Planning a Greek trip

Posted by Ellee on Apr 26, 2007 in updates | 18 comments I would like to take my mother Loula to Greece for a week next month, back to Thessaloniki, her birthplace. I’m planning to book a hotel via the internet and wondered which online site you would recommend for flights. I doubt I will be as lucky as Maalie and find a 1p flight which he has paid each way for a trip to Finland (read the comments). One of my favourite films is Shirley...
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Green is the new black

Posted by Ellee on Apr 26, 2007 in updates | 13 comments Who says celebrity endorsement doesn’t work?  I would have liked one of these £5 eco-friendly bleached cotton shopping bags too, but there was no way  I was going to get up early and queue,  even if Reese Witherspoon, Lily Allen and Alicia Silverstone carry them around. I’m delighted that these bags carry a simple green message to encourage the...
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Tears of joy turn to tears of sorrow

Posted by Ellee on Apr 26, 2007 in Uncategorized | 6 comments I send my deepest sympathy to our fearless campaigning MP Richard Bacon whose tears of ecstatic joy have turned to tears of unimaginable sorrow within the space of two days. On Monday, Richard’s wife gave Victoria gave birth to their first child. Tragically, his mother-in-law Elizabeth Panton died yesterday on a visit to see their baby son Rollo in a horrific accident. Doctors...
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