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Gardeners’ quest time as experts open their gates
5:30pm Thursday 17th July 2008
Open Gardens, Barnet and East Finchley, Sunday, various times
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5:20pm Thursday 17th July 2008
Herts Knattering Knitters and Stitchers, Caffè Nero, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Friday, from 10.30am
Display celebrates a level best
5:20pm Thursday 17th July 2008
Impressions and Recollections, Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, Highgate, Tuesday to August 3, Tuesday to Friday, 11am to 4pm, Sunday, 12pm to 5pm
Novel ideas for a book
1:40pm Monday 14th July 2008
From a car that runs on compressed air to flickable cutlery, in his new book Finchley resident Terry Kyle has brought together the latest unusual business ideas from around the world. MIRIAM CRAIG looks for inspiration
Art school protest goes to print
9:02am Thursday 10th July 2008
In May 1968, hundreds of students occupied Hornsey College of Art in a dispute about the control of student funds. Miriam Craig talks to the author of a new book about the six weeks of revolution
Hunt for a window on history
8:11am Thursday 10th July 2008
More than 20 shops in Barnet High Street have offered prizes for a family treasure hunt on Saturday.
African-themed carnival set to rock Victoria Park
8:36am Wednesday 9th July 2008
This year's Pentland Finchley Carnival will have an African theme, in honour of Nelson Mandela turning 90.
A class comedy act
10:32am Tuesday 8th July 2008
"There's no shame in being a second class citizen. You're just getting better value out of life." So goes Stephen Grant's new manifesto.
Double act turns 100
4:43pm Monday 7th July 2008
Miriam Craig talks to musical comedy duo Kit and The Widow ahead of their performance at The Radlett Centre
Picnic concert just the wicket
3:51pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
Set amid the Southgate Green conservation area, the Walker Cricket Ground should provide a laid-back setting for this open-air family concert and picnic.
National News
Boy, seven, 'was driving crash car'
Updated 6:28pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Police are trying to establish whether a seven-year-old boy was driving a car which overturned.
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The year from hell
For some of us the year from hell has just ended. We are the lucky ones. For some of us it might go on for another few weeks, months, years. What am I going on about? Well if like me you’ve got a child completing year 6, you might just know. This is the year we all dread.
A shirty tale about superstition
When Mrs S joined the Citizens' Advice Bureau at West Hendon many moons ago her first "client", unbelievably, was a Chinese sea captain living on the Grahame Park Estate at Colindale seeking advice about getting a do-it-yourself divorce.
Hazards of the jog
I sure was braving the elements when I went for my final training run before the mighty 5km this Saturday. It was one of those moments when my "fight or flight" instinct was put to use - do I power through the slight breeze and impending drizzle or do I retreat through the security of my front door and settle back on the couch?
Music to its ears?
Apparently around now the baby can start hearing sounds. I have heard that if you read the same book over and over to the child it might end up becoming its favourite story even before it’s born.
Democracy by any other name
Barnet's full council meetings, the latest of which took place on Wednesday evening, are not exactly a shining beacon of democracy.
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