Charlotte Reid

Category: Fun stuff

  • Foodie findings in April

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    Food and drink are two of the most important things in life, and I think they are much better when they aren’t taken too seriously. I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting foods, so here’s a roundup of the fun food related things I found this month. Baking madness If you want to…

  • Sewing for beginners

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    Sometimes I am amazed at how susceptible I am to television. The Great British Sewing Bee started on BBC Two soon after Easter. The show is similar to the Great British Bake Off, but instead of best bakes they are looking for Britain’s top amateur sewer. The contestants have a number of challenges to show…

  • Hollywood’s hunger

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    Paul Hollywood likes to stare. It’s a wonder he manages to make any bread in between all the staring. Yet he does, and he now has his own BBC cookery show to tell us how to make bread too. Each week Hollywood offers up a different slice of bread history and culture. In the first…

  • Guardian TV tweet along

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    All week the Guardian’s TV section have been using their Twitter account to tweet their evening of telly watching. As well as a chance to review shows in 140 characters it has been an opportunity to chat to people who are all watching the same telly at the same time. Then the morning after all…

  • Testing out Ocqur again

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  • Liveblogging a pizza delivery

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    Tried out a beta test of Ocqur and decided to be highly serious. It was easy to use and great fun to make it conversational as it is easy to embed content too.

  • Growing your own

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    Since moving into my own home and not having to negotiate the student lifestyle inside my home I have started to grow my own vegetables. I began this ill fated adventure in August and fully expected them to not even begin growing as even though I was growing basil, tomatoes and peppers indoors even I…