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		<title>A  Spring morning&#8217;s walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 10:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life has its way of providing food for thought &#8211; sometimes more than it is reasonable to expect a person to digest. And much as a good walk can provide suitable repair after a heavy dinner, so a walk is often the best way to get one&#8217;s head around the various challenges that life throws [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2210&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>70 years since five famous adventurers made their debut</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 70 years since Enid Blyton&#8217;s Famous  Five made their debut in Five on a Treasure Island. I remember reading those novels voraciously as a youngster, determined that when I was exploring castles, such as Raglan and Bodiam, I would also find gold and be an adventurer. It wasn&#8217;t all harmony, though, probably as they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2204&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Favourite BGT 2012 #2: Ashleigh and Pudsey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is simply astounding. What is going on in that dog&#8217;s little brain? Tagged: bgt, bgt 2012, britain's got talent, dance, dog<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2202&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Favourite BGT 2012 #1: Charlotte and Jonathan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally Britain&#8217;s Got Talent throws up some great moments. This is an occasional series of some of my favourites. First up is Charlotte and Jonathan: Tagged: bgt, britain's got talent, charlotte and jonathan, music, singing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2200&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More tea genius</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote before about Twinings &#8220;Gets you back to you&#8221; advert. I like my tea and I love simple, affecting advertising. And am clearly feeling sentimental again. Here&#8217;s Twining&#8217;s second advert. Not quite as good as the first, but still good:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2195&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To infinity and beyond: Lego&#8217;s final frontier?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who missed it last month, this is one Romanian teenager&#8217;s astonishing and, in a strange way, deeply affecting tribute to the wonder of space exploration and the demise of the shuttle programme. On 31st December, 2011, Oaida Raul, who has always been fascinated by space exploration (Bob and I know a thing or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2185&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The trouble with words</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of The Poke comes this little gem, designed by G. Nolst Trenité to test your pronunciation of English. There are a couple of challenging moments, even for those of us who like to think of ourselves modestly as master word smiths. Good luck! If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2181&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wooden wonder &#8211; Levi van Veluw&#8217;s new automata</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automata are non-electronic moving machines that, in ancient times, were used either as toys, or idols or to demonstrate basic scientific principles. Art and design website Colossal carries images and a video of Dutch artist Levi van Veluw&#8217;s newest creation, in wood (originally sourced from Faith Is Torment). There is something fascinating and beautiful about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2176&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kodak: harking back to a golden &#8211; or rather silvered &#8211; era</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is sometimes shocking to sit and think how quickly technology has come on in just a few short years. Photography is something I have always enjoyed, being brought up on Dad&#8217;s slides and even his own attempts to create a dark room in the attic. I remember my first Kodak camera with its stacked, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2168&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Scooby Doo to the human beat-box and Queen of the Night: the stunning versatility of the human voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often spend my Sunday evenings soaked in wine and good conversation, some beautiful opera or song playing as the fire crackles and the chatter fades away to a more melancholic reflection. Such moments reveal the beauty and versatility of the human voice. It&#8217;s an instrument you can take anywhere to entertain and enthrall. Whether [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fragmentsandreflections.me&#038;blog=11028617&#038;post=2159&#038;subd=fragandref&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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