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TOP FIVE CHRISTMAS FILMS
After a month on tour I woke up this morning in my own bed, London grey and gloomy, hanging around outside the window like a miserable teenager, and a mountain of dirty washing on my floor. It's good...
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RELUCTANT PARTY OUTFIT
When I was younger I used to love the December editions of magazines. The party ones. Not that I was going to parties that much, I was only about 13 (so I'm talking about Sugar magazine here), but I...
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MY TEN FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONGS
Tonight we're playing a Christmas show at New Slang in Kingston. Feel free to come on down - it's not that far from London, I promise. We're going to be doing some of our songs mixed in with some...
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GLOW IN THE DARK NIKES
Were you one of those kids who had glow in the dark stars all over their ceiling? Are you still one of those kids? I was. I used to pretend I had a skylight and was looking up at the cosmos. Oh man,...
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MY MINCE PIE RECIPE
My grandma used to make perfect mince pies. Elegant, with a uniform shape. Fluffy, light pastry, and filling that oozed out gently when you took a bite. Nowadays I'm the one in our family who makes...
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BLACK, WHITE, PURPLE AND MONKI
During the last week of our European tour I left the van and went to Copenhagen on my own for a dreamy day off. While there I paid a visit to the PR offices of Monki, the makers of some of my current...
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RADIO I LOVE: 'SHORT CUTS'
Christmas is the perfect time to do so many things - eat, sleep, argue with loved ones - but it's also the ideal time to catch up on TV & radio you've missed over the year. One of the things I...
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CHRISTMAS BANQUET
Last week we played a show in Kingston, which is pretty much our shared home town as Jeremy and I both grew up around there. The show was for New Slang, a clubnight run by Jon Tolley of Banquet...
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STYLE DISSECTION: MY SO-CALLED LIFE
My So-Called Life, the 90's TV series starring an insanely young Claire Danes, was emotional nourishment for my pre-teen soul. There was only ever one season, but it remains one of the most perfect...
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FILMS FILMS FILMS
My favourite pursuit, besides eating and sleeping, is going to to the cinema. I can't get enough of it; I would happily go every day. I frequently go twice a day. That sounds obsessive, but it's a...
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MY SO-CALLED OUTFITS
Happy New Year! I've been holed up with shingles for the past few days, which has been AWESOME (not). But it has meant I've had time to pull together some 'My So-Called Life' inspired outfits after...
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JAWS + PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA + MEADHAM KIRCHHOFF
A couple of days ago Jeremy and I went to Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square to see 'Jaws'. Neither of us had seen it before because we're fools, and the idea of seeing it at one of our...
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FAITH ERIN HICKS
Faith Erin Hicks is a brilliant cartoonist. I'm slowly collecting everything she's worked on that's in print ('The Adventures of Superhero Girl' is next on the list), and her Tumblr and website are...
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TOOK MY MONKI FOR A WALK
It's time to go back to work, isn't it. I know, believe me, I know. But before/while we're doing that, can we do some more holiday/festive things and pretend it's still December? Stuff like seeing...
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STYLE DISSECTION: 'THIS IS ENGLAND'
OK, so this piece should actually be titled Style Dissection: 'This Is England' and 'This Is England 86', but that just isn't as catchy, and you guys should know - when it comes to titling I am ALL...
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CHOCOLATE MOUSSE RECIPE
Everyone loves chocolate mousse, right? It reminds us of being children. (Do you remember the Rolo mousse with caramel at the bottom? Do they still make them? Oh god, they do.) Anyway, this is a...
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PEOPLE I KNOW
'People I Know' is the wonderful web comic by Timothy Winchester. I first started reading it a couple of years ago and ever since then it's been one of my dailies. It's so funny and sweet, and...
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THIS IS ENGLAND INSPIRED
So last week I did a style dissection of 'This Is England', mainly Lol's outfits, and this weekend I tried wearing something similar. So, boots, a wool overcoat, a short sleeved shirt, and braces....
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TV I WILL BE WATCHING IN 2014
Is it too late to be doing, "it's a new year, let's talk about things that we're going to do/see/be in this new year and then not do that for any other months, you know, those months when we just live...
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WINTER SUN AND CHERRY BLOSSOM
We were lucky enough to have a couple of moments of winter sunshine the last couple of weeks, so while I feel like this outfit is really summer dressing, I've decided I'm justified in wearing it now....
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