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Retired journalist and children's author: check out my dementia blog at https://xitter.cf/t.co/CmJuGt7to6 It’s funnier - and sadder - than it sounds….

East Grinstead
Joined June 2009
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@theotherbennetsister Tanya Reynolds is as terrific as Miss Bingley as she was as Mrs Elton - does she specialise in insufferable Austen characters?
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I see Lucy Briers, the original Mary Bennet, is in The Other Bennet Sister
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A close friend, and victim of domestic violence in Portugal, is campaigning for a ‘disclosure” scheme. Please support her. Implement Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in Portugal #safetyinnumbers chng.it/fPwQGtYx via @Change
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I have come to the melancholy realisation that I am now older than the Pope…it has done nothing for my morale…
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Not trying to influence the coming Conclave, but I do prefer a plump pope…
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There’s something of Ingrid Bergman about postulant Sister Catherine, Molly Vevers, in Call the Midwife….@callthemidwife
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I’ve just realised why Melania is wearing that wide-brimmed hat - it made it impossible for Trump to land his attempted kiss….Smart woman…
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I was heartened to hear two rioting brothers had looted a library. Usually only high-end trainers and wide-screen televisions will appease a burning sense of social injustice among the lower orders, but it turns out they were after the computers… As you were everyone…
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The male commentator on the triathons is so enjoying getting his tongue around the French place names I am surprised he isn’t talking about Paree…
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I have just realised the French Olympic mascot is not, as I first supposed, an avant garde, red version of the ’merde’ emoji - and after the bizarre opening ceremony nothing would surprise me - but Marianne’s cap… nothing like shades of Mme la Guillotine to spread some fun…
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'Are the Two Bad Grans really that bad?' Lovely discussion writing going on today in Year 3! @thegeraldine @sarahhorne9
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I was shocked there was only one glove of righteousness - surely as a nation we could run to a pair? The other glove could be called the glove of lefteousness…#coronation
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Has anyone ever seen Charlotte Ivers and Boy George in the same room at the same time?
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