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Handmade Holidays « Handmade Homeschool
Maybe you’ve taken the Buy Handmade Pledge, maybe you want to handmake a few gifts for special people, maybe your kids drag you kicking and screaming into a world of holiday crafts, but whatever level of seasonal craftiness you’re aiming for, here’s a peek into how we’re trying to get a [...]
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Bottle recyclers ‘could be paid’
People could be paid to return empty bottles under radical new Scottish Government plans aimed at boosting recycling levels.
The plans would see “deposit and return” schemes introduced, where shoppers would get money for bringing back bottles.
I remember this from last time around - doesn’t seem [...]
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Yesterday didn’t feel like much of a Saturday. Knowing that my assignment was due in but not finished, I set the alarm (shock, horrors, I hate having the alarm go off on a weekend). I got up and got on, and texted to find out what time I was due at school for the meeting, [...]
This week Tim has been away in Suffolk, which has meant his standard evening task of reading bedtime stories has fallen to me. I don’t really remember when bedtime stories became his job, but they usually are, and tbh, I quite enjoy that - after a full day of children it’s quite nice to have [...]
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Age guidance on new Wilson book
Dame Jacqueline Wilson’s new book has been age banded, despite the children’s author having joined an online campaign protesting against the practice.
The hardback version of Cookie includes the 9 age band on its back cover.
Wilson is one of 800 authors to sign the No [...]
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Time, 18.30. Location, bedroom.
Small: can we watch another episode of Doctor Who?
Me: are you going to want something to eat tonight?
Small: yes.
Me: then I don’t think there’s time - another episode of Doctor who will take you to quarter past seven, and that’s too late to be eating when you need to have a bath [...]
UK’s renewable energy efforts ‘ineffective’ | Environment | The Guardian
Britain ranked 31st in the cost league of 35 countries, prompting criticism from environmental group Greenpeace.
“Our renewables industry has been left to wither on the vine while our European neighbours have raced ahead, creating new jobs as well as fighting climate change and securing their energy [...]
BBC NEWS | Education | Autonomy ‘key to school success’
Independent schools get better results than state schools because they have the freedom to tailor teaching to the needs of their pupils, researchers say.
A University of Buckingham report found social background and ability were not the only factors behind higher grades in private schools.
The study said [...]
Tonight was Big’s Brownie promise, and I’m sorry, but I can’t post any pictures. No, I didn’t forget the camera. No, I didn’t run out of batteries, nor did they ban pictures for bizarre child protection purposes. I wasn’t too late, we weren’t locked out of the room. Oh, it’s way better than that [...]
Petition actions | Protect The Human
This autumn the Government wants to push through a Bill allowing police to lock people up for 42 days without charge if they are suspected of a terrorism-related offence. When the Counter-Terrorism Bill comes back to the House of Commons, your MP will have a chance to help defeat it: [...]
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Tony Hart forced to give up art
TV artist Tony Hart has said that not being able to draw any more is “the greatest cross I have to bear”.
The 83-year-old has been robbed of the use of his hands after having two strokes, he told The Times newspaper.
“It has been my [...]
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Somewhat under a week ago, I ordered The Fresco (Gollancz S.F.) from the library. Was quite impressed when I went in to pay off fines to discover it had arrived already. I like Tepper, I’ve mentioned that once or twice before, but even I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Spoilers below, though not drastically [...]
We had a full timetable of events this weekend, it’s my sister’s birthday tomorrow, so yesterday we all met up for a family meal at a curry house in Bil’s village. It was quite a subdued event, I think it was our first normal event without Katrin iyswim, and I can’t have been the only [...]
I have been going on about this writer for a while. She’s been writing a blog to get out of doing tours and signings and instead her fans on blog started a campaign to get her to do a signing as well. I would love to be able to support it by being there, but [...]
At the weekend I found a diary that I kept for around 18 months in the late 90s. It details a relationship or two, a job or two, my state of mind, and most particularly, at least to my state of mind tonight, it details the evening when I called my parents’ house to find [...]
another car load of stuff.
I don’t think of us as particularly materialistic (stop sniggering at the back there) yet the amount of stuff is phenomenal, granted a lot of it is books, or things I should have got rid of but haven’t, but even so. Today I bagged up another bag of rubbish [...]