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The bad baker’s guide to making macaroons

February 26, 2014 Joanne Mallon 1

Go to France. Eat a lot of macaroons. They will call them macarons but don’t get a bug up your ass about this.  Become so […]

New feature about fear of driving

February 7, 2014 Joanne Mallon 2

Just wanted to let you know that I have a new feature about fear of driving published over here at Welldoing. It covers what it […]

Adventures in time and space and Cardiff

January 31, 2014 Joanne Mallon 13

A few years ago we went on a Doctor Who locations walking tour around Cardiff, and it was so much fun we wanted to do […]

When you lose a freelance contract

January 22, 2014 Joanne Mallon 2

What to do when you lose a freelance contract

The good, the bad and the meh of health and fitness apps

January 14, 2014 Joanne Mallon 21

Use of health and fitness apps is on the up, and nowhere more so than on my phone. It’s all part of the Quantified Self […]

Confessions of a bad blogger

January 8, 2014 Joanne Mallon 0

I didn’t post for about 3 weeks, but I don’t think anybody noticed. I even took my children on outings and ~ whispers ~ didn’t […]

Betty Blue – what happened to you?

December 3, 2013 Joanne Mallon 1

  The French film Betty Blue was one of the major successes of 1986 cinema, yet it doesn’t seem to have retained much public affection, […]

Missing Who Already

December 1, 2013 Joanne Mallon 2

Has it really been a week since the Day of the Doctor? Last Saturday we went to the Excel centre in London for the Doctor […]

Fifteens – a recipe for people who can’t bake

November 17, 2013 Joanne Mallon 7

  I brought you back a present from Belfast. Fifteens are a traditional Northern Irish recipe, origin unknown. No actual baking and hardly any measuring […]

Mumsnet’s BlogFest: A retrospective

November 12, 2013 Joanne Mallon 6

  “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” ― Gloria Steinem   “Never go to bed mad. Stay up […]

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