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A cleverly worded email has arrived from British Gas to explain why, despite the Prime Minister’s announcement, my gas and…
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The support group groupies have issued another ban. They have attempted to slap an exclusion order on another long-standing member,…
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The cyclist was on the wrong side of the road coming towards me head-on. It was a winding country lane…
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A lot has been going wrong lately in the support group I’ve been attending for more than 20 years. I…
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The ladies in the bank now wear badges telling you to Be Kind and not do anything that might upset…
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My favourite vet came to see Darcy and immediately put his finger on the problem. Dusk was falling when he…
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‘If you think about it, Frankie Dettori is to blame,’ said the builder boyfriend, because when things are really bad…
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From the veranda of a small Irish farmhouse, I looked out over the sun-drenched West Cork peninsula. All I could…
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When my black passport arrived in the post, I decided to take a trip. I’m not a good flier, so…
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Everything is well and truly burned to a crisp, and we are piling through hundreds of pounds of hay a…
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‘That will be £7.50 please,’ said the girl in the bakery to the cyclist in black Lycra after he put…
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My phone buzzed and rang while I was doing the horses until I thought, fine, I’ll call the Defence Secretary…
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As he grouted the last tile, five years after the bathroom was finished, I knew the game was up. ‘I…
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The British Gas engineers arrived in convoy, and the dust from their tyres flew into the air as they came…
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‘Your service contract has been completed,’ said someone or something from British Gas, in the chat box on its website.…
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‘Do you care about the woodland? Do you care about the wildlife?’ shouted the bearded Woodland Trust volunteer from his…
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The LED streetlamp outside my house was fitted with a ‘compromise’ shield acceptable to a vegan that looked as if…
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If I could ban one question ever being asked of me again it would be: ‘Are you on WhatsApp?’ I…
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If you want to understand Surrey, look at the house names. Keepers’ Copse, Meadow View, Weavers, Highfields… What do all…
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The dynamics of the village can only be understood with reference to what’s happening to the parking. Unless you study…
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‘You coming to help us poo pick?’ said my friend Terry, in a desperate sounding voice message. The builder boyfriend…
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The girl wound down her window, stuck her mobile phone out into midair, and started to take pictures of the…
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‘Missing Dog, Please Do Not Call, Chase or Try To Grab Her!! She Will Run!!’ This notice, featuring the face…
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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is on manoeuvres
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After rushing our little spaniel to the veterinary hospital on the usual bank holiday emergency basis upon which all animals…
