City Lives ; I'm Sick of the Smug Mums' Norfolk Idyll ;Hot for 2007 Stepping Out in Socks and Sandals

Evening Standard - London › July 25, 2006

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I'm sick of the smug mums' Norfolk idyll

THE mother I phoned in the vain hope that her son could come and play with mine had every reason to sound smug that we remain in Shepherd's Bush while she frolics in an East Anglian beach hut, wearing old-fashioned stripy swimwear. But it wasn't the smugness alone that made me want to bash her about the head with a Cath Kidston beach bag. There was a competitive tone in her voice when she asked: "What on earth are you finding to do with yourselves in London, you poor loves?"

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City Lives ; I'm Sick of the Smug Mums' Norfolk Idyll ;Hot for 2007 Stepping Out in Socks and Sandals

And then she laughed gaily because a Labrador called Miffy had just stolen an ice cream from her youngest. Oh the larks, the happy, healthy playing about with children and dogs strai...

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