The Narrow View by Natasha Gorbert-Hopkins

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Narrow View: A lot of canal and a long time to see it

This week, my best friend celebrated her birthday by forcing myself and some of her friends from work to go for dinner with her. She had to tempt us with pancakes. It worked.Read

Narrow View: Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer festivals

The month of May is almost upon us, with the promise of sunny days and summer close behind. It is also apparently the month chosen for local canal festivals.Read

Columnists

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Bm@il: Five years of our lives summed up in keywords

WELL, it’s time to celebrate (or apologise) for half a decade of Bm@ils – that’s roughly 250 columns and about 84,000 words since 2008. Hmm, enough for a book…Read

Baby Bite #9

A DAY from hell. Charlotte woke at 1am with fever and cold. Crying, vomiting, sneezing and coughing - I had it all.Read

Film

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Film Reviews: Brosnon stars in Love is all You Need

In her recent films, Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier has meditated on the ability of the human spirit to endure all-consuming grief.Read

The Place beyond the Pines

The sins of fathers are revisited upon the sons in Derek Cianfrance’s doom-laden triptych, which reunites the award-winning writer-director with his Blue Valentine star, Ryan Gosling.Read

Business Briefing

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Business Briefing: A mixed outlook with confident patches

Feeling better? The evidence from our latest local business survey suggests that whilst confidence is improving, the picture is patchy when it comes to actual sales and real investment.Read

Business Briefing: 'The name's Bond. Corporate Bond.'

Not all businesses can go to the bank if they want a loan, but many do not realise that they have an alternative lending source on the doorstep: their customers.Read