Hackette in Colchester

Last time I was in Colchester I was a teenager, now I'm a mum of two and freelance journalist fresh from the streets of Hackney, trying to rediscover my roots. Or something.

Thursday, 20 October 2011

Books on the loose

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I signed up for the Bookcrossing site back in 2003, excited by the idea that you could release books into the wild and track their journey ...

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Friday, 14 October 2011

Freelancing and blogging: a question

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I have a confession. This is not my only blog. I actually have three. One is buried in the mists of time and no-one will ever retrieve it, b...

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Friday, 7 October 2011

Story sabotage

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HackneyChild usually demands stories on the way to nursery. I have invented, or rather adapted from a game I used to play with my cousins, s...

Thursday, 6 October 2011

WATTER!!!

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HackneyBaby calls all beverages "water", in the same way I am told by Scottish-born Hackney_bloke that all drinks north of the bor...

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Tuesday, 27 September 2011

It's like having the South Bank in Colchester

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Kind of. Well, we paid a visit to Firstsite , Colchester's new, much-delayed, way-over-budget shiny golden arts centre, on its opening ...

"Which way should the money go? Top discs or Oxfam?"

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One of the hazards of moving into a bigger house is you get back all the boxes that your long-suffering parents have been looking after for ...

Friday, 23 September 2011

Not what you want for your birthday

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It's not actually HackneyBoy's birthday for another month, but he received a big card through the post today. A big cheery card, wit...

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