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TV #1 – Cult Telly Links
Filed under: Television | Tags: , Classic TV, Comedy, Cult, Dallas, Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers, Midsomer Murders, Only Fools and Horses, The Goodies, TV
Leave a Comment All Things Royle The Royle Family
A Thrilling Detective: Hetty Wainthropp
Bring Back The Goodies Petition
Cagney and Lacey official site
Cagney and Lacey Main Index Page
cooters Place DukesFest
DukesOnline Dave’s Duke’s Of Hazzard Website.
Doctor Who Web Guide Links to hundreds of Doctor Who websites
Midsomer Murders The Show To Die For
One Foot In The Grave Episode Guide
Only Fools and Horses: The Nags Head
Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul Appreciation Site
Robert Ross Writer of 2 excellent Goodies books and other classic comedy books
Saturday Mornings From Swap Shop,through Live and Kicking, to TMi and more.
Shawcrossing The Geoffrey Shawcross Fansite
StarDom A Dominic Monaghan Fansite
The League of Gentlemen Website
The Official Dukes of Hazzard Fanclub
The Official Goodies Rule-OK! Fan Club Website
The Official Website of Paul Michael Glaser</
The Paul Michael Glasier Web Experience
The Secret Cult of Green Wingers
The Sweeney Unofficical Website
The Unofficial Guide to Fawlty Towers
Thirty Years of The Rockford Files:
Christmas #2 – Books
Filed under: Christmas | Tags: Books, Fiction, Gift Ideas, Literature, Non-Fiction, Out-of-print, Rare Books, Second Hand Books
Leave a Comment Amazon stock a comprehensive list of books
Abebooks have rare, second-hand and out-of-print books
Biblion is a place to find and buy second hand books, out of print books and rare books as well as ephemera, magazines, journals and used textbooks offered for sale by independent booksellers throughout the UK and the world.
Bodyline Books is the place to come for quality cricket books, Wisdens, photographs, postcards and other items of unique cricket and sporting ephemera.
Bookbrain is for comparing book prices and to see who has the book you’re looking for and in stock to send out.
Blackwell has some good discounts and shipping is free to the UK on orders over £20
Compman started off selling computer books but has now moved into geneal education books and fiction. Some good discounts and quick delivery.
Gays The Word is the largest and most comprehensive lesbian and gay bookshop in the UK.
Harrington Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets and books by the yard, voyages and travel, children’s and illustrated books, fore-edge paintings and fine and rare antiquarian books in all fields.
Hatchards is the oldest surviving book shop in London and has a good choice of titles in hardback and paperback. They also specialise in signed and special editions and very important publications.
Jonkers specialise in modern first editions, fine illustrated books, classic children’s fiction and 19th century literature.
Waterstones is less cluttered than many online bookstores. Delivery is free in the UK on orders over £15.
Football Links
Filed under: Football | Tags: Banter, Blogs, England, Football, Footy, Legends, Non-League, Premiership, Scotland, Soccer, Sport
Leave a Comment FOOTY NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS
Professional Footballers’ Association
FOOTY LEGENDS
FANS
Football Supporters Foundation
Gay Football Supporters Network
CAMPAIGNS AND CHARITIES
Football Unites Racism Divides
Let’s Kick Racism Out of Football
Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation
MISC
The Famous Football Supporters Page
The History of football on ITV
BLOGS AND FANZINES
A Cultured Left Foot (Arsenal)
Billy Furious (Newcastle United FC)
Black and White and Read All Over (Newcastle United)
The Offside:Blackburn Rovers FC
Blind Stupid and Desperate (Watford)
All Quiet In The East Stand (Charlton)
Daily Hairdryer (Newcastle United)
Dr Gloom (Newcastle United FC)
Brylcreem and Bovril (50′s football blog)
When The Seagulls Follow the trawler
Pitch Invasion (Exploring Football Culture around the world)
Have You Ever Been To Liverpool?
Wick to Wembley:FA Cup 2007-08
That Magical Night (Saluting absurdity in football’s nether regions)
The Onion Bag (Picking at the layers of the national game)
WM Collective (Villa, Blues, West Brom)
FOOTY PHOTOGRAPHY
GEAR
Help and Support #1 – Anxiety/Panic, OCD, Phobias
Filed under: Help and Support | Tags: Anxiety, Dental Fear, Mental Health, OCD, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Self-Help, Stress
Leave a Comment No Panic offers a full range of services for people who suffer from Panic Attacks, Phobias and Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder including, literature, audio and video cassettes, a membership scheme and “contact” book service wherein members are able to make pen-friends or phone friends with other people who have similar problems.
This site provides valuable information for sufferers and carers of people with Panic, Anxiety, Phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD).
Site created by an OCD sufferer looking at OCD from the sufferers point of view.
Dedicated to all the individuals out there suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, anger and associated symptoms.
Anxiety Care is a registered charity based in East London that specialises in helping people to recover from anxiety disorder and to maintain that recovery. With the support of our trained volunteers, clients are enabled to plan, initiate and carry through personal recovery programmes using cognitive behavioural techniques and gradual exposure exercises.
Largest and Longest Serving UK National Charity for People Affected by OCD Spectrum Disorders
OCD-UK is the leading national charity, independently working with and for people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Information about OCD for young people
National Non-Profit Mental Illness Advocacy Organization
The web’s biggest Dental Phobia, Dental Fear and Dental Anxiety Resource
Anxiety Alliance is run by former anxiety sufferers, so they fully understand the physical feelings and negative thoughts that sufferers have.
First Steps to Freedom is a registered charity which aims to help, in a practical way, those who suffer from phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder (excessive washing, checking, unwanted thoughts etc.), general anxiety, panic attacks, anorexia and bulimia, and those who wish to come off tranquillisers, together with help for their carers.
UK charity for everyone’s mental health
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.
SANE was established in 1986 to improve the quality of life for people affected by mental illness.
The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
SA-UK is a volunteer-led organisation
Triumph Over Phobia (TOP UK) runs a national network of self-help groups to help people with phobia or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to overcome their problems using graded self-exposure.
Christmas #1 – A Sweet Tooth
Filed under: Christmas | Tags: Chocolate, Christmas, Gift Ideas, Presents, Seasonal, Sweet Tooth, Sweets
Leave a Comment Chocolate Buttons offers Gourmet & Old Fashioned Sweets (some good stocking fillers here for kids too) which includes long forgotten treats such as Pear Drops, Rhubarb & Custard, Rosy Apples and Fizz Balls. There are also various Christmas treats, selection boxes and more. Worth a look.
Dark Sugars sells some beautiful rich chocolates. How about Peach strips soaked in peach schnapps dipped in 70% couverture chocolate
Hotel Chocolat offers some delicious chocolates including The Chocolatier’s Table which for £38 offers 65 pieces of chocolate like Melt-away truffles, smooth pralines, zingy real fruit creations, nibbly nuts, caramel, pure chocolate including single estate, soft buttercreams, manons and more.
Thank Heaven For Chocolate offers some attractive sets and includes novelty chocolates including the lovely handmade giant mosaic chocolate bar. This is nine chunky tiles of milk, dark and white chocolate generously decorated with a luxury array of nuts, fruits and marshmallows made by James Chocolates and presented in a purple box for £30 (postage included).
The Chocoholic’s Dream by John Lewis is slightly more expensive at £50 but offers Bovetti chocolat blanc marbre noir, Chesters of St. Andrews Cappuccino flavoured chocolate beans, Dormen’s Belgian chocolate jumbo peanuts, Green & Blacks organic hazelnut chocolate spread, Guylian Belgian chocolate powder, Chocca Mocca luxury chocolate coated biscuits and Lir cafe truffles. A gift sure to be well appreciated!
Harrods offer a range of choices that wont break the bank including a nice indulgent treat – Christmas pudding biscuits for £4-50!
Debenhams provide the answer to “What does £50 worth of jellybeans look like?”. Don’t eat them all at once!
Green and Blacks Stock a wide range of gifts that will suit most budgets
Thorntons are ever dependable when it come to attractive gifts for any occasion including Christmas of course. Look out for their blueberry and raspberry fudge!
