Mark Green
Beckham should have been picked for Olympic team
I am in no way a David Beckham fan, but even I can see the foolishness and wasted opportunity in not picking him for the GB Olympic football team.
Last updated 5 July 2012
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Maybe we should all bank more ethically
So Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has finally resigned in the wake of the rate-rigging scandal.
Last updated 5 July 2012
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The dessert that wasn't so delightful after all
It's funny how your memory can play strange tricks. How it varnishes remembrance with a veneer of affection and fondness or a smear of disdain and disgust. The things you liked, you really, really liked; the stuff you didn’t was foul and disgraceful.
Last updated 28 June 2012
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Clean up if you want to attract business
Plans have been unveiled to transform Carlisle’s distinguished old Post Office building into a stately, dignified and much-needed vodka bar.
Last updated 28 June 2012
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Beautiful. And we never burnt anyone at the stake
So the Lake District is a “supermarket for walking” is it? At least, that’s the verdict of a tourist officer for some long-forgotten corner of Lancashire.
Last updated 21 June 2012
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I’ve got yellow fever
You've had enough of the Euros? (football, I mean). Overdosed already on the Olympics?
Last updated 14 June 2012
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Olympics must ditch the silly field events
I’m deeply unimpressed by the great unveiling of the Olympics opening ceremony. The world’s media and select dignitaries were present to see a scale model that looked like it had been made out of old washing up bottles, a Thomas The Tank Engine train set and bits of the Tellytubbies homeland.
Last updated 14 June 2012
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Education rules bring nothing new to the tables
So the Government want all children to know the times tables, learn some poetry off by heart and to be learning a foreign language by the time they leave primary school.
Last updated 14 June 2012
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So Jedward and Will.i.am are more deserving?
I’m going to bang on about the Olympic torch again and the ‘qualifications’ needed to carry it.
Last updated 7 June 2012
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Red, white and blue I can feel proud of
If anyone has been missing their daily dose of royal action over the past 24 hours, fear not.
Last updated 7 June 2012
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Our weekend touched with sadness
It wasn't jubilation and joy for everyone this weekend.
Last updated 7 June 2012
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Metal thieves bring the blues to Ireby festival
Summer officially starts this weekend in the Green household.
Last updated 31 May 2012
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Pie protests – so very British
I’ve no idea what sort of chaos and mayhem will be caused at the Leveson inquiry today as Jeremy Hunt gives evidence.
Last updated 31 May 2012
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Will.i.am? That’s flaming shameful
So, the Olympic torch has finally arrived and has begun its stately and dignified tour round the nation.
Last updated 24 May 2012
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Keeping fit despite a remote control
I’d like to pay tribute to two men who had a huge influence on my formative years.
Last updated 24 May 2012
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Treat Cumbria with a little more respect
Should we have a highly radioactive waste repository in Cumbria?
Last updated 24 May 2012
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Swipe my idea and ensure every little helps
I’m not a big fan of all these club card loyalty swipe things that all the supermarkets and major stores run.
Last updated 17 May 2012
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Here’s something to moan about Joanie
Once I got over the shock of being able to travel abroad and fly on a plane higher than the clouds, I started to hate airports.
Last updated 17 May 2012
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How to save our shops
Last week I wrote about the closure of Hoopers and the general decline of shopping in Carlisle city centre.
Last updated 17 May 2012
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Weetabix – sweet ‘n’ sour style
The end of civilisation as we know it, part 397...
Last updated 10 May 2012
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