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Book recommendations

Could anyone recommend a good historical novel?

hi wondered if anyone could offer me any suggestions. i want to buy a christmas present for a very grown up 13 yr old girl. i know she is interested in the struggle of women left at home during the...

gregcropper

Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army

Does anyone know where I might find a copy of the documentary featuring Jeremy Hardy about Palestine? Thanks

Joolee1980

Preparing and eating razor clams

Yesterday I had some grilled razor clams, the fishmonger suggsted doing them that way with a lemon & garlic dressing, it was nice but I have 2 questions, first is there a better way of preparing them...

villa_fan007

black pudding

can u eat black pudding raw. our nan used to give it to us to eat raw...and we all lived to tell the tale.....

essexshazza

whelks

does anyone still eat whelks and do you have any recipes for them.

Sparky72

Where can I sell some books

Hi! I need to have a good clear out and have lots of fiction books that I can probably pass on. I don't really want the hassel of listing them all on ebay but wonder if there's anywhere I can take...

Miss Inquiry

Virgin School - The art of intimacy!

What were your views on this very strange programme, I felt desperatly sorry for him at times, and then when he was dancing (more like running on the spot) and performing his striptease (with 2 pairs...

drchasuble

PC percent

I have noticed over recent months that most newspapers are using the letters pc (eg: 16pc of the population bla bla bla) instead of the internationally recognised % symbol. Would anyone be able to...

David H

Ned Sherrin absence

Does anyone know why Ned Sherrin has been off Loose Ends for such a long time? They never gave an explanation on the programme.

AB Asks

Six-year-old anorexics

Children as young as six are being diagnosed with eating disorders. The findings have come from the first national study into eating disorders in children under 13. Having anorexia at such a young age...

helpmetoo

gender of inanimate objects

why do the french (and some other languages) give genders to objects. a chair is surely a chair etc. so they give the prefix le or la depending. glad the english dont bother. then in french if the...

trionam

half ton hospital

I watched this last week and again last night I cant really see where the hospital manager is coming from re:patients cheating and bringing in food,its supposed to be a hospital so he can stop them...

shivvy

mash/pureed potato

I want to make really smooth mash/pureed potato. Usually I just use the masher and add a bit of butter and milk but I presume I need to use the food processor to get that really smooth texture? Any...

flip-flop

Chavs boys

Serious question. Why do male chave teenagers walk around with one or both hands down the front of their tracksuit bottoms? In pretty much every picture of that charmer last week who pointed his...

Immi666

BB Racist Row

I havent paid any attention to this cos.. well it's boring. But today on the bus I glanced over at a guy's newspaper and the headline said something about "I love an Indian" gag backfires. Was that...

AB Asks

14 stone kid. At what point is the mother overwhelmed?

A fourteen stone boy who is only 8 years old has been attracting publicity. The boy is four times the average weight for a child his age despite losing more than a stone before Christmas. Reportedly,...

VenalWinfrey

Book sales in UK?

Dear all Do you know of any websites that could tell me sales of a new release book in the UK? It's been out for a month or so, was written by my brother (quite proud!) and is doing really well. But...

bingbong1

chilli con carne

what is the point of adding chilli beans to chilli con carne