Category: THINGS I LOVE
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Snow dogs
I managed to get to Lido Park early this morning. The dogs were having a great time, as was everybody else. I was just happy to get some exercise and justify my snow boots 🙂🥾🥾
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What else would I be doing today?!
What is freedom? I have no idea but from my perspective, not having children is a big part of it! Don’t get me wrong I’m morally bound to do my bit for the “greater good” every now and again, trying to undo black hearted villains’ attempts to make things worse for everyone else – you…
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Cobra Kai
What’s the best film ever made? Actually it’s a stupid question because there are no objective criteria for assessment. It’s a value judgement that boils down to taste, which cannot be arbitrated for in any unprejudiced way. Nonetheless, if we’re going to indulge a silly question anyway I think “The Karate Kid” is a candidate.…
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The high street
I will concede at the outset that “love” probably isn’t the right word here – although the same could said of other posts in the “things I love” section. Don’t get me wrong I love “Band of Brothers” but not in the way I love cats or hot chocolate! With that caveat established I nonetheless…
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Band of Brothers
Next year this seminal 10-part series will be 20 years old. I watched the original run back in 2001 and decided to re-watch it recently. This only underlined how special it is. Asides from telling one of recent histories great stories (the invasion of Normandy – told through the eyes of a US Airborne company),…
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Cava pilava
As I’m sure you all know Prosecco exploded in the UK in 2008. Don’t get me wrong it was readily available before but few paid it much attention. Then the recession hit and the masses went looking for an alternative to Champagne. Prosecco became the popular choice and soon after the default choice of fizz…
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“THIS COUNTRY” (BBC)
I doubt I’m the only person raised in a former mining town wondering “how did they get it so right!?” “Kurtan” is the average Hucknall 20-something, or at least was back in the 90s. The hair (which I had a worse version of), the outfits, the backwater mindset – it’s uncanny. Such a good show about the UK’s hopeless…
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“THE LAST DANCE” (Netflix)
If this isn’t the ultimate nostalgia TV I don’t know what is?! I played basketball in junior school and loved it. I was pretty good too (for a chubby white kid), so was disappointed to find out that my high school didn’t have a team. Nonetheless, during those formative years “The Bulls” turned basketball into…
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CHEAP IMITATIONS THAT ARE (ALMOST) AS GOOD AS THE REAL THING
I was first introduced to Yankee Candle when I was about 20. On my first trip to the US my American girlfriend dragged me into a candle store with a jingoistic patriotic name and “US customer service” (which I hated). On the flip side the store was very well upholstered, more like an upmarket perfume…
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Little things make big differences
I like my house to smell AMAZING! Looking good is a non-negotiable, tidy is essential but smelling heavenly is the icing on the cake. To that end I highly recommend these “Hotel Collection” reed diffusers from Aldi. They look both stylish and prominent due to their extra-large size. Allegedly they last 5-6 months and the…
Dr Martin James 