Gill Kerrush
Some fashion tips for my fellow grumpy old women
Published 17 July 2008
THIS WEEK I have been browsing around the sales.
Tourists - the Lake District’s big drawback
Published 4 July 2008
THIS WEEK I have had to go to Keswick to do some interviews. It was not easy.
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Published 26 June 2008
THIS week I have been musing on the contents of the Queen’s handbag.
The reason why I will never, ever suggest a move again
Published 12 June 2008
THIS week I have been moving house.
Baking not my forte but I still try
Published 5 June 2008
THIS week I have been doing a bit of baking.
Want to be a vision clearance executive?
Published 29 May 2008
THIS WEEK I have been looking at job adverts.
Good housekeeping doesn't tickle my tastebuds
Published 24 May 2008
THIS WEEK I have been reading a fascinating little book which was a gift to my mother way back in 1942.
How do you greet people these days?
Published 16 May 2008
THIS WEEK I have been wondering what happened to the handshake.
There's only sports on TV and I'm not interested
Published 2 May 2008
THIS WEEK I have been looking into the possibilities of buying a television set for my new sports-free zone.
Curwen’s Column construction causes considerable comment
Published 25 April 2008
THIS WEEK I have been contemplating Workington’s new piece of civic art, the column outside the HSBC bank.
All human life is there - in the small ads
Published 17 April 2008
THIS WEEK I have been trawling through the small ads. I just love them and, to quote an old-time newspaper, all human life is there.
No Ming in our attic, just plastic dinosaurs
Published 5 April 2008
THIS week I have been up in the loft, having a sort out.
Who doesn't like Bruce Springsteen?
Published 27 March 2008
THIS week I have been reading about an Australian woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death.
Living by Bible rules - not as easy as you may think
Published 21 March 2008
THIS week I have been reading about American author AJ Jacobs, who has written a book about his aim to live strictly by the rules of the Bible for a year.
I'm staying put after office move
Published 21 March 2008
THIS week we have been having our office revamped. It has been a major upheaval; it was last done in 1991 and hasn’t been touched since.
A mobile living
Published 9 March 2008
THIS week I have heard the first ice-cream van of spring. It was trundling merrily along near the car park, cheerfully chiming out Nellie the Elephant, and it cheered me up no end.
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Published 6 March 2008
THIS week I have been pondering some of the great questions of our time.
Fuchsia or leopard print anyone?
Published 22 February 2008
THIS week I have been looking at what we will be wearing later this year.
This birthday hit me hard
Published 15 February 2008
THIS week I have been looking hopefully at the lengthening days and thinking about shaking off my winter torpor and taking some exercise.
Everything in the garden is rosy in round robin world
Published 14 February 2008
THIS week I have received a (very) late Christmas card.