From issue 17 (spring 2010) of esprit, the full-colour mag for members of Lincolnshire Co-operative, a classic typo. For those without a modern graphically enhanced browser, it reads thus:
Shaken by earthquakes…struck by lightening…having stood the test of time for nigh on 1,000 years…today Lincoln Cathedral needs your help!
I guess that’s what comes of paying one’s [...]

Dotsey Villa (our ‘umble abode) has no front lawn — unless you count the five-foot-wide strip along the roadside at ground level, which is hacked/mown approximately once a month by a crack team of council hitmen. Technically, though, this stretch of urban greenery belongs (if it belongs to anybody) to the downstairs tenants, and they’re [...]

‘Museum of Life‘ (BBC2, Thursday evenings) is a fascinating and absorbing series, showing what goes on behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum. It soon becomes clear that the museum’s work has far more relevance to the ‘real’ outside world than most of us might suppose.
A new natural menace was revealed on last week’s [...]

“Lawn’s looking smart,” said Shana, reminding me what a cracking job she’d made of the mowing yesterday afternoon. (We have at last managed to bring our tussock patch under control.)
“Yeah. Looks like the professionals have been working on it,” I said, unashamedly ‘bigging up’ Shana’s horticultural skills. (Note: it never hurts to heap praise upon [...]