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Report today.
Marie Colvin, the respected Sunday Times journalist, was killed today alongside French photojournalist Remi Ochlik in Syria.
Report.
Now communication between Syrian Army officers intercepted by Lebanese intelligence staff has revealed ...
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introduction continued...
In my supercilious, know-it-all young flight lieutenant doctor’s voice I exclaimed, “But corporal, you don’t commit suicide by cutting off your thumb!”
After a moment’s reflection he replied, “Ah well you ...
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Bill Larkworthy
6 hours ago
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A dear friend has brought this to the attention of the Elephant:
http://forargyll.com/2012/02/dermot-oleary-backs-marys-meals-big-blue-mug-campaign/
There is no apology for the change of style and mood.
AnElephantCant contain his ...
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anelephantcant
6 hours ago
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I’ve never had much success with the female of the species, that is except my first girlfriend. She wasn’t a girlfriend in any other sense than she was my best mate who happened to be a girl. After the war we were inseparable playing around the ...
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I do enjoy reading everyone's blog on here over the cornflakes, or today, almost at lunchtime, but still over the cornflakes. A couple of weeks ago I went to see the doctor to have a moan about the ol' knee and subsequently we found out that I ...
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the blonde
6 hours ago
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Today the sun is shining though it is a bit windy as I sit at the office window looking out. The two resident moorhens are scratching around. They have learnt to scrabble up onto the garden bench and balancing precariously peck at the seed in the ...
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I’ve finally finished the first phase of my project to explore places you can reach from the London Underground - excluding the city centre. (You can see the walks I’ve written up at London Tube Rambles.) Now, armed with a new camera, I’m ...
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Mindthegap
9 hours ago
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One week on, and one of us who shall remain nameless, the one who accidentally cut off half his moustache when losing concentration, has succeeded in growing 1/8th of inch of hair on his face. He even let me feel it! Surprisingly, it's not prickly - ...
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I'm referring to Mrs Huhne,the ex-wife of the Cabinet Minister currently in the dock for fiddling his penalty points
For whatever the result of Huhne's trial, by blowing the whistle she has contrived to remove him and his ridiculous notion of ...
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daft old duffer
12 hours ago
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My holiday began with a leisurely drive down the M25 and M23 to Gatwick airport. Just past is Horsham were I had booked a room for the night, in the Acorn Lodge Hotel, and parked my car for the duration.
The hotel was ok, my room was on the top ...
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warleyron
14 hours ago