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Barlow's Beef : Learn the secret of Adele's stunning success

Barlow's Beef : Learn the secret of Adele's stunning success

Like millions of people I love Adele's music. She writes her own material and clearly has an amazing talent. I used to wonder where her inspiration came…
Barlow's Beef: Roll up your vest ... the doctor is on the phone

Barlow's Beef: Roll up your vest ... the doctor is on the phone

I'm told if you want to see your GP it's best to phone the surgery early in the morning. So I called at 8am today and asked for an appointment with my…
Barlow's Beef: Is Lindow Moss the last stand?

Barlow's Beef: Is Lindow Moss the last stand?

Unusually for me I've been ill for almost a month. Twin infections created a raging fever draining every ounce of energy. After three days of lying on…
Barlow's Beef: Thinking is for wimps

Barlow's Beef: Thinking is for wimps

About this time of year animal charities festoon the country with posters telling people 'Dogs are for life not just for Christmas.' Bumper stickers appear…
Barlow's Beef: If they die before the election who cares?

Barlow's Beef: If they die before the election who cares?

According to BBC news government ministers should waste no time to make unpopular cuts to pensioner benefits, a think tank director has said. Many of…
Barlow's Beef: The two most important women in my life tried to kill me

Barlow's Beef: The two most important women in my life tried to kill me

Are you bamboozled by the blizzard of contradictory information we receive about our food? When I was a child my mother always insisted I had a bowl of…
Barlow's Beef: Who represents us, the taxpaying public?

Barlow's Beef: Who represents us, the taxpaying public?

Some years ago I took out a loan to help finance my small business. I'd been a customer of the same bank for more than two decades so I believed I would…
Barlow's Beef: Now we know... New labour hates democracy

Barlow's Beef: Now we know... New labour hates democracy

Has it occurred to anyone in the Labour Party that their conduct throughout the Leadership Election campaign has shattered any illusion of competence?…
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Barlow's Beef: What language are we speaking?

Barlow's Beef: What language are we speaking?

You know what? I'm getting really tired of Americanisms infiltrating our language. We already have a language. It's called English... doh. I don't know…
Barlow's Beef: Are we too lazy to clean up our own mess?

Barlow's Beef: Are we too lazy to clean up our own mess?

As a dog owner I visit a lot of local parks and often marvel at the amount of work needed to make them such a welcome relief from the expanding urban…
Barlow's Beef: We shall fight on the beaches ..

Barlow's Beef: We shall fight on the beaches ..

Sorry for my digression into national news but the sight of 3,000 migrants storming the Euro Tunnel in a frantic bid to get to the UK fills me with dread.…
Barlow's Beef: We are facing proposals for enormous change

Barlow's Beef: We are facing proposals for enormous change

I had coffee with a local politician this morning. In the middle of discussing a rather thorny issue he said: "The problem is people don't like change…
Barlow's Beef: By George he's done it!

Barlow's Beef: By George he's done it!

I'm pleased that Alderley Park is to get a £5M investment in medicine technology, I really am. Considering it's heritage this is just the sort of…
Barlow's Beef: Joan Rivers, the Queen and me

Barlow's Beef: Joan Rivers, the Queen and me

I'd been in transit for 14 hours by the time I boarded my overnight flight from Chicago. I'd talked, breathed, and trained dogs for five consecutive days…
Barlow's Beef: What sort of friend am I?

Barlow's Beef: What sort of friend am I?

Debbie James and Peppy Santo have birthday's today and guess what? I never sent them a card... they'll be mortified. Obviously not as much as Nathan Stewart,…
Barlow's Beef: Who will you meet in the loo?

Barlow's Beef: Who will you meet in the loo?

As a dog owner and regular user of our local parks the proposal to spend around £125K on a new toilet block in The Carrs is commendable. There is…
Barlow's Beef: Build it and they might (not) come

Barlow's Beef: Build it and they might (not) come

Can someone help me out please? Over the past few years I have sold three houses one I owned the others on behalf of elderly relatives. Each one took…