February 2012
6 posts
I'm (no longer) with the band... The eleventh...
This post begins inside another inspirational tower of tome. Apart from Barter Books (which I love for the physical sanctuary it afforded me as much as the literature contained therein) this might just be the most bewitching book house in England. It’s called The John Rylands library. It’s gothic, it’s gorgeous, and it smells like a professor’s tweedy pen pocket. If...
6Music, I Love You... The tenth post...
Valentines Day…
I bet you’re expecting a truly epic rant from me today, aren’t you?
Well HAH.
It’s not going to happen.
Although my night will be spent watching the Muppets movie with my ex boyfriend who says I have to pay him back for the ticket (muppet) there IS still love in my heart today, and I want to share it with you. For this will be my tenth post, and this...
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Muckle bari mint, Hen... The (Geordie) ninth...
I am sitting by a roaring fire in Barter Books, in the market town of Alnwick, in Northumberland.
Barter Books is one of my favourite indoor places in the world. If Hogwarts had a book shop, it would look like Barter Books. One day I’m going to write a little novel with a big idea sitting beside this fire, and it’s going to get made into a movie.
Anyway,
I’m here because...
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (again)... The...
Bit fuzzy today.
This might turn into melancholia later, but that’s to be expected given the circumstances. The dog and I are on the sofa in Manchester. She had her ladybits done yesterday, so she’s fragile too. And it’s snowing. We’ve talked about it and neither one of us want to leave the house. I took her to one side and told her that it’s going to be ok because...
January 2012
9 posts
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Free Fall... The seventh post...
I’m back in London for two days.
The Greek, The Scouser & I have been pin balling around Soho again, fuelled by Prosecco and bravado. We’ve also made our valentines plans. We have a table booked - for three. The maitre’de pulled quite the face. We’re going to buy each other chocolates and get shitfaced.
Meanwhile I’ve sent the Scouser to her room. She’s...
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The sixth post... Daisy...
“Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy…”
(F.Scott Fitzgerald)
It’s 2am Friday night and I’ve just caught the end of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on TV.
Every time I watch that film I cry and cry and cry. That notion - that if someone is really meant to find you, and to love you, then they will, whatever you chose to do about it - is one I...
Porkie Pies... The fifth post...
I know it’s been all japes and scrapes for the last couple of posts but today I am back on the rollercoaster.
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I’m in Devon. My Dad and his good lady wife live here. They have two baby houses instead of a grown up one. One is in Tiverton, the other in Brixham. I’m in Brixham.
I can see the sea.
Brixham was recently made famous by the Sky TV show Fish Town....
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The fourth post...Speed dating...Strike one...
‘We’av a laff though, don’t we…?!’
(The Scouser, London, Jan 19th)
So, I’ve been showing off to you about going speed dating for what, three posts now?
Properly giving it the bifters.
Well, here’s what happened… This escapade was the brainchild of my London musketeers. I have two London musketeers, who, for the duration of this blog, shall be known simply as The Greek and The Scouser....
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Blue Monday – The third post…
This post spans a few days.
It opens on the 192, Saturday night (Jan 14th) 7.46pm…
I’m writing this bit in ‘notes’ on the iPhone. I have freakishly big hands for a girl, so it’s a bit of a mission. Strictly speaking (or ‘spakking’ as just wrote) I should be re-reading Oryx & Crake in preparation for my upcoming Uni module on 21st Century Women’s Fiction. Clearly...
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The 2nd post...Life is a rollercoaster (please...
It’s early and I’m listening to Shaun Keaveny on BBC6Music in my half-packed soon-to-be-former bedroom. The dog is having a running dream to my right. She’s dead fast. It’s not even 9am and so far I’ve been round my emotional rollercoaster three times. This is what life is like at the moment. On minute it’s all - hands in the air everything’s going to be fine - Waaaaaaaaaah!. The next...
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It must be love. The first post...
‘I really like to be in company, but I rarely find company I really like.’ (Me, Nottingham Jan 7th, 2012)
I am a professional attention-seeker - a radio and TV presenter from the age of 17, a talent agent, a part-time media lecturer, and a third year literature student. I am also an only child, an Air Force brat and a ginger.
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