TALK OF THE TIMES with Vivienne Patterson
Taking a political stance over local party politics
Nearly 500,000 people from all over Britain thought it worthwhile to take to the streets recently to show how desperate they feel about Government cost cutting measures.
Last updated 7 April 2011
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Elizabeth Taylor's passing is the end of an era
“THE end of an era” is one of those cliched phrases we use when we can’t think of anything cleverer – but this week I am using it.
Last updated 1 April 2011
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Climate change leaves a cloud hanging over me
I usually consider myself to be, in the words of a song from South Pacific, a Cock-eyed Optimist.
Last updated 24 March 2011
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Happy just to see the world through my daughter’s eyes
My daughter lives the life I should have had. I used to be quite jealous of that.
Last updated 17 March 2011
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Good to see kids get back to books in this digital age
Last Thursday was World Book Day.
Last updated 10 March 2011
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You don’t have to be like Superman to be a hero
HEROES don’t wear their underpants over their tights or leap over tall buildings. Heroes are the people who rise to a situation, no matter what the cost.
Last updated 3 March 2011
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The things that I have to remember not to forget!
I’ll have to hurry this column because I have to get home – I’ve got the phone in my pocket.
Last updated 24 February 2011
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Time to ditch the apathy and sing our own praises
How do we in West Cumbria adapt to this “brave” new world?
Last updated 17 February 2011
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Centralisation means more time to commit the crime
An independent report by the Labour Party claims that we are going to lose 10,000 police officers because of budget cuts. (1 comment)
Last updated 11 February 2011
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Time to show the red card to all this football hysteria
Guess what? I not only haven’t a clue what the offside rule is in soccer, but I also could not care less. (1 comment)
Last updated 3 February 2011
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Reflecting on a golden time for technological advances
SIXTY-one! I am going to be 61 in a couple of weeks, and how the heck did that happen?
Last updated 27 January 2011
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Dreaming of becoming a housewife is cold comfort
New Year’s Eve 1974. I was pushing my baby daughter in her pram and my toddler was demanding my attention.
Last updated 20 January 2011
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Time to make civil servants pay for their costly errors
WELCOME to 2011! Spending cuts are looming over us, VAT has hit a record high, a tank full of petrol now costs around £70 and employment rates are heading south faster than my post-Christmas figure.
Last updated 13 January 2011
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Just where is all our money going in these taxing times?
How could we round off this week without mentioning the astonishingly ludicrous 2.5 per cent rise in VAT? (1 comment)
Last updated 6 January 2011
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Resolving to count all my blessings instead of woes
FIRST of all, an apology for my slightly grumpy approach to Christmas which you may have noticed last week.
Last updated 30 December 2010
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Warning: this article carries a strong risk of causing laughter
I rarely copy stuff that I receive over the internet but this is so funny – or would be if it was not so close to the truth.
Last updated 22 December 2010
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‘All for one’ is the answer to beating the big freeze
THE former Soviet Union has emerged as the all-conquering victor of the Cold War, and Communism, it seems, is the answer to our weather problems.
Last updated 16 December 2010
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Being ill doesn’t make a hero – but attitude can
Ade Edmondson, in an article I read recently, said that he and wife Jennifer Saunders hated hearing about her brave battle with cancer.
Last updated 9 December 2010
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The day I left my childhood behind
LAST Saturday I officially left childhood behind.
Last updated 2 December 2010
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The battle of the sexes is over - they’re just like us
HAVE I ever told you that I once wondered if perhaps the Christian and, indeed, many other religions were right and that men should, in fact, be head of the family?
Last updated 25 November 2010
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