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Nora’s Gnashers, Oscar’s Howls & The Great Birthday Feast Fiasco”

Ey up, dear readers! Your favourite Yorkshire lass is back with another thrilling instalment of our lives that we couldn’t make up if we tried and questionable culinary choices. Welcome to the continuing saga of ‘Kate’s Life: Not Quite Downton Abbey’, more like ‘Downton Chippy’ if we’re honest. So, picture this: yesterday we finally rolled […]

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Fish Cottage, Twice-Cooked Chips & A Dickhead Called Cedric

Well, what can I say? The weather this morning is an absolute shambles. D.I.S-MALLLLLLL. Honestly, what the is going on? Yesterday, it was so hot I wore shorts and a vest, looking like a questionable extra from Love Island, and today? Today, it’s foggier than my memory after bottomless brunch. I can’t even see across […]

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Living the Dream (and Driving the Nurses Mad)

It’s the fourth day out here in the middle of nowhere, and it is fucking lovely! Matthew is healing nicely, getting plenty of rest, and miracle of miracles, actually letting himself recover. Meanwhile, I’m not just writing this blog; I’m officially starting to transfer it into a publishing file. That’s right, Screw Cancer: Rodger the […]

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Shitflix, Tea, And Waiting For Lab Results

It’s Monday morning. Normally, at this point, I’d be embarking on the noble ritual of getting ready for work, solving the community’s issues, and solving problems like the fucking awesome sauce leader I am.  However, NOT TODAY!  Yes! My dear reader, I am not going into work this morning. Instead, I am in a holiday […]

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Breakfast Tuesday: Toby’s Bottomless Brunch and Meet Rodney the Chicken.

I didn’t work the Breakfast Tuesday shift this week because I was on Nanna duty with Toby. But from what I heard, the team served over 30 people! At this rate, they’ll need to hire a full-time chicken just to keep up; maybe give it a little chef’s hat and call it Rodney the chicken. […]

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Rodger the Dodger Comic Blog Series: Thirsty Thursday & The Andaz Ice Cream Olympics

Right then, are you ready to lose another 20 minutes of your life to this blog? Don’t say I didn’t warn you, not that you’ve got anything better to do, let’s be honest. Grab your beverage of choice (I recommend something with caffeine or, if you’re Matthew, a suspiciously large glass of Mighty Morphine Power […]

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Grief is a universal language that we all speak.

Grief is an emotion and sad feeling that the whole of humanity can connect with. We can all agree that at some stage in our lives we have lost somebody we loved, or somebody close to us. We can all understand that deep sadness that grief leaves behind and agree that we feel shock, disbelief and sadness.

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