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Expat tide turns as sun fades abroad

THE dream for generations has been to up sticks and live abroad where, so the seekers of utopia claim, the sun always shines.Read

Come out and celebrate with pride

FAR from banning St George’s Day marches, the Government should be legislating for April 23 to be made a bank holiday.Read

It should be ‘no’ to the ‘baby factory’

NADYA Suleman has spoken. But not a lot. You’ll be hearing much more from this unusual woman from Los Angeles once the publicity machine starts whirring around the octuplets to which she gave birth on January 26.Read

Snow joke to stay home in this climate

WIND from the east as sharp as a stiletto cut into the foot-stamping parents at my son’s school football match on Sunday.Read

Born without that sense of adventure

WHEN the good lord handed out spoonfuls of the spirit of adventure, he looked at me and said: “No way, Karren.”Read

Travelling in Britain? You’ll never win

PEOPLE who travel a lot know that one day they are going to be stuck up station creek without a paddle.Read

Why we’re a Brit of alright in movies

For Kate Winslet, (pictured) the Golden Globe awards came in twos, a great double as best actress in Revolutionary Road and best supporting actress in The Reader.Read

Consign fox hunt law to waste bin

IT’S good to see that a time of international economic peril, the great British nation can still spare the effort to squabble about fox hunting.Read

Let the steam train take the strain

LIVING in the past is a waste of time but I’m glad to say that with a piercing whistle and a blast of steam, a piece of old England was put back on the rails in Darlington a few weeks ago.Read

Tall order for Bernie on divorce grid

THE question now is whether Bernie Ecclestone will take the McCartney route or retire quietly to one of his mansions and lick his wounds.Read

Why couldn’t jester Sergeant win?

Strictly Come No John Sergeant? On Saturday, I took the switch option in protest at his absence from the competition.Read

Baby P: Where the blame really lies

WHEN it comes right down to what we fully know of the tragedy of Baby P, it is that even the best- laid plans cannot cover for bad judgment.Read

Moderation over cod liver oil any day

SO NOW we know that a glass or two of red wine a week does no harm to a pregnant woman. Or do we?Read

She's strictly not good enough

I HAVE the first clue about competitive dancing.Read

Such fun when stars collide

DIVORCE brings the worst out of everyone. Family, friends, lawyers – yes, definitely, lawyers – bystanders and the greater the fame of the couple, all of us, too.Read

The long and the short of it...

WELL, naturally, women were to blame. For men’s baldness, that is.Read

Where there's muck there's brass

STROLLING down a city street last week, I almost fell over a dirty mattress half wrapped around a lamp-post and then stepped in a splurge of white paint spilled on the pavement a few yards beyond.Read

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner

BIRMINGHAM is close to my heart in a way that only migrants can appreciate. Its trouble may be that native Brummies don’t love it as they should or as much as we do.Read

Still a dedicated follower of fashion

THE fashion business has had an odd two weeks. Mrs Beckham's show was a brilliant succession of pure line and slim seduction, but then you would hardly expect chunky stuff from the thinnest woman on the planet.Read

Praise Palin for breaking glass ceiling

JUST when Barack Obama thought he was rid of pesky women, out from the tundra pops Sarah Palin to give him another serious ear bashing.Read