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		<title>When Empires refuse to fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dust and stories – that’s all we have left. Stories of a weeping tricenarian, gift bearing Peloponnesians and a family of Caesars – leaders of their empires – of their once great, dust covered lands. Those leaders died before their empires fell. Their legacy lasting longer than the lands they had conquered. But what of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death of a tee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clothes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[companionship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[t-shirt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Goodbye old friend You served me well I shall cherish the times we spent together You protected me You covered me You gave me warmth when others offered only cold You were cool when some would have been stifling We travelled great distances together But as time drew on, you rarely left the house You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letters to Lauren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frustration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I stand in front of you I&#8217;ll take the force of the blow Protection Something a father should always offer his children. Something I would like to think I offer to my wife; your mum. Sometimes it’s easy to forget how much protection those around us really need. I can mollycoddle you to the point [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambellara</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Il viaggio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prosecco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.northernwrites.co.uk/?p=1041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m at a crossroads. Not an emotional, sell-my-soul to the devil kind of crossroads – more the virtual, unsure where to go next kind. See I worked in Milan. I could spend the rest of my life drinking coffee or Negronis in Piazza del Duomo, but then I’ve recently booked tickets to fly out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a word?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Love Hate Relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Posts that prove I have too much time on my hands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Produce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What’s in a word? Not just any word. I’m thinking of those descriptive words that are used to lure us in to parting with our money where consumer goods – in the main, food or drink, are concerned. You know the ones – they scream out of windows and sandwich boards – like beacons of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gotta Dance!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Portrait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gene Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yul Brynner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pour me a glass of vino rosso, sit me in a comfortable chair and ask me what my favourite film is. Truth is I don’t care much for films. I get bored quickly; fidgety – even quicker. So the thought of sitting through most films leaves me cold. But favourite films – that’s a different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;d rather not &#8220;read all about it&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspapers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outrage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amy reads the Daily Mail. My dad reads the Daily Mail. You, the reader, may have sent me a link to the Daily Mail’s website. You all do it for different reasons. Amy is that new wave of Daily Mail reader, who only picks out the online content about celebrities, fashion &#8211; Femail life stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milano</title>
		<link>http://www.northernwrites.co.uk/2012/01/milano/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=milano</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Il viaggio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mistake]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.northernwrites.co.uk/?p=1000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget Cotoletta alla Milanese, that greatest of all rebranded regional dishes (it was pork, originally, not veal) inherited from the days of the Austrian Empire – the perfect accompaniment to tonight’s Derby della Madonnia (AC Milan v Internazionale) must surely be a Negroni. There’s a good chance that you won’t have had a Negroni before. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biella</title>
		<link>http://www.northernwrites.co.uk/2012/01/biella/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=biella</link>
		<comments>http://www.northernwrites.co.uk/2012/01/biella/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Il viaggio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.northernwrites.co.uk/?p=992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have an idea. I’ll call it an idea as I think I’ve overused the word dream on this site – especially when composing yet another whimsical post for you all to read. The idea is to park a Fiat 500 in the ever-so-unglamorous location of the underground car park in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends forever?</title>
		<link>http://www.northernwrites.co.uk/2012/01/friends-forever-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=friends-forever-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.northernwrites.co.uk/?p=983</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How old is too old to make new friends? Amy thinks that question sounds suspiciously like the opening to a “Sex in the city” episode. So whilst I dust myself off and try to recover some dignity, how about considering another question: Are you ever too old to make new friends? I’m 36. I joined [...]]]></description>
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