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So long, London: Keep calm and carry on packing
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Friday, 27 August 2010. Keep calm and carry on packing. Even though I have been dreaming of a move back north for months, now it is almost here there is a real danger of my brain reducing to mush. I am Susan Boyle on finals night of Britain’s Got Talent, about to flash a chubby leg at Piers Morgan before being carted off to the Priory. The idea is appealing. 29 August 2010 at 04:00. So glad you have not said so lo...
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So long, London: March 2010
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Tuesday, 30 March 2010. At 6am I was still trying to convince myself that sleep was seconds away. But it wasn't and I didn't. The gentle sound of bird song made me want to reach for a slingshot. To be honest, you can. Walk of the vile side. Monday, 29 March 2010. Cumbrian. all 'Yareet marra? Yan tan tethera' and all that. Went to the Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall and saw the Arctic Monkeys and ...
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So long, London: May 2010
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Monday, 31 May 2010. My week off has been spent sofabed and spare room hopping across the north, via a few bathroom floors along the way. I give her a not-so-subtle shove back to the Irishman and initiate a phone number exchange. In the cold light of day they agree to go on a date. I wonder if I could relaunch myself as a matchmaker. Then I reason a job watering plants might have fewer repercussions. After 4 hours...
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So long, London: Hanging on the telephone
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Tuesday, 17 August 2010. Hanging on the telephone. Watched pots do boil. I have watched some. Watched phones, on the other hand, refuse to ring. 8217; He nods. 8217; I am thinking. He is telling me he will send something-and-something out in the post to me. I forget to ask start dates. I have a job in the north. I am getting out of London. 17 August 2010 at 15:34. This is great news! 26 August 2010 at 06:13. Hangi...
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So long, London: Things I will not miss..
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Tuesday, 7 September 2010. Things I will not miss. It is 2am and I am standing by a bus stop in Shepherd’s Bush, blind without glasses, crippled by high heels and with a mobile phone that has just given up on life. I am considering joining it. 7 September 2010 at 15:01. What a post (again). *thumbs up*, again. 8 September 2010 at 05:58. Are you sure you live in London and not South Phoenix? Things I will not miss.
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So long, London: Don't get the London look
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Thursday, 12 August 2010. Don't get the London look. Tops, dresses, trousers and skirts are dangling from hangers off every door in my flat. They are ironed – something of a novelty as I normally try to walk out the creases in my clothes. These almost-outfits are the culmination of my interview preparation. And I still don't know what I'll be wearing on the day. Even my time spent in colourful Brighton, with its C...
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So long, London: August 2010
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Friday, 27 August 2010. Keep calm and carry on packing. Even though I have been dreaming of a move back north for months, now it is almost here there is a real danger of my brain reducing to mush. I am Susan Boyle on finals night of Britain’s Got Talent, about to flash a chubby leg at Piers Morgan before being carted off to the Priory. The idea is appealing. Tuesday, 17 August 2010. Hanging on the telephone. Watch...
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So long, London: July 2010
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Saturday, 31 July 2010. Foot in the door. There is something sweet in the air. It is the faint whiff of a job. It is coming from the direction of Yorkshire, from a place that is the opposite of London. I get the call about the job while looking through a rail of half-price bras at Marks and Spencers. The man calling me is the man hiring. I could be talking to my future boss. 8216;Have I called at a bad time? My fe...
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So long, London: Treat treatment
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So long, London. A northerner tries to make sense of London. While attempting to escape it. Wednesday, 1 September 2010. 8216;You should,’ says Special Agent Dale Cooper when asked why he is drinking coffee instead of hunting killers, ‘treat yourself to one thing each day.’. These are wise words, even if they are said by someone who is friends with a dwarf who talks backwards. (Watch Twin Peaks if you haven’t.). I am high on treats. 6 September 2010 at 20:27. I hate the aftermath of treat buying, that fu...