Chris Britcher

Kent-based local journalist and fan of things predominantly originating in 80s or early 90s - plying my trade with the KM but, natch, all views here are my own

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My latest column has delighted the good folk of Kent...comments from our beloved readers include: 'As usual from this bloke, a load of old rubbish!' and the classic 'ill-informed, divisory tosh'...*doffs hat in all directions*

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Here is how I spent my Monday lunchtime...grappling with a traditional Turkish 'treat' in a Kent seaside town...
https://t.co/KZVqEa3plJ

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It's Monday...and a number of readers have written to congratulate me on an article...and no-one (as yet) has suggested I'm a blithering idiot...this is a rare, limited edition collectors' item of a day

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The amount of times I have impersonated this chap's line whenever I have heard mention of Accrington Stanley...and now look at what he's done...

https://t.co/D0SwWMQmwR

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Back to work to a charming note from a reader accusing me (his tone, not mine) of being both a millennial and having gone to university...both, sadly, highly inaccurate...

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It's good of Charles to so swiftly introduce a 'comedy pen routine' into official visits. I eagerly await the next.

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As I fast approach turning 50, I have just discovered that Johnny Morris (he of Animal Magic fame) wasn't a real zoo keeper. Flabbergasted.

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Bought a bucket of chips (yes, bucket) at the beach at the weekend. They let you keep the bucket afterwards so you can build a sandcastle. Genius.

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Seems unfair that Boris has his own Essex advisor...why doesn't Kent have one too?.....Oh, hang on...

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Humiliating first round exit it is then...

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Harry Kane confident about England's World Cup chances: 'We can win it' – video https://t.co/eao03JRdnx

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Another pricey Prince box set arrives...another I cannot bear to open the wrapping on for fear of spoiling it...this is getting ludicrous...

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Platinum Party at the Palace in a nutshell: Queen, Rod Stewart, Diana Ross awful…Alisha Keys standout…queues for bar before show staggeringly long…

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The diversity of the sounds I can hear while working: Beautiful bird song in the garden offset by a dog licking their 'bits' on the floor next to my chair...swings and roundabouts as they say...(the sound of both of which I'd probably take over the latter)

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Eurovision eh? Bloody hell

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A reader emailed me recently saying they'd visited a restaurant I'd reviewed (and raved about) on my recommendation and didn't like it...I'm impressed with the power I clearly wield...but when did anyone take my recommendations seriously, eh? Schoolboy stuff...

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Went to a chip shop at the weekend where every trowel of chips in the bag was topped with salt and vinegar to ensure complete coverage...this is, without question, the work of genius.

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Never let it be said my musical tastes aren’t at the razor sharp cutting edge…

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@EdMcConnellKM confronts the dimwits who thought this terrible tragedy worthy of a chuckle...worth a read...
https://t.co/bR2U5vCYoL

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Don't onions make you cry when you cut them anymore or are my peepers just dried up pits in my old age?

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November 5 - and a house in Margate has Xmas lights up, for crying out loud