Charlotte Morgan

this is such a great post because now we can all reply and tell you we went to Oxford

We do this and it's vastly improved Xmas in my view. I've suggested to friends, and heard this has occasioned at least one fierce family row

To be clear, they were walking along, not sitting down on the pavement.

We just walked past a group of guys, presumably en route to a work do, necking bottles of beer *on the pavement*. Not even sitting down on a train.

Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82 The writer was famous for her stories about romance and intrigue in rural middle England.

I think she was *such* a good writer. I think about her book Daughters-in-Law a lot, it is so good on family dynamics and women's lives

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A Beautifuller Friendship

It’s still November Jim.

We do that too for adults. Has made Xmas SO much easier.

My sister is a big fan of the hamper present and it’s an excellent idea imo

It’s been playing in my head ever since I read that article and that hasn’t enlivened my Friday

So very sorry to hear this. Sending lots of love Scott xxx

‘The Earth ate my Mini’: Cornwall man loses car in sinkhole It has been weeks since the ground opened up under Malcolm McKenzie’s prized Mini, leading him into a bureaucratic ‘nightmare’

OMG a sinkhole in Redruth

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Mine was too!

Sorry what

Yes, Zohran, yes, I too had this *exact* revelation, just remove the New from New England

Thank you and you

No one heard her ice scream

My mum would have been 84 today, I feel the same.

“Sorry I’m going to Kathmandu” wasn’t just my least convincing ever excuse to avoid journalist phone calls

POV: you’re going for a dinner date but you’re just not romantically interested

omg the number of people who think they're making a point about JL not selling vinyl when the actual article says they're gonna sell the record

I am more taken with what appear to be the mum & daughter in the background quietly doing household chores while the lads listen to their music

read. the. article...

John Lewis will be selling a limited edition vinyl record featuring both versions of the track via the Rough Trade record shop sections already in stores and via its shopping app.

Was going to suggest would you like a walk right now small dog but clearly that is a very silly thing to sing unless about to W-A-L-K (hoping he can’t read)

reality bites, eh

it's great that's not an earworm that will keep playing in people's heads on repeat all afternoon

BBC journalist barred from leaving Vietnam and repeatedly interrogated BBC ‘deeply concerned’ for journalist’s wellbeing after Vietnamese police withhold their ID card and renewed passport Vietnamese authorities have barred a BBC journalist from leaving the country and ​subjected them to days of interrogation, in a press freedom case that comes to light during a high-profile visit by Vietnam’s leader to the UK. The journalist, a Vietnamese citizen who lives and works in Thailand, had returned to their home country in August to renew their passport, according a source with knowledge of the situation. Continue reading...

BBC journalist barred from leaving Vietnam and repeatedly interrogated

BBC 'deeply concerned' about journalist unable to leave Vietnam The journalist has been in Vietnam for several months while authorities have withheld their renewed passport.

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BBC statement on journalist in Vietnam

The BBC is deeply concerned about the wellbeing of our colleague in Vietnam... statement

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My po faced conversation class: isn’t the Louvre theft shocking
Teacher: well it’s quite funny for French people

She then played us a news report and the presenter was *definitely* smiling a bit

I think the lack of preconceptions about Cat are helping her - they don’t know whether she’s playing to type or not…