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Back to school
First published in the East Anglian Daily Times In a few days it begins again. The mad morning dash to the school gates, the multiple bags, projects, permission slips, payments and nit combs. We can hardly wait. Don’t get me wrong, this summer (the first summer holiday proper for my five-year-old) has been brilliant –…
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Parenting websites aren’t just for mums
First published in The Telegraph It’s half past three in the morning and after two hours of trying to coax the youngest back to her bed, I’ve admitted defeat. Sitting cross-legged on the sofa with her duvet tucked under her chin, she is watching an endless stream of Peppa Pig while I sit staring…
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A belated Father’s Day
This Father’s Day I’m expecting my children to come up trumps. And by that, I don’t mean they’ll be breaking open their poorly-funded piggy banks to get their old man a new watch or one of the umpteen books I’ve been making subtle hints to their mum about for the past month. No, I hope…
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Back to the drawing board
First published in The Telegraph So, Mr Nasty has gone nice. Simon Cowell has been nominated for his parenting skills, just months after his girlfriend Lauren Silverman gave birth to Eric. The music mogul will face stiff competition to land the Marvel Celebrity Dad of the Year prize, previously held by red-top and tax-man darling Gary Barlow. Also…
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More than a cup
It’s an important day. Not only do the team I’ve followed for most of my 33 years face their best chance of silverware for a decade, but crucially their victory (God-willing) could prove to be the point my son becomes a fan. Despite being dressed up in the ‘I dribble for Arsenal’ baby grow and…
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Banning guns
I still remember him now. His ice-cold stare, the raised scar on one cheek and his woolly jumpsuit with matching hat and pom-pom. My Action Man was a double-hard killing machine, even if Granny did make his clothes. Together we launched dawn-till-dusk raids, carried out despicable atrocities and violated at least one peace-time treaty with…
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Hello and sorry
Apologies. I know – there is more jabber in the world than is strictly tenable. I know – a vast cloud of blah and guff already billows into the cosmos from the minds of countless bloggers and Tweeters every day. I know – every social slight, faux pas or badly thought out twerk is greeted…
Matt Gaw 