TALK OF THE TIMES with Vivienne Patterson
Money talks, so let’s make sure we shout loud enough
WHAT a wonderful weekend of music and happy people we enjoyed in Maryport last weekend.
Last updated 29 July 2010
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Wonderful weirdness of the worldwide web
WWW. That’s weird, wonderful and worrying
Last updated 1 July 2010
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Trying to figure out the results of this budget
THE devil, they say, is in the detail – but can someone please guide me to the detail because I sure as heck can’t find it!
Last updated 24 June 2010
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West Cumbria will survive these tragedies
Workington MP Tony Cunningham told me he had been in a pub this week where he’d heard someone make a comment that has stayed with him.
Last updated 10 June 2010
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Youngsters’ best means of support is each other
MY DEFAULT position as a column writer is to talk about kids.
Last updated 3 June 2010
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Treat your man like a man - buy him a high-power hose
THIS Bank Holiday I am going to ensure that my husband feels twice the man he usually is; I am going to let him clean my car as well as his own.
Last updated 27 May 2010
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Free speech, and your right not to be offended
WHEN I was a teenager I got involved with a group of fervent evangelical Christians in South Africa. (1 comment)
Last updated 20 May 2010
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Let the wisdom of age not forget young idealism and changing the world
NEVER mind the party – I’m voting for the kids!
Last updated 6 May 2010
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Erupting in anger at our greedy insurance firms
I AM writing this last Thursday, so who knows what might have happened in the ensuing week.
Last updated 29 April 2010
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History is our story, and I’m old enough to be part of it!
DID you know that the Berlin Wall was built in the same year that Coco Pops were launched on the world, in 1961?
Last updated 22 April 2010
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You might find General Elections a bit of a joke but use your vote
MY HUSBAND remembers everything that he has ever read and absolutely nothing he has ever told me.
Last updated 15 April 2010
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Ask the questions and get the facts before you react
MY SISTER told me about the child of one of her colleagues who could apparently see dead people.
Last updated 8 April 2010
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It can help not admitting to your strong convictions
PART of the Easter story tells how Jesus predicted that Peter would deny knowing him.
Last updated 1 April 2010
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No need to apologise, Tiger – you don’t belong to us
NO MAN is an island, but I wish we could sometimes aspire to be at least a little private yard.
Last updated 25 March 2010
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Kanga versus Eeyore in the philosophy of life
WHEN my kids were little I used to constantly pray for two things – that they were healthy and that they were happy.
Last updated 18 March 2010
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No one gets out of here alive, so just deal with it
“HEALTH” and “safety” used to be aspirations; they were what we wanted for our families, our friends and ourselves.
Last updated 11 March 2010
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Imponderable questions of life – and quiet news days
IF THEY can make no-tears shampoo for children, does that mean they add a tear ingredient to adult shampoo?
Last updated 4 March 2010
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I have so much to worry about because of soaps
NO COLUMNIST worth her salt would shy away from tackling the big issues of the day – which is why I have only one thing to say.
Last updated 25 February 2010
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How about all working together for the town?
I’VE never believed that all politicians and all councillors are tarred with the same self-important, power-seeking brush. (2 comments)
Last updated 18 February 2010
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Freedom of worship can be a two-edged sword
IS BRITAIN a Christian country? Is the Queen still the defender of the Faith?
Last updated 11 February 2010
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