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Kelly Rose Bradford: Why not anger appreciation week?

It is National Anger Awareness Week, which is surely very timely,given Christmas is the occasion when anger reaches epidemic proportions and we are all clinging precariously onto the tiniest scraps of our tethers. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Here's a tip - don't worry about it!

I have a confession to make: my house is a tip. My stairs have long since been utilised as some kind of ultra modern filing system - I've drawn the line at alphabetically labelling them, but each stair has a distinct pile of junk on it, mainly odds and ends that have no home anywhere else. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Jingling bells on Christmas bikes

Boy has begun his Christmas list already. This is largely thanks to the plethora of Christmas brochures that have been cascading from our newspapers and magazines since September. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Why these shirkers make me sick

According to a recent survey, working mums are the 'professionals' least likely to take a day off sick, choosing to battle on through, whatever the state of their health. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Hallowe'en? I should have started in July

Last week, a good few days before Hallowe'en (well, three), I went out on to the high street to get some scary plastic tat in to appease the Boy. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Why I am piqued by these peak-hour coffee breaks

Sometimes I really do expect too much. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: I'm ok with saving energy, if it's my own

We are in the midst of Energy Saving Week, which, despite some initial confusion, I now understand is actually about switching off lights rather than lolloping on the sofa watching Jeremy Kyle and scoffing a box of Milk Tray. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Birthday gets up my nose

It was my birthday this week. Yes, I know, if only you'd all known, etc. But anyway, I celebrated being 35 in a very low key way despite having originally planned (at the beginning of the year when October seemed an age away) a huge party. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: 'I'm walking on air'

Last Friday at 10pm outside City Hall, I joined about 1,500 other walkers for the start of a night hike around London. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Always a first time

I was recently talking to some friends about stuff we'd never done. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: A rambling revelation

A couple of weeks ago I went out with the Staines Ramblers on an eight mile walk. It was something of a revelation, for all kinds of reasons - the fact I could walk that far without expiring probably being the most amazing. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Another new start

September dawns and peace and normality are restored. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Forget holidays, it's normality that reigns

I read this week Britons spend 840 days holidaying overseas during their lifetime and pay a whopping £39,900 just on their accommodation when doing so. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Sole-destroying outing

It's nearly that time of year again: the time which strikes fear into the hearts of parents the length and breadth of the country. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Why I've run away to a place of safety

I take it all back. Every single word I uttered a few weeks ago about loving the endlessly-long stretch of summer holidays was complete and utter codswallop. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: We're potty about mobiles

A report out this week claimed 35% of Brits admit to using their mobile phones while in the toilet. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Expensive bill of health

I'm the kind of person who, upon seeing someone in a white coat, is convinced my death is imminent. A friend who works for the NHS recently got a new blood pressure monitor and decided to test it out on me. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: It's coming to a crunch

I am tired of being bombarded with stories every single day about how to survive the credit crunch. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Holidays are no problem

A conversation with a friend this week about things that irritate us irrationally had me confessing to all kinds of situations and scenarios. Read

Kelly Rose Bradford: Playing cluedo can be murder!

A hand of cards flung in the air, heated exchanges, doors slammed and then feuds that last a full year. It can only be all the fun of a family games evening. Read

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