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	<title>Kate Solomon | Kate Solomon</title>
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		<title>Happy Banana Day Everybody</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2013/04/10/happy-banana-day-everybody/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bananas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know that cliche about there being a party in your mouth and everyone’s invited? That was invented to describe what it’s like to eat a banana.]]></description>
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		<title>A handwritten history</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2013/03/11/a-handwritten-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2013/03/11/a-handwritten-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have very suggestible handwriting. Some people soak up accents, I absorb scrawl.]]></description>
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		<title>The best and the least worst of the London 2012 Opening Ceremony</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2012/07/28/the-best-and-the-least-worst-of-the-london-2012-opening-ceremony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2012/07/28/the-best-and-the-least-worst-of-the-london-2012-opening-ceremony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody really knew what to expect from Danny 'Trainspotting but also 127 Hours' Boyle last night but I don't think many of us predicted a The-Queen-starring Bond skit and a mad Victorian Industrorave. After weeks of Boris-toned Olympics nonsense so lacking in common sense and civic decency it sounded made up, we came not knowing the particulars but fairly confident that we'd see the ceremonial equivalent of a cringey town-hall wedding that descends into a drunken brawl, your mum weeping in the loos and your uncle trying to get crunk on the dancefloor.

How wrong we were: the ceremony was non-stop brilliant from start to finish (ignoring the boring speeches and Seb Coe as history will). Even the neverending procession of Olympic athletes was diverting thanks to the continuing brilliance of Twitter.

The whole thing left us all with a mildly confrontational look in our eye that says, "Yeah, world? You wanna come to our party? Obviously you do, we're insane and we're British and we've had quite a lot of gin, possibly a spot of drugs and it's going to be fucking excellent."

It was a competition with Beijing 2008 and we won it hands down. It was a pre-emptive competition with Rio 2016 and we basically won that hands down too, although they're known for a good carnival and they've got four years to add some acid-magic to whatever they're working on, so you never know.

We should have known that the London Olympics wasn't going to stand for any of that kumbaya rubbish since the day they unveiled that weird logo, a jazzy number that speaks of a creative team brought up on CBBC and a history of mind-altering substances with, let's face it, balls of steel because literally everyone hated it. Some still do - personally, I quite like it and even more so after last night. I mean, come on. Look at Rio's and Beijing's. Megayawn.

London's logo is a big fuck you to that happy clappy let's all hold hands around the world and light candles and don't worry if you don't win, it's the taking part that counts. Sorry, no, it's the medals. It's absolutely the hardware that counts. Also, did we mention that we just took gold in opening ceremonies? Forever?

That's not to say that last night didn't nail "lefti multi-cultural crap", as presumably soon to be fired Tory MP Aidan Burley put it. Oh no. We're the most culturally diverse city in the world, check out our inclusive nature. We'll take anyone as long as they stand on the right and walk on the left.]]></description>
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		<title>Three MCs and one DJ</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2012/05/04/three-mcs-and-one-dj/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2012/05/04/three-mcs-and-one-dj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 21:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Yauch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beastie Boys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is 1998. I am a painfully uncool 13-year-old who isn’t sure who she is yet. My older sister is in love with Keanu Reeves so I am in love with Keanu Reeves. Everyone at school likes the Spice Girls so I like the Spice Girls. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The days are filled with schoolwork that I conscientiously avoid doing and the nights are a blur of CBBC and Australian soap operas, oven cooked meals and hours-long sessions spent taping chart music off the radio. Saturday morning is usually given over to gym club, but this Saturday morning I am at home. I don’t really like the chart show because music videos don’t really interest me, but today I am watching. Maybe there is&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the kitchen, ladies</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2012/02/12/back-to-the-kitchen-ladies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2012/02/12/back-to-the-kitchen-ladies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adverts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdated gender roles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let's watch this advert for The Sun, one of Britain's biggest selling tabloid newspapers, intended to build national pride in 2012 Year of the Olympics. 
Here is an athlete who is good at running. He is also a man. He is soon overtaken by a man who delivers milk and followed closely by a man who is a chef, a man who saves lives as a doctor and two more men who save lives as firemen - and look, here comes a woman!]]></description>
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		<title>The other Kate Solomons</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2011/09/06/the-other-kate-solomons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2011/09/06/the-other-kate-solomons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I am an idiot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self indulgence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternakates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, it&#8217;s nice to check in on the other Kate Solomons. But it&#8217;s best not to do this too often because I always end up with a severe case of life envy. Here&#8217;s why: Kate Solomon the film producer It&#8217;s easy to be a little bit jealous of Alternakate number one. I, for one, envy anyone with an IMDB profile. But not only is Kate Solomon The Film Producer (KSTFP) a film producer, she&#8217;s a very glam and gorgeous one whose career is obviously on the up. She was recently named one of BAFTA&#8217;s 45 Brits to Watch after working on two films with Paul Greengrass (United 93 and Green Zone). She&#8217;s now &#8220;developing projects&#8221; with Working Title and Film 4. Those are both&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>On buying a house</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2011/09/05/on-buying-a-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2011/09/05/on-buying-a-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People are idiots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self indulgence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARGH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal experience]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/?p=733</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before you buy a house, you will hear old wives&#8217; tales and made up statistics about how it&#8217;s the most stressful thing you can do in life. Pah, you may say. I buy stuff all the time. Hell, I even bought a car/three-seat sofa/plasma TV/holiday and that cost multiple thousands of pounds. No way can buying a house be more stressful than that. Soon you&#8217;ll realise that you were wrong. First, the hunt. You find a house you like the look of online and visit it. It is either a poky little hovel that has been Photoshopped into looking like a halfway acceptable home, or it&#8217;s the most perfect thing you ever saw in your life and you&#8217;ll feel that without owning this house&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>E-book readers – just because you can, doesn’t mean you should</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2011/07/10/e-book-readers-%e2%80%93-just-because-you-can-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-you-should/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2011/07/10/e-book-readers-%e2%80%93-just-because-you-can-doesn%e2%80%99t-mean-you-should/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon Kindle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/?p=720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When e-readers first became a thing, they were pretty easy to write off as a needless technological gimmick that people would grow to regret buying, like 3D TVs. But, in the manner of a particularly robust terrier, they’ve refused to relinquish their grip on the old sock that is popular culture. 2010 was (arguably) the year that the e-reader finally took off and now Amazon is forever bleating that it’s sold a zillion e-books and Mr Unknown Author has made his first million by self-publishing one. Although history has proved time and time again that vast groups of people can be wrong about stuff (Nazi-ism? Titanic deserving 11 Oscars? The whole world-being-flat thing?), when it gets to the point when some other would-be novelist&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>How the internet taught me to knit</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2011/02/24/how-the-internet-taught-me-to-knit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2011/02/24/how-the-internet-taught-me-to-knit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crafty like ice is cold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crafty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[handmade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/?p=695</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Knitting is brilliant, and &#8211; as I discovered &#8211; there&#8217;s no better teacher than the internet. If you don&#8217;t already know how, you should let the worldly wise web teach you. Here&#8217;s how I did it: Like a lot of people, I first learned to knit at my mother&#8217;s knee. I was probably about seven the first time I tried. After a painful half hour I sort of got the hang of it, knitted about three rows, got bored, gave up and went outside to make potions or climb something or generally play at getting muddy and making a lot of noise. Over the years, I think I asked my mum to teach me again several times, sessions that always ended with me in&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>From extolling the virtues of lengthy blog posts&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2010/07/05/from-extolling-the-virtues-of-lengthy-blog-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/2010/07/05/from-extolling-the-virtues-of-lengthy-blog-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katiesol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crafty like ice is cold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brilliant uses of the internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cute-as-a-button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geek chic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuff I love]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.katesolomon.co.uk/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;to a blog post of a picture and nothing more. I am a walking contradiction. Sure, it&#8217;s all basically advertising but my feet yearn for these cuddly knitted Nikes, they look so comfy. This Is via Creative Review, Mocoloco]]></description>
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