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Long-distance relationships

Ben Harvey risks castration by discussing his long-distance text relationship with a girl called Charlie. Let’s hope she doesn’t Google him and find what he’s written.. – – – - So, there was this girl. Oh! I wonder how many stories of heartbreak & regret have started with those five little words…anyway, there was this girl, [...]

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It’s a boy/girl thing

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and Ben Harvey is possibly from a small planet in the vicinity of Beetlejuice. This week, our favourite Friday afternoon provocative columnist talks about the differences between men and women. – – – - I do love stereotypes. I do! They make the world easier for my [...]

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Ben Harvey: Drawing the line

Ben Harvey returns this week clutching his big book of Sunrise Times after dancing with the druids at Stonehenge. – – – – – – So, anyway, there I was, stood in a crowd of ten thousand hippies at four in the morning, all of us assembled just to watch the sun come up. I’m [...]

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Ben Harvey: What happens when you go 88 miles an hour…

Ben Harvey returns with his weekly Friday afternoon column – and this week he’s looking into his crystal ball and making some predictions for the future. – – – - Looking back through the history of mobile telephony always reminds me of those terribly clichéd film montages of time-travel; you know the ones – pages [...]

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Reasons why mobiles are banned in the BB house

Reasons why mobiles are banned in the BB house

Inflammatory Mr Ben Harvey returns this week with a look at uber-popular reality show, Big Brother. The eigth series begun on Wednesday (you can get the whole shebang at www.channel4.com/bigbrother/. There’s always been speculation about housemates with secret mobile phone stashes, so Ben’s given the issue a bit of Friday afternoon treatment. – – – [...]

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Foreigners – they’re not like us

Ben Harvey returns for another observation for a Friday afternoon, fresh from a week of relaxation in Portugal. – – – - They say that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone – mostly, this is true, especially in the areas of money & being happy with your own body. However, it really [...]

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One of those days…

After talking about his experience with mobile phone retailers last week, SMS Text News reader Ben Harvey is back with a little Friday afternoon entertainment. Just don’t ask him about his day… – – – – – - I’m having one of those days. Like it or not, you and your mobile are partners and, [...]

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The seven deadly sins of mobile retail sales

The seven deadly sins of mobile retail sales

SMS Text News reader, Ben Harvey, documents the seven deadly sins of mobile retail sales. Can you recognise them? – – – – – – I do love going into mobile phone outlets on the high-street. The same alluring smells that float out of your favourite restaurant, of your favourite car, the smells that relax [...]

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