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Confessions of a plonker
Years ago, soon-to-be-ex-Archbishop Rowan Williams made some snide comment about women who “plonked their children in front of the TV” (presumably so we could get on with some serious wimmin’s...
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The burning question: Which octonaut are YOU?
Whenever my children act out scenes from their favourite CBeebies shows, they’re keen to make sure I don’t feel excluded. It’s sweet of them. I mean, I’d really rather not hare about being Little Cook...
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Proposal for a CBeebies show: The Chums of Normality Wood
CBeebies – they’re a bit sexist, aren’t they? By that, I don’t mean the cute yellow blobby peeps; I rather like them. I mean the people behind them. Because the smiley blobs, they’re just a front. A...
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Between sexism and inclusion: CBBC
According to the online commissioning briefs of CBBC, the channel is “for everyone, everywhere”. Still, let’s not get carried away. The whole thing might sound diverse but apparently “children haven’t...
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