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Emma Clayton, the T&A's Leisure & Lifestyle Editor shares her views on a wide variety of topics.
Posted at 11:03am Monday 28th January 2008
Gawp almighty!
My colleagues and I touch on a variety of subjects to get us through the working day, (when we’re not discussing urgent T&A business of course), and the other day we found ourselves discussing our collective love of gawping.
Posted at 9:06am Monday 31st December 2007
Suffering the little children...
Why all the fuss about Billie Piper banning children from her wedding? Today (New Year's Eve) Doctor Who's former sidekick is to marry Laurence Fox, one of the younger thesps from the Fox acting dynasty.
Posted at 1:40pm Friday 7th December 2007
Fakery is the real thing
"You know that Santa - he’s just fake believe," announced my six-year-old nephew.
Posted at 4:26pm Monday 8th October 2007
Stand and deliver, kids
Where have all the paper boys gone? That’s what I find myself asking myself every morning as I drive past a middle-aged chap and his dog delivering newspapers.
Posted at 1:42pm Monday 30th July 2007
A Princess Tiaamii with fried rice, please...
So Katie Price and Peter Andre have finally named their baby girl. And predictably, they've gone for the ridiculous option. Well, she was never going to be called Mary or Julie was she?
Posted at 12:37pm Friday 13th July 2007
Prom night. Shmom night.
The other evening there was a bit of excitement on our street when a white stretch limo pulled up outside a neighbour's house. A gaggle of teenage girls in ball-gowns came out, posed for each others' photographs and climbed into the car.
Posted at 12:35pm Tuesday 3rd July 2007
The phantom egger strikes again... and it's still not funny
I sympathise with Joolz Denby who recently fell victim to egg-throwing louts, for I too have suffered at the hands of Bradford's Phantom Eggers. Joolz wrote in a recent blog about someone hurling an egg at her, striking the back of her head.
Posted at 12:18pm Monday 21st May 2007
Grow up, girls
Lily hates Cheryl. Cheryl hates Lily. Cheryl hates Charlotte too. Amy and Lily hated each other but now they're friends again. Lily said everyone thinks she's ugly and cried her eyes out. Cheryl and her gang didn't care, because Lily called them ugly too.
Posted at 12:23pm Friday 16th March 2007
Journalists on telly? You couldn't make it up...
We journalists get a raw deal. No matter how much of our job could be considered noble, worthy or for the general good of mankind, we end up getting tarred by the same brush as the tabloid hacks widely regarded as the amoebas of pond life among the rich, famous and anyone else who has reason to distrust the red tops.
Posted at 12:19pm Friday 16th March 2007
Why dementia should be at the top of everyone's agenda
The Alzheimer's Society recently revealed that caring for dementia patients costs Britain £17 billion a year - yet the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) is denying drugs costing just £2.50 which could slash that bill.
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