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		<title>Hooray for Hollywood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello world, 2012 is here. This year will prove very interesting, not least if the Mayans are right. Still if they were that good at pinpointing the apocalypse, surely they would have foreseen their own demise&#8230;? Sadly astral charts and ancient predictions are less likely to bring about the downfall of modern civilization than the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2012/01/02/hooray-for-hollywood/</link>
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		<title>What offends you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s currently a lot of hubbub in the media about comedians offending people. BBC Four reminded us with a patchy drama about the outrage back in 79 surrounding the release of Monty Python&#8217;s Life Of Brian, while Ricky Gervais has caused a Twitter storm over use of the word &#8216;mong&#8217;. But does anyone ever take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2011/10/21/what-offends-you/</link>
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		<title>The aliens are coming, bring a packed lunch!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Defence has finally released its archive of files into reported UFO sightings. For years we can see the work of a clandestine Government department many believe, according to the papers, act as &#8220;a defender of the British Isles against the alien menace&#8221;. Which alien menace would this be then? Blurry photos of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2011/08/15/stand-by-for-an-alien-invasion/</link>
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		<title>Just how small IS Jamie Cullum?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been wondering this a lot lately. He’s been around for some time now but the media keep referring to him as the ‘pint-sized piano player’. Is this accurate? Is he really the size of a pint? That’s about six inches high. I know, I just measured it with a pint glass and a ruler [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2011/08/05/just-how-small-is-jamie-cullum/</link>
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		<title>Russians, snacks and china tat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More proof emerged this week that we are evolving as a species: Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcohol. Well thank God for that. After all, if we’re honest none of us were sure. Yeah we’d all heard the rumours. But that’s all they were. No concrete facts. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2011/07/25/russians-snacks-and-china-tat/</link>
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		<title>Personal trainers, idiots and cyclists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been a lot of photos of Rupert Murdoch out in the park with his personal trainer. Makes sense. If most of society is on your case you need to be ready to run at any time. Then again, is now really the best time to go for a jog? His empire his crumbling, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2011/07/18/personal-trainers-idiots-and-cyclists/</link>
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		<title>Scum, hacks and earthworms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine how insulting, degrading and isolating it must be to wake up one morning and discover that your phone has not been hacked by the tabloid press. After all, if your private life has not been tapped into and exploited by some fetid scumbag, you’ve clearly done something wrong. Not to be included in this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2011/07/11/scum-hacks-and-earthworms/</link>
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		<title>Boozy pensioners, vigilantism and the Pope&#8217;s Tweets.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal College of Psychiatrists has just released a report saying people over 65 should drink less booze. Is this really a serious problem? Is Britain filled with hammered pensioners kicking off during a football match when denied their tenth pint of noxious, continental lager? Last time we checked, it’s not grannies falling out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2011/07/05/booze-crime-pope-twitter/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s going on then?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello world. Been a while since I checked in. Not for any particular reason, and so it seems fitting I post this update, not for any particular reason. This year I have been carrying on my duties as the sole and first ever full-time Staff Writer for Comedy Central here in the UK, a strange [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2011/06/22/whats-going-on-then/</link>
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		<title>Still alive!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello world, Been quite quiet on here for a while. There are many reasons for this, some fit for public consumption, others far from it. Just to keep you up to speed on what I&#8217;m currently up to I have been made Staff Writer at Comedy Central in the UK. This includes writing all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adrianmackinder.co.uk/blog/2010/12/22/still-alive/</link>
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