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Political battle
Despite lethargy in the current polls, there’s a head of steam building up in the country for a change of government as the television debate between the big three parties approaches.
Last updated 12 March 2010
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Marriage matters
Love and marriage “go together like a horse and carriage”. Having one without the other – pulling a cart without the horse, is hard work.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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6 Music is BBC best
What a sad week it’s been for fans of BBC 6 Music following the announcement the digital station will be axed next year.
Last updated 9 March 2010
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A man of substance
When former Labour leader Michael Foot died on Wednesday aged 96 he was widely praised for his principles – but not for his political skill.
Last updated 8 March 2010
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Attention to artists
Carlisle is, in many ways, a beautiful, fascinating place. But calling it the UK’s City of Culture implies you’ve never been anywhere else.
Last updated 6 March 2010
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Giving up everything
The season of Lent is here but for flood victims it came early on November 19, 2009. How do you ask someone “what are you giving up for Lent” when they’ve been on their knees for three months?
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Bullyboy journalists
Infamy, infamy ... they’ve all got in for me! No, it’s not Carry On Cleo with Kenneth Williams as the paranoid Caesar being pursued by assassins and uttering the best line ever in that film series.
Last updated 2 March 2010
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Ogling the Chippendales is double standards
So, the Chippendales visited Carlisle last weekend. And 600 women queued to see them.
Last updated 1 March 2010
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Good luck England
When Scotland were knocked out of the World Cup in 1990 I was devastated.
Last updated 27 February 2010
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BBC news is a soap
Hold the front page! What on earth possessed the BBC to place as the very first story on the main television news programme a long item about a man who spends his time playing a game in which a small ball is hit with sticks into holes in the ground and also being serially unfaithful to his wife?
Last updated 26 February 2010
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A fitting display
The decision by Debenhams to trial size 16 mannequins in the windows of its Oxford Street branch in London seems on the face of it a positive step forward.
Last updated 25 February 2010
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All change at Carlisle
Walking into Carlisle train station when it was transformed temporarily for a TV ad was like stepping into a surreal wonderland where nothing is quite what it seems.
Last updated 24 February 2010
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It's par for the course
The English football captain has blotted his copybook. He is now “ex”.
Last updated 23 February 2010
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Caution is necessary
Let’s for a moment set aside the fact that 95 per cent of scientists believe climate change is endangering the planet and is caused by humans.
Last updated 22 February 2010
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Seventh is not first
What’s wrong with trying to be the best at something? Why stifle ambition?
Last updated 20 February 2010
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We are not alone it seems
We are not alone in the universe – or so it would seem. Since 1994, the Ministry of Defence has received 6,000 pages of reports about unidentified flying objects hovering in British skies.
Last updated 19 February 2010
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No Friends, not a miss
After what seems like for ever, Channel 4 has relinquished the UK broadcasting rights to Friends and will use the freed-up funds to develop or acquire new programmes.
Last updated 18 February 2010
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Facebook is the future
Facebook and other social networking sites are taking over the internet – but is it for the better?
Last updated 17 February 2010
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