […]

When Possibly Interesting Programmes Go “Meh”
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The new aI-qa3da on bbc2, whilst “timely” and an interesting counterpoint to the power of nightmares from 6 months ago, is a dreadfully flawed programme on a number of levels:
1. the first programme on “j!had on the interweb” […]

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