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Moomin insomnia cure From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (5 days old)

Well, almost. I have found a way of getting myself off to sleep. Moomin books. Really, a couple of chapters and I'm fit to drop. Of course, they don't keep me asleep and they have inspired th… more

Ukraine's got talent too From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (7 days old)

Interesting what brings the house down in one country and what sets televisions alight in another. (Though not literally, more's the pity). We got that Scottish woman didn't we and somehow got… more

Radio 4 is for me From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (10 days old)

It gave me a warm glow to see I am not alone in my love of Radio 4, apparently it's winning audiences hand over first. It has a record 3.84 million listeners aged between 35 and 55, and it has buil… more

Smoke screen From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (11 days old)

Potato, po-tar-to, tomato, tom-ar-to... class B, class C Has no one considered the health effects of cannabis in terms of what happens to your figure after you've ingested it? Like when you are imm… more

Why can't we have this at Oxford Road station? From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (18 days old)

This video was made in Antwerp, at the Belgium Central (Train) Station on 23rd March 2009. . . . with no warning to the passengers passing through the station, at 8am a recording of Julie Andrew… more

Womb transplants? From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (18 days old)

Dear god, are they serious? I can't say I'm happy about the rabbits either.… more

Global not warming From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (18 days old)

Bit misleading, this global warming. Turns out we're not going to get tropical sunshine in Britain. Quite the opposite. We are definitely going to get plenty of rain. And who can stand any mo… more

Red bull outrage! From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (124 days old)

OK, so I shouldn't even be drinking this stuff, but I have a full-on week at work - what with graduation ceremonies twice a day and all. I need a bit of help shifting half way through the day. So I… more

Michael Aspel: international playboy?! From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (140 days old)

Can this be true????? CLICK HERE… more

The mysteries of Milly Molly Mandy From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (145 days old)

See previous blog entry for why I am actually reading this but, already three mysteries have emerged that are puzzling me... 1. Mrs Muggins leaves her village shop to run an errand, first putting o… more

Black, black, black Red Riding From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (145 days old)

I'm reading those Red Riding books just now - by David Peace. I'm about 90 pages in to 1974 and taking it slowly. Anyone who saw the TV adaptation and thought that was too grim should avoid the boo… more

And peace... From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (147 days old)

Anyone noticed how quiet it is today on the roads... and the buses... and the trains... Like everyone is on holiday. And it's a gorgeous day. Bastards!… more

Wheeeeee! From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (150 days old)

NM is treating me to a wee break. I am being taken to Bruges for a couple of days towards the end of the month, to make up for the fact I have to work next weekend. And I am being taken via Choc… more

Outraged of Tunbridge Wells From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (150 days old)

You don't half see life from a bus. This morning's cabaret was provided by hordes of students walking home from their end of year festivities at the Wilmslow Road SU building. The No 43 passed t… more

Can you speak autospell text? From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (150 days old)

Fortunately NM can. Otherwise he'd be worried about my trying to avoid the '...usual bum fight at the cup stop...' I quite like autospell humour... the way, for instance, it offers anal befo… more

The singing schizophrenic From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (151 days old)

Ok, I'm taking a wild stab at this particular bus passenger's mental illness, but he's definitely swinging way outside the boundaries of normal 6.30am behaviour. Mostly it's his singing. A thin, tu… more

Bike-fight on the bus From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (152 days old)

Don't ask me why anyone with a bike wants to take it on a bus. But you can't. Not on the 43 route in Manchester anyway. Ask the cyclist who ended up sprawled across the pavement in Rusholme at 6… more

Peru shame From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (152 days old)

Our thirst for natural resources is wreaking havoc in Peru. Last weekend approximately 30 protesters died trying to save their rainforest home from being plundered for minerals and oil and anything… more

Marmite crisps From deana24 in Anti-Weight Watchers (153 days old)

LOVING THEM!! More... more... more... more...… more

Left, right, left, right... right, right, right? From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (153 days old)

So Gordon lives to fight another day. A complete Euro election fiasco for Labour but Mr Brown is still at the helm and adamant he can sail the HMS Not-so-Great-these-days Britain through the rocks … more

History mystery From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (154 days old)

On Saturday night me and NM are having dinner in a lovely Sri Lankan restaurant and enjoying a Lion beer. The waiter is thrilled we like it, as we do - it's definitely 8/10 on the yummometer. Bu… more

Hello little mouse From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (154 days old)

I spent last Friday trotting round Kew Gardens, as planned, in spite of showers. NM beavered away at his place of employment. It is vast, Kew, and so I made a point of walking its perameters before… more

I'm enamoured with John Donne From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (154 days old)

This is a bit of a pointless fancy, he's been dead for over 300 years. But you see I didn't do metaphysical poetry at school, so it's all a bit new to me. I'm rather surprised and perhaps slightly … more

Chatty Londoners From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (156 days old)

'Oooh look, she's reading the new Donna Leon,' said the woman pushing a trolley towards me in the M&S cafe of Ealing high street yesterday morning. Me, I'm just trying to get some caffiene into… more

London calling From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (159 days old)

Back again to London this afternoon. I am on a course tomorrow about postgraduate student recruitment and then having a day off on Friday to go to Kew. Well, that's the plan. Then a weekend of loaf… more

Hats scrum From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (161 days old)

There a few things I'm not very good with. I wouldn't call them out and out phobias, but they come close. Lots of people + enclosed, no daylight place = borderline freakout scenario. So the hat … more

Wedding fun From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (161 days old)

Friday's wedding reception was great fun. It turns out the groom was something of an Adam Ant fan in his youth and so we had all the fun of watching grown men dancing up and down the room to Prince Ch… more

Frock! From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (165 days old)

And this is the dress I will be wearing for weddings this summer. CLICK HERE… more

Flash of light From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (165 days old)

Yesterday one of our photography graduates came to see me. He brought with him a picture for me - a print of an Anthony Gormley statue standing in the sand, looking out to sea, but with the sky and… more

Swinging London From deana24 in Road To Nowhere (167 days old)

You mucky buggers! There I am, new girl in town, all wide-eyed and trying not to drown in the sea of people who are everywhere (how many of you are there for god's sake? I felt like a salmon trying… more