Deb’s Digest

We went to the recording of Any Questions last night at the BBC studios in Manchester. We arrived at 6pm and the programme was on air at 8pm so I thought that there’d be lots of rehearsals and warm-ups to sit through. Not a bit of it, as cool as you like, Jonathan Dimbleby   [...]

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Yesterday we went to have a look at the famous Minton floor in St George’s Hall in Liverpool – which is only open to the public for a few weeks every few years. It was very interesting – but more interesting was looking round the basement cells where Victorian prisoners used to be kept and [...]

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This was Byland Abbey from our bedroom window when we decided to call it a day and come home early – but not before five members of staff, including the general manager and the chef, dug our car out of the car park. And it had all started so well. We arrived at the Abbey [...]

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The London son is in France this week on a course in a lovely chateau somewhere outside Paris. It’s the “somewhere” that seems to be causing problems. He’d been told that a taxi from the Eurostar station in the city to the hotel would take 45 minutes and would cost £140. So, as usual with [...]

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We stayed up last night to watch the Everton/Liverpool match on television – this was some feat since we’re normally tucked up in bed at 10pm But our daughter’s a Liverpool fan so we battled it out. Then after two hours’ viewing the screen went black and a sponsor’s advert came on – mayhem. The [...]

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My ears are still fizzing. As always, Keane were fantastic last night and they really seem at home in Manchester. They did a full two hour slot and I’ve never seen a band work so hard or put so much effort in. And they’re such nice boys into the bargain (that’ll age me). Our seats [...]

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