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The secret life of the mystery shopper
Posted on 10:16am Wednesday 15th December 2010
At a time when most of us are doing our Christmas shopping, Jo Chipchase explores the role of the mystery shopper and catches up with a company that helps retailers answer the question: "are we being served".
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In Snow or Sun, Thy Country will be Undone
Posted on 11:58am Friday 3rd December 2010
Jo Chipchase takes a wry look at Britain's tendency to be 'fettled' by extremes of winter and summer weather.
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Christmas comes once a year but occupies three months
Posted on 4:41pm Tuesday 23rd November 2010
Jo Chipchase with a wry answer to her own long-standing question: "Why does Christmas in Britain begin in October?"
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Take what you need, all the rest is greed
Posted on 12:12pm Thursday 11th November 2010
Jo Chipchase asks whether the UK's "eat as much as you like" dining experiences and 'cheap-as-chips' clothes are fuelling the tendency towards greed and wastage.
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Computer says no again and again
Posted on 12:12pm Thursday 21st October 2010
We are increasingly reliant on computer systems to run absolutely everything in our lives. After experiencing an annoying late night incident at Travelodge, Jo Chipchase gets hot under the collar about those badly timed moments when the computer simply says "no".
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Why it’s time to stop ‘nannying’ women
Posted on 11:05am Wednesday 29th September 2010
Jo Chipchase gets hot under the bodice re recent advice dished out to women of 'childbearing age' and suggests that the men in white coats stop laying 'guilt trips' on gals who really are doing everything for themselves these days.
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Do we Brits prefer animals to children?
Posted on 11:46am Tuesday 7th September 2010
Jo Chipchase explores her sneaking suspicion that British people are kinder towards cats, canines and squirrels than small children...
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Are bigotry and intolerance on the rise in Britain?
Posted on 10:30am Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Yesterday's news footage depicting African mothers and children being roughly evicted from a Paris housing estate by French gendarmes has drawn some disturbingly right-wing comments from British newspaper readers. Jo Chipchase poses the question "are bigotry and intolerance are on the rise in Britain".
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No Mistakes Please, We're British
Posted on 2:29pm Wednesday 30th June 2010
Earlier this week, the Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, was widely criticised for a verbal gaffe about Hillsborough and hooliganism. Jo Chipchase takes an ironic look at why we Brits have lost sight of the idea that 'too err is human, to forgive divine'.
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Why there'd be no public water fight in Blight
Posted on 10:07am Thursday 24th June 2010
Jo Chipchase checks out the mass public water fight that takes place annually in Lanjarón, a small Spanish town, and takes a wry look at why this event wouldn't happen back home in Brighton.
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All you want for Christmas 2020 is your two front teeth?
Posted on 2:23pm Friday 4th June 2010
One in ten children admitted to Sussex hospitals is being treated for serious dental problems. Jo Chipchase believes we must overcome our fear of the dentist and find out about free treatment entitlements before our mouths end up 'mucho malo' like those of some residents of La Alpujarra, Spain.
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“I’m Alright Jack” – no, it’s all wrong
Posted on 3:56pm Tuesday 25th May 2010
Jo Chipchase's latest rant on why the culture of "not getting involved" and thinking "I'm alright Jack" is fuelling 'Broken Britain'... as well as being a generally poor way to behave.
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Pritt Stick Glues Mummy into a Pink Stink
Posted on 4:22pm Monday 10th May 2010
From age zero, girls are force-fed a 'princess culture of pink', with everything from pink eyeshadow and 'Fashionista' Barbie dolls to pink Pritt Sticks. Jo Chipchase is starting to side with the growing number of people who think that girlie pink marketing stinks.
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How to fat fight obese Britain the simple way
Posted on 5:48pm Monday 19th April 2010
Britain has a continuing obesity problem which is putting the NHS under strain. Jo Chipchase suggests a simple set of techniques for cutting the carbs and fighting the flab.
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