Monthly Archives: July 2008
The Villager Debates – BikerFest, good or bad?
This is the inagau…inaugr…inaggr…the first of The Villager Debates which we hope will become a regular fixture. We’ll be asking two of our guest bloggers to discuss the pro’s and con’s of a particular issue or subject. First up we’ve … Continue reading
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Summer health tips #4 – keeping kids happy
by Oona Flucker One of the greatest health problems of summer is children. Having them around the house instead of safely enclosed in school for most of the daylight hours can provoke feelings of high anxiety and mounting stress even … Continue reading
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Pitfalls of penning Bonekickers with a villagist twist
by Mostyn (off of Dinsmore & Mostyn) Father has been bitten by the writer’s bug. After watching my dilatory twonk of a PA (that illiterate oaf Scotty) typing away at his little PineappleMac (or somesuch contraption), Father decided that there must … Continue reading
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Abandon children, not examinations
by Sandra Stallyon I am refreshed, revitalised and invigorated from a short holiday with an old staff member and friend. I visited eastern England’s premier coastal village, Tepid-next-the-Sea, to spend some quality time with Elspeth Grinder who is now head … Continue reading
Food on the move
by Thick John Exciting news! If you can stomach that kind of thing, obviously. In my absence from the village, one of our local take-aways has introduced a delivery service. Whilst we were all getting drunk and disorderly thanks to … Continue reading
Return of the bloggists
by Henrietta Scuttlers The Shouty Villager’s blogs have been unusually quiet this past week or so. I should explain. Prior to his departure for a working holiday tour of Europe with his wife (Mrs Belm), our esteemable editor-in-chief Derek left … Continue reading
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A lesson in basic economics
by Edward Framley I have no knowledge whatsoever of financial matters, the stock market and suchlike, because when you’re as independently wealthy as myself there is absolutely no reason to fret. But I won’t let that stop me from expressing … Continue reading
A fitting tribute to a villagist icon
by Laura Norder It is not often that the political divide is successfully straddled by a particular issue or individual. There are usually too many differences of opinion to bring about consensus, such as the thorny subject of nudism on … Continue reading
An inglorious 12th
by Mostyn (off of Dinsmore & Mostyn) I was awakened on Saturday morning by Father, who had decided to take Dinsmore and myself out into the countryside for some shooting. This was, of course, because it was “The Glorious Twelth”. … Continue reading
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The ingredients of good TV
by Jimmy Rasher My blogging has taken a back seat to cutlery selling and television watching. But those two worlds collided in spectacular style last week. I found myself stood on the doorstep of a large detached house in north … Continue reading
