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We had alr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/weddings-make-me-think.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fa968a8af40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/things-can-go-wrong-and-my-mammy-is-a-seagull.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/things-can-go-wrong-and-my-mammy-is-a-seagull.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/things-can-go-wrong-and-my-mammy-is-a-seagull.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:00:02 +0100 Friday morning was hell. I woke up to get ready for a photo shoot in Glasgow’s East End (Shettleston actually, my home town) as I had written an article for the Sunday Herald on the forth coming by-election. Whilst washing my hair, I heard Ashle... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/things-can-go-wrong-and-my-mammy-is-a-seagull.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fa968992450003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/im-a-comedian-get-me-out-of-here.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/im-a-comedian-get-me-out-of-here.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/im-a-comedian-get-me-out-of-here.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:26:36 +0100 Writing a weekly column for a famous Scottish newspaper has its ups and downs. My column gets printed on a Monday and the deadline is Friday afternoon. I love to see my photo and all my words printed in The Scotsman and the novelty of reading it... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/im-a-comedian-get-me-out-of-here.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fa968843ec0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/art-i-dont-think-so.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/art-i-dont-think-so.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/art-i-dont-think-so.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:59:59 +0100 I went to a small experimental theatre show in Los Angeles many years ago where young students were putting on their ‘work’. There comes a point in everyone’s life where they sit in a studio, theatre or gallery and stare at something that the mi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/art-i-dont-think-so.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fad699efc00005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/a-strange-confession-to-make.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/a-strange-confession-to-make.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/a-strange-confession-to-make.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:10:39 +0100 I saw a programme today about a young woman who pulls out her hair bit by bit; it is a form of self harm and she has permanently damaged her scalp. It made me shudder to watch because I was a hair puller as a child. I used to lie in bed, pick ou... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/a-strange-confession-to-make.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fad69891760005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/bella-the-dancer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/bella-the-dancer.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/bella-the-dancer.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:05:07 +0100 The year was 1981. It was a sunny bright day and Lady Diana Spencer was marrying Prince Charles. My wee dirty old pub was pretty empty, there were not that many Royalists in the Calton in Glasgow so I had the telly switched on and watched the ne... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/bella-the-dancer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fa968645790003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/in-my-mind.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/in-my-mind.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/in-my-mind.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:45:35 +0100 Sometimes when I lay in bed at night my mind flickers back to old memories and I replay them like worn out over-edited home movies. In my brain I think there is a big Rolodex that I click through and occasionally stop and stare at an image, depe... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/in-my-mind.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fa9684b3070002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/am-back-from-lanzarote.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/am-back-from-lanzarote.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/am-back-from-lanzarote.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:56:18 +0100 I am home and safe. Ashley is slightly burnt, my poor wee girl! She managed on the first day of the holiday to fall over, tits over hair and skint her two knees, then she got her shoulders burnt despite wearing factor 50, and then she had a migr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/am-back-from-lanzarote.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fa968456ee0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/7-inches-from-the-midday-sun.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/7-inches-from-the-midday-sun.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/7-inches-from-the-midday-sun.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:19:42 +0100 I am so very hot and sticky, but of course I am in Lanzarote. I never knew heat like this, it is relentless and burning every pore in my body. Thank God for the beautiful cool blue swimming pools here in our hotel. I simply wake up, pull on a co... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/7-inches-from-the-midday-sun.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fad696a1f40004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/lanzarote.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Janey Godley) http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/lanzarote.html?_c=feed-rss http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/lanzarote.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:59:12 +0100 I am in Lanzarote. Due to a somewhat worrying medical situation, I missed going to Glastonbury. Ashley and I have come to Lanzarote instead. It was a surprise gift from husband. He knew I would have time off after my minor surgery and decided to... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://janeygodley.vox.com/library/post/lanzarote.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00f48cdd16bc000200fad69567990004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life