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Distinguish mark
Distinguish mark

Growing up was hard. I was (and still am, just) a ginger…

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Gary Bastin26 February 2025
Don't take away my music
Don't take away my music

We would listen every Sunday night to the Top 40 played on Radio 1…

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Gary Bastin19 February 2025
Partnership
Partnership

I remember the occasion as we were the only two in the theatre…

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Gary Bastin12 February 2025
Unnoticed
Unnoticed

It was unique, different and probably rather warm…

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Gary Bastin5 February 2025
That one thing
That one thing

They were three of the world’s richest men…

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Gary Bastin29 January 2025
Have a good day
Have a good day

Our conversation is pretty much the same each week…

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Gary Bastin22 January 2025
a strange mix
a strange mix

A Scottish fish and chip shop did something rather odd…

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Gary Bastin15 January 2025
The Real Deal
The Real Deal

It was valued at an eye-watering £1,000,000…

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Gary Bastin8 January 2025
Happy New Year
Happy New Year

I’ve stopped staying up until midnight…

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Gary Bastin1 January 2025
Christmas Joy?
Christmas Joy?

Is Joy just a Christmas feeling…

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Gary Bastin26 December 2024
O Holy Child of Bethlehem
O Holy Child of Bethlehem

I have done all my Christmas shopping…

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Gary Bastin18 December 2024
Christmas lights
Christmas lights

I plugged them in, and to my amazement they all worked…

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Gary Bastin11 December 2024
Band Aid at 40
Band Aid at 40

It’s 40 years since ‘Do they know it’s Christmas?’ was recorded…

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Gary Bastin4 December 2024
Manifest
Manifest

Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year for 2024 is…

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Gary Bastin27 November 2024
Tongue taming
Tongue taming

A disagreement had broken out and turned nasty…

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Gary Bastin20 November 2024
Remember
Remember

It can happen to me in the middle of the night…

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Gary Bastin13 November 2024
Help!
Help!

These days I avoid it, wherever I can…

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Gary Bastin6 November 2024
Life after death
Life after death

They were not afraid of death…

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Gary Bastin30 October 2024
Marathon
Marathon

This peanut filled snack is being branded as a ‘retro’ edition…

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Gary Bastin23 October 2024
Tuned in
Tuned in

God spoke to her and told her to go to our church…

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Gary Bastin16 October 2024
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The Sarum Hill Centre, Sarum Hill,
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