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	<title>Robert Hampton</title>
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	<description>Telling it like it isn&#039;t</description>
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		<title>Liverpool on the Waterfront</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend Liverpool is hosting a variety of events based around the Albert Dock / Pier Head area, in Liverpool on the Waterfront. I spent a few hours there with my friend Andrew on Saturday afternoon. Despite the variable weather, we had a really good time. Liverpool is getting really good at these showpiece events, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/3049</link>
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		<title>Comic Turn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most depressing comic book ever? This is an educational tome drawn up by the US Military to explain the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; policy on gay soldiers. It&#8217;s worth reading the whole thing: 32 pages of crisp, clear images to explain how the American armed forces will discharge soldiers, regardless of their service record, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/3045</link>
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		<title>Laugh and the world (or at least, a studio audience) laughs with you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like sitcoms with live studio audiences. There, I said it. In some quarters, this admission will land me with Cliff Richard fans and bus-spotters in the credibility stakes. However, I think that those who automatically dismiss studio sitcoms as a relic from the past are missing out on a treat, and I shall try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/3007</link>
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		<title>Orange you glad it&#8217;s only once a year?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was Orange Lodge day or something and the streets of Liverpool were filled with marchers, parading through the streets and holding up rush-hour traffic. I remember, years ago, being taken along to the parades by my Dad. 8-year-old Robert was fascinated by the costumes and music and enjoyed it. Then, as I got a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/3001</link>
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		<title>Judgment Gay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am proud that this country offers a safe haven to those fleeing persecution, which is why the Supreme Court&#8217;s recent ruling that gay asylum seekers must be allowed refuge in Britain pleased me so much. A whole raft of tabloid stupidness has been unleashed, notably this morning&#8217;s Daily Express front page. It gets even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/2999</link>
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		<title>Scrum down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone has just noticed that rugby can be a bit dangerous: Rugby scrums should be banned in schools to protect children involved in a sport which is &#8220;not safe enough&#8221; for them, an expert has warned. I have a horrible feeling that this story &#8212; about one person suggesting that one single aspect of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/2995</link>
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		<title>The Times, they are a-chargin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s nefarious plans have come to fruition and The Times web site is now behind a paywall. As of July 2nd, anyone wanting to click past the newspaper&#8217;s (admittedly quite nice-looking) front page will now need to flash their credit card in News International&#8217;s direction. Will this drive away punters? Almost certainly, and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/2983</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Not a very promising beginning.&#8221; &#8220;It might get better.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is an annual award for the worst first sentence of a novel. This year&#8217;s winner, Molly Ringle, deserves a special mention:- For the first month of Ricardo and Felicity&#8217;s affair, they greeted one another at every stolen rendezvous with a kiss&#8211;a lengthy, ravenous kiss, Ricardo lapping and sucking at Felicity&#8217;s mouth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/2980</link>
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		<title>Taking the strain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merseytravel seem quite pleased that new transport secretary Philip Hammond is to pay Liverpool a visit to speak at the National Rail Conference in a couple of weeks time. Mr Hammond will reportedly deliver a speech on the cuts that are about to be imposed on the railway. Hopefully some of the other speakers at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/2976</link>
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		<title>Frank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was aware of Frank Sidebottom but only recently did I start actively seeking out stuff on YouTube. As with most aspects of pop culture, I was far too late. Bonus footage here of Frank holding fort on Manchester&#8217;s Channel M overnight.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.roberthampton.me.uk/archives/2971</link>
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