Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Best cottages to visit this Christmas
It’s Christmas and it’s time to do something special with your family. Have you ever considered searching holiday cottages UK to do something really unique? There are so many fabulous places in the United Kingdom, so why not drop one a visit during the festive season? I know what you’re thinking, it’s impossible to pick…
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You know you’re posh when….
Apparently, according to my mate, who rubs shoulders with the likes of Meg Matthews (Noel Gallagher’s ex), you’re posh if you have Molten Brown products in your bathroom. I have finally arrived, thanks to an early Christmas Gift from Molton Brown. Before long I’ll be driving a Landrover that’ll never see any mud, shopping at…
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Slow Cooker Chicken Stock
I’m usually to lazy to make chicken stock as it always seemed like quite a faff, but someone suggested doing it in the slow cooker and it was so easy. Ingredients: 1 chicken carcass 2 carrots – roughly chopped no need to peel 1 tsp of celery salt (could use real celery) 1 onion –…
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Slow Cooker Damson Mulled Wine
This recipe originated from the BBC Good Food 101 Slow cooker favourites but I didn’t have any sloe gin and my neighbour kindly offered me some Damson Gin. I’ve never seen a Sloe berry or Damson, but according to Google ‘Damsons are about twice the size of sloes and usually sweet enough to eat, like…
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At what age do children become self conscious of how they look?
Firstly, I must preface that this has nothing to do with the particular parent, child or their parenting skills. It could have been any child even my own. We were at a Christmas party on the weekend. There was a pretty little 4-year old girl in a lovely party dress. She accidentally spilled a glass…
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