Do you have Yorkshire puddings with your Christmas dinner? Or isn’t this part of your family tradition? Yorkshire puddings have
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To queue or not to queue: that is the question
Us Brits love to queue, don’t we? And what do we think of queue jumpers? We had our summer holiday
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It’s the end of an era
My daughter Ellie was diagnosed with cerebral palsy 6 years ago. Since then, she has worn a splint on her
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How I sabotaged my holiday
Do you enjoy preparing for a holiday? Or would you rather just set off? Last week my children’s school had
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Personal Space Invaders: do you know one?
How much do you value your personal space? Do you have people who invade it? When I was a teenager we had a family friend who used to stand just a bit too close to me.
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Taking people as they are
Do you spend time with people who annoy you? Do you let it show? When our children were tiny, it
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word
It seems to me that there are two categories of people: those who say sorry, and those who don’t. Maybe
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Is attitude a self-fulfilling prophecy?
What is your attitude today? Have you got something difficult coming up, or is life a bed of roses? I
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What has blocked your way?
Have you ever found your way totally blocked? Does it ever feel like you are banging your head on a
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What haven’t you seen?
I think I have been living with my eyes closed for the past 42 years. I’m starting to realise there
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