Deb’s Digest

We went to Liverpool yesterday, and very impressive it looks – especially at night when everywhere is lit up. We had a meal in a restaurant that overlooks the new big wheel – it’s a pity that Oscar wasn’t with us because he loves lights and things that go round and round – he’d have [...]

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I feel flat, totally let down and as though a friend has just pinched £80 out of my purse.  I am one of Ricky Gervais’s biggest fans and haven’t missed a local live performance. ‘Politics’ and ‘Animals’ were clever, hilarious and very witty. ‘Fame’ less so but ‘Science’ is an hour’s worth of gratuitous filth. Not [...]

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The London son started his new job last week and spent three nights in a hotel. He’s back there tomorrow for the week and in the meantime has five shirts to wash, dry, starch  and iron. I’d love to be a fly on the wall.

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The artist son is busy organising a Lancashire zine and book fair for January and yesterday had his Cafe Royal goods at a Manchester fair.     Oscar waited up for him to get home after enjoying a dinner of noodles. In any case, if he’d got tired of waiting he could always have bedded [...]

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We’re X Factor nuts. We’ve not missed a single second – and even watch the Xtra Factor on ITV2 . The Antiques Roadshow is my favourite programme (ever) so the fact that I now tape this so that I can watch the X Factor, says it all. I’ve got money on Olly and Jamie to [...]

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I’ve just bought tickets to see Count Arthur Strong again – this time at the Lowry. It was only by chance that I looked at the listings brochure I received in the post. But it turns out I was a bit hasty because on re-reading the brochure it says that this is a repeat of [...]

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What did we find on our doorstep at 8 o’clock last night but a fluffy orange pumpkin in striped wellies, clutching a little black balloon tied to a chopstick! Voices in the background seemed to be demanding a treat or a treat. Apparently Oscar was feted like a little celebrity as he walked round Liverpool [...]

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