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Best Dressed - Northcote Road

December 19th 2007 16:27

Another of my favourite streets in Clapham (London) that has gone festive...
Sure it can't compete with the grand designs of Carnaby Street's decoration,

Carnaby Street...The best of Christmas 07

but it's still festive and very cute.

I may as well just lead with the favourite...it has to be The White Stuff.

The White Stuff

I know their dressings are the same all over town, but I am a sucker for gingerbread men, what can I say.
A close second is 1 Giant Step, 1 Giant Leap...the little foofy fluffy things are adorable and better than all that fake snow people keep spraying on windows.

1 Giant Step 1 Giant Leap

Now I was going to put my least favourite as Woolworth's, but you know - being kitsch and affordable is part of their positioning so instead I say Northcote's worst dressed is Whistles. I just looked in and I was bored.

Here it is:

Whistles

So there you have it. Clapham's Northcote Rd undressed!

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Dumbledore Gay...What's the big deal?

October 23rd 2007 09:28

J.K. Rowling has just publicly outed Dumbledore...

D is for Dumbledore

What do you think?
It does not in anyway change what I think of the books, I love them now and I always will. As for Dumbledore, well I guess that is no big surprise, but it definitely adds to his character and I think upon reading again I may even understand him better…well, maybe the bit about him and Grindlewand.
But if you REALLY think about it, Dumbledore being gay doesn’t change much.

So WHY is it that we only find out now?
Well there are a few schools of thought, but most of them generally point to the notion that J.K. Rowling didn’t want her book sales affected.

Personally I don’t see that this would have made a difference, but it would have created one more thing for the Christian right to protest about!

Another view, is that it would have diverted readers. An article from the Canadian Press states the following:

"J.K. Rowling is a smart enough woman that she knows if she'd waved the rainbow flag, it was just going to draw attention in a way that she didn't want; it would have taken away from the story and become a distraction. I think the way she's handled it is perfect."

So what do you think?
Talk shows in the UK seemed to think it was unnecessary, perhaps another grab at attention post the quiet after the climatic end of the book releases.
There are still 2 films to come. Will it make a difference to them.
Will wardrobe take a new license?

All I can say is that I would really love to read Rita Skeeter’s tell all book!

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