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Archive for 2016 / May

  • RONNIE SCOTT’S BAND AT THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW

    Posted by Family Affairs on 30-05-2016 in BLOG / REVIEWS tagged with chelsea flower show / Iain Mackenzie / jazz / orchestra Georgina Jackson / Ronnie Scott's
    May302016

    Seeing the Ronnie Scott’s band perform at the Chelsea Flower Show was the best bit by far for me. I have to admit to not being a great fan of the Chelsea Flower Show on account of the fact that it is so bloody busy. You just walk and walk […]

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  • LONDON WINE WEEK

    Posted by Family Affairs on 23-05-2016 in BLOG tagged with GCSE's / KIDS / london / London Wine Week / whine / wine
    May232016

    What a shame that London Wine Week clashes with London Whine Week in my house – the biggest week of our year in terms of important exams – my youngest has one if not two exams every day this week so I’m not going to be able to appreciate Wine […]

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  • TOM JONES THE MUSICAL REVIEW AT RICHMOND THEATRE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 19-05-2016 in REVIEWS tagged with Kit Orton / musical / review / Richmond Theatre / Tom Jones
    May192016

    GIRLS!!! We are massively missing a trick here. I went to review the latest production at Richmond Theatre on Tuesday evening “Tom Jones, The Musical” starring Kit Orton with my mother…it was her birthday and it seemed like a good idea. I wasn’t convinced that I would love it and […]

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  • THANK YOU SHERYL SANDBERG

    Posted by Family Affairs on 17-05-2016 in BLOG tagged with issues / parenting / Sheryl Sandberg / single mothers / work
    May172016

    The thing is, of late I have been struggling to get my thoughts in any sort of blog shaped order. It’s not that I have less time, or indeed less inclination – it’s that I don’t really know what to say without feeling like I’m being too honest and needy. […]

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  • KING LEAR REVIEW AT RICHMOND THEATRE

    Posted by Family Affairs on 11-05-2016 in REVIEWS tagged with king lear / Michael Pennington / review / Richmond Theatre
    May112016

    Now I wish I had abandoned my attempt at staying in to be an anchor for my child who is revising and taken myself off to the Richmond Theatre to see King Lear. Instead my friend John O’Brien went and below is his King Lear review at Richmond Theatre. It […]

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  • MIELE CAT AND DOG CLEANER REVIEW

    Posted by Family Affairs on 11-05-2016 in REVIEWS tagged with best vacuum cleaner / cat and dog / cleaner / Miele / review
    May112016

    I promise you I am not about to become a vacuum cleaner reviewer and present endless blog posts about the pros and cons of various cleaners, BUT I felt it was only fair to write about my favourite vacuum cleaner, given it has served me well for the last at […]

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  • MIDDLE AGE STRESS

    Posted by Family Affairs on 09-05-2016 in BLOG / DIVORCE tagged with Children / DEMENTIA / exams / GCSE's / happiness / middle age / stress
    May092016

    So the Office for National Statistics have found that respondents in the 40-59 age bracket have the lowest levels of satisfaction and the highest levels of anxiety. Middle age stress abounds and happiness has dropped off the richter scale for us. Apparently that elusive beast only emerges again after 60, […]

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  • WELL DONE SADIQ!

    Posted by Family Affairs on 09-05-2016 in BLOG tagged with bug / london / mayor / Sadiq Khan
    May092016

    Loving London this weekend in all the sunshine and WELL DONE to Sadiq Khan for becoming the new mayor of London. How exciting and we are all hopeful that he will do a good job. He fought a dignified battle and I believe it to be a personal triumph for […]

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  • BUG REVIEW WITH JAMES NORTON – DATES EXTENDED

    Posted by Family Affairs on 09-05-2016 in BLOG / REVIEWS tagged with bug / Found 111 / James Norton / Kate Fleetwood / review / Tracy Letts
    May092016

    I wish I had seen the production BUG, by Tracy Letts as it opened, rather than the second last night, because I would have encouraged all my friends to go (not that it wasn’t a sell out production). BUT HURRY UP THERE’S MORE TIME – it was meant to finish […]

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  • DOES GRAMMAR MATTER?

    Posted by Family Affairs on 03-05-2016 in BLOG tagged with Children / grammar / protest / SATs / school
    May032016

    So I’m wondering how many parents actually kept their primary school children off school today? It’s a big deal to make a protest of this nature as it means, unless you are a stay at home parent, that you had to take a day off work. Would it have worked […]

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  • FIRST GCSE TODAY – GOOD LUCK!!

    Posted by Family Affairs on 03-05-2016 in BLOG tagged with English Language / GCSE / IGCSE / revision
    May032016

    Good luck to all those 15 & 16 year olds who are taking their English Language GCSE today. My son is doing the IGCSE one at his state school and I don’t know when it happened that they decided to go for that version and not the normal GCSE version. […]

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  • GIANTS CLUB SUMMIT

    Posted by Family Affairs on 01-05-2016 in BLOG / ELEPHANTS tagged with Dr Max Graham / elephants / Giants club summit / ivory / Kenya / poaching / the giants club
    May012016

    The Giants Club Summit has just closed in Kenya as work begins on new Presidential actions in support of the elephant protection initiative. Elton John, Richard Branson and Bear Grylls sent personal messages of support to the gathering of African heads of state, corporate leaders, philanthropists, celebrities and scientists all […]

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