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Legoland
It's summer time again, and I have been to Legoland.
My godchildren who are nine and six, had got tired of the 1920's model village at Bourton on the Water, even though the miniature Baptist chapel vibrates its tiny walls with happy hymn singing.
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Homeopathy
I had a temperature of 102°, a spotted throat, delirium, and a book to finish.
I was staying alone in a remote cottage in Cornwall, without a car. My publisher suggested I telephone Hilary Fairclough, a homeopath who practises in London and Penzance. I croaked out my symptoms, and Hilary sent round a remedy called Lachesis, made from snake venom. Four hours later I had no temperature and no infected throat.
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Civil Partnerships
The State Opening of Parliament will be a special occasion this year; the Queen will announce a Civil Partnership Bill.
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Books n Riches
News in the Sunday Times Rich List that JK Rowling earned £125,000,000 last year, may be the beginning of a new phenomenon: No, not a nation that sleeps on Harry Potter pillow cases, but an emerging breed of writer who dreams of wealth.
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Italo Calvino
When I began my career, the categorical imperative of every young writer was to represent his own time. Full of good intentions, I tried to identify myself with the ruthless energies propelling the events of our century...
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Alexander Waugh
God - sorry - Alexander Waugh : God - A biography.
'While other children clamoured for bedtime stories, Alexander Waugh was asking his father Auberon, questions about God. The replies were unhelpful to a boy on a quest - as was the cheque-book journalism offered by Waugh the Elder on his death-bed; he wanted to pay Alexander the sum of his advance so that he could withdraw this book from publication.
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John Berger
John Berger : The Shape of a Pocket
John Berger's collection of essays gathers together six years of passionate thinking.
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