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		<title>Observatory Street is a study in pastels</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THIS IS A SNAP of Observatory Street, close to Jericho, North Oxford.

It&#8217;s called Observatory Street because it&#8217;s close to the observatory and the rather surprising Tower of the Winds, based on the tower in Athens.
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		<title>More of the dancing in the British Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Garden &amp; Cosmos: The Natha Sampradaya revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE BRITISH MUSEUM has a whole season of exhibitions and events about India – it calls this its “Indian Summer” – an expression that in English usually applies to unseasonally nice weather rather later in the year, like “fall” or Autumn as we Brits call it.
I visited the British Museum today to see its “Garden [...]<br /><a href='http://volesoft.com/2009/07/04/garden-cosmos-the-natha-sampradaya-revisited/'><img width='160' height='120' src='http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/5cWzlTKG/dscn3692.thumbnail.jpg' /> </a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volesoft.com&blog=3057389&post=1259&subd=madmikemagee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monty tells of strange Indian tales</title>
		<link>http://volesoft.com/2009/07/03/monty-tells-of-strange-indian-tales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;M REALLY enjoying reading Monty&#8217;s  (Paul Munford) Indian Outlook.
I worked with Monty years back at Castle Despair, or VNU UK as it then described herself.  Monty is on a sabbatical in India for a year, and he&#8217;s up to issue number 34 right now.
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		<title>Lights go out at Personal Computer World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TO THE CLACHAN in Kingly Street to attend the wake of British magazine Personal Computer World (PCW).
Practically every hack that worked for the mag over the years was there &#8211; Guy Kewney, Simon Crisp, Barry Fox, Manek Dubash, Clive Akass &#8211; heck the packed gig was full of people and I was there because I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volesoft.com&blog=3057389&post=1248&subd=madmikemagee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vandals wreck my mate&#8217;s place</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEAGUE SAMANTHA ROSE HUNT was trying to get some piece and quiet today, but that was turned into chaos after an excavator dug the ground so violently that eight windows shattered. Lots of pieces, no peace.
She is not very happy about this, and has documented the vandalism at this Picasa place.
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		<title>Randy Furr? You couldn&#8217;t make it up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YOU COULDN&#8217;T MAKE IT UP. And we didn&#8217;t.
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		<title>The Robin fledgling is dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I FOUND the body of the little Robin fledgling in my back yard yesterday. I feel quite cut up about it.
The Robin family in the ivy haven&#8217;t lost everything &#8211; there&#8217;s at least two more little robinistic creatures flying around and cheeping the cheep that means: &#8220;Parents, bring food!&#8221;
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		<title>Culture clubs around my yard</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IT&#8217;S A LOVELY little street, North Parade &#8211; and today was the day of the summer fair, complete with Morris dancers, a string quartet, and shops and stalls along the street.
This string quartet before was a particular delight, with the four young but very accomplished players entertaining passers-by and yours truly. Pictured in the back, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volesoft.com&blog=3057389&post=1230&subd=madmikemagee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Robins fledge &#8211; a living nightmare</title>
		<link>http://volesoft.com/2009/06/19/robins-fledge-a-living-nightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I WAS TRYING to work for TG Daily today but when I went out into my little back garden space a strange sight awaited me.
This little fledgling, probably a bit up more in intelligence than a bee, was gazing at me, wondering what was going to happen to it.
I hadn&#8217;t a clue myself &#8211; the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=volesoft.com&blog=3057389&post=1227&subd=madmikemagee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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