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Christmas headlines
Christmas headlines

I wonder what the headlines would be today…

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Gary Bastin24 December 2025
Light of the world
Light of the world

Christmas lights seem to make the houses sparkle…

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Gary Bastin17 December 2025
That Christmas Feeling
That Christmas Feeling

When we had finished I was feeling ‘Christmassy’…

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Gary Bastin10 December 2025
Waiting
Waiting

The hall filled up with very excited children wearing Christmas jumpers…

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Gary Bastin3 December 2025
Taming the tongue
Taming the tongue

We decided to do a short punchy sketch on the power of the tongue…

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Gary Bastin26 November 2025
Deeds
Deeds

I thought, that’s it, we are in the run up to Christmas now…

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Gary Bastin19 November 2025
Mullet
Mullet

When I was a teenager, mullets were very cool, so I grew one…

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Gary Bastin12 November 2025
Rediscover
Rediscover

Recently I did a dangerous thing…

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Gary Bastin5 November 2025
Philemon
Philemon

I wanted to be Luke Skywalker and Superman…

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Gary Bastin29 October 2025
Friendship
Friendship

We find changes in personal relationships within seven years…

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Gary Bastin22 October 2025
17 months
17 months

Last Tuesday was a monumental day in our Connect Group…

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Gary Bastin15 October 2025
Welcome distraction?
Welcome distraction?

No sooner had I finished the second cup, they filled it again…

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Gary Bastin8 October 2025
Siblings
Siblings

As she was the older sibling, she was in charge…

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Gary Bastin1 October 2025
Swaporama
Swaporama

It was a Saturday morning and the BBC launched it’s new show…

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Gary Bastin24 September 2025
Beyond
Beyond

They elevated people into something ‘beyond’ the everyday…

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Gary Bastin17 September 2025
MOT
MOT

There are some areas that I can check in my life…

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Gary Bastin10 September 2025
The apple tree
The apple tree

We sat in the shade of an apple tree, laden with fruit…

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Gary Bastin3 September 2025
The band and the body
The band and the body

I would hit them hard and create grooves…

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Gary Bastin27 August 2025
Stubborn
Stubborn

I had to stay at the table until I had eaten it…

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Gary Bastin20 August 2025
Thirsty?
Thirsty?

I went to the kitchen and drank two pints of water…

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Gary Bastin13 August 2025
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The Sarum Hill Centre, Sarum Hill,
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