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All the family are shaping up nicely but me

Why I’m struggling with non-verbal reasoning tests

Gordon Brown screwed up by not screwing it up

Misspelling a dead soldier’s name is unforgivable, even if your writing is bad

By gum, we knew how to do a trick properly

Today's trick or treaters leave a lot to be desired when it comes to the childish misdemeanour

It’s a crime how they insult my city

Why does no one ever seem to have a nice word to say about London?

All is fair — at least until Hull freezes over

Grin up North at Europe's biggest travelling fair

When it comes to beauty, the ‘I’s have it

Armed and in uniform, there’s something so appealing about Israeli women

I don’t give a hoot for your toots

The car horn is just a weapon for scaring the unwary. We should do away with it

Clunky mobile lost - easily identified

The telltale signs that reveal an older-generation owner

All play and no work in the home office

Technology has liberated us from work, but not in the way we thought

I am English and I don’t go naked

I don’t mind being taken for a German in Germany, but I do object when it occurs in my own country

And an A for receiving your grades

How is it that all the pictures show good-looking students celebrating their results?

I have a wrestle with popular culture

Home thoughts from West Wales

Milford: not so much of a haven

A staycation in West Wales has many benefits, but drama is not usually among them

We did learn to sing in perfect harmony

Young people show no desire to attack each other on the basis of differing musical taste. I don’t know what the world’s coming to

Summer: time to invest in a gazebo

So, the much vaunted long hot summer of 2009, how’s it going for you?

The garden is rosy, at least for the boys

These warm summer evenings I’ve taken to sitting in the back garden, talking nonsense with my pals

A family night in: time for a bit of romance

Talk about guilty pleasures, along with shortbread, Queen and Frederick Forsyth, romcoms are one of my biggest indulgences

Brace yourself for a worrying heads-up

Is this a classic urban myth or callousness from the airlines?

The barbecue's origins: a burning issue

Like tattoos, the outside grill is a phenomenon of the newly affluent working class