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Mika (and his plastic bag)
He’s short, but he packs a punch. This name has several different origins, from Japanese to Finnish, male and female. Mika as it stands is the Finnish short form for Mikael, and was the name of...
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Sibset of the Week: The Pennimans
I’m trialling a new feature here. Give me your thoughts, I’m not sure whether or not I’m competant enough to keep it up, so some encouragement may be needed to keep going. This week’s sibset is one...
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Name Spot of the Week: Eurovision
Alexander Rybak, 2009 winner, from aardling.com The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the entertainment highlights of the year for me, although I abstain from getting too tied up with the block voting...
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Canadian Grand Prix
2010 Podium l-r Maclaren Mercedes Team Principal, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, from f1-gp.info We’ve got a little longer to wait for the Canadian Grand Prix, since it isn’t until...
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When Penelope Gets Popular
Paloma Faith may inspire you, from metro.co.uk When I originally penned the Clementine post, I never imagined doing a sequel post or even turning it into a series, but the fact of the matter is that...
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Under 30s British Stars Rich List
Mika, from blogspot.com This little list has been in the news today, courtesy of Heat Magazine, so it seems a good time to talk about some of the names of the 30 honoured rich British stars who are...
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Waterloo Road
l-r teachers Chris, Helen, Grantly and Max, from revellation.co.uk Last week we spent two days covering names from Downton Abbey, and I’m acutely aware that I still owe you all part. III of that...
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Sibset of the Week: The Camaras and the Soumillons
from blogger.com This week we’re off to France for two interestingly matched siblings, all reasonably young. The first one comes courtesy of a footballer by the name Zoumana Camara. He currently plays...
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French Music Scene
Coeur de Pirate, from blogger.com You know when you get this idea in your head and you feel the need to run with it? I’m getting that a lot lately and it’s produced yet another slightly random post....
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