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Tracey Smith on Newsnight Tonight?

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish Media, Rubbish news, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , , , , , , on 3 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I might well have been, had I lived closer to the centre of the universe (London that is). Late this afternoon, I received an invitation to appear on tonight’s Newsnight on the BBC; it seems they’re going to be talking a load of old rubbish…

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(Rubbish) Free Easter egg hunts on organic farms: reserve a place now!

Posted in Rubbish news, tagged , , , , , , on 16 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »

What better way to spend Easter than on a family-friendly egg hunt on an organic farm? Choco experts Green & Blacks are giving away 5,000 dark and milk chocolate eggs to smooth the way for the Soil Association-organised events, most of which are completely free – that’s my kinda afternoon out….

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There’s gonna be a jail break!

Posted in Rubbish news, tagged , , , , on 12 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Don’t panic, it’s all for charity! You know, a good downshifter loves to practice their ‘blagging skills’… To that end, I thought you might like to hear about Jail Break 2010 from my good friend, Olly Joseph. What does £10 buy? A cinema ticket, a CD, a couple gallons of fuel maybe? Or on 27 [...]

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From the lovely John Naish on The Landfill Prize!

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish activism, Rubbish events, Rubbish news, tagged , , , , , , , , on 6 January 2010 | 2 Comments »

Golf club-shaped urinal, anyone? Motorised ice-cream cone holder? In the depths of the global crunch, why would anyone want to waste precious money on pointless junk that ends up in the trashcan after a couple of uses? But sales of consumer nonsense are still rocketing – stuff such as wand-shaped TV remote controls, desk-top hoovers, [...]

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The Conclusion of My Great North Swim

Posted in NACOA, Rubbish celebrities, Rubbish news, tagged , , , on 15 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Not the most fetching of outfits I know, but here’s me in my neoprene wetsuit, getting ready to depart for Lake Windermere to take part in the second Great North Swim. It was the inaugural GNS at Windermere that took place last September that first hooked me in. In 2008, around 2,000 competitors swam a [...]

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Oh, There’s So Much To Catch Up On!

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish news, tagged , on 15 December 2009 | 1 Comment »

And only one lifetime to do it – eek! Hi all – delighted to be back blogging again on The Book of Rubbish Ideas. After a rock and roll of a summer (well, as much as being an author can ‘be’ rock and roll of course) doing literary festivals around the country, evaluating and playing [...]

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What on Earth’s an Earthship?

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish activism, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, Rubbish news, Rubbish products, tagged , , , , on 1 August 2009 | 1 Comment »

I love hearing from people who are doing amazing things to protect and care for our present and future environments for the generations yet to come. I genuinely feel very excited to be one of many optimistic green activists, at a pivotal point in earth’s history; we are the generation that will make incredible positive [...]

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I’ve Got Rubbish ‘Ways With Words’

Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish Q&A, Rubbish celebrities, Rubbish events, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, Rubbish news, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 12 July 2009 | 9 Comments »

Of all the Literary Festivals I’ve appeared at this year, Ways With Words at the beautiful Dartington Hall in Totnes is the one that has given me the biggest squidgy feeling in the pit of my stomach. The annual festival takes place from July 10-19 at Dartington Hall in South Devon and my slot is carved into [...]

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Look ‘Inside’ The Book of Rubbish Ideas!

Posted in Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish news, Sample pages, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , , on 29 June 2009 | 2 Comments »

Ooh! I nipped on Amazon this morning (as you do) and The Book of Rubbish Ideas popped up (as it does) and there’s a new ‘sneaky peek inside the book’ thingie widget to play with…! (How sad – so easily pleased…) Anyway, I thought perhaps new readers to the blog might like to have a [...]

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Hair today, gone tomorrow and other things…

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish Media, Rubbish celebrities, Rubbish events, Rubbish news, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 16 June 2009 | 10 Comments »

Afternoon all and sundry. After many happy years of gert lush long hair flapping about in any sort of a wind, I decided to have it all lopped off. It was a decision I took a few weeks ago and I thought I’d just kick it around a bit before heading for the scissors to [...]

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