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Minding out Ps and Qs

MY NIECE turned seven last week. It’s as if she has just turned 17.Read

Whinge of the week

I LOVED the smell of petrol as a child. I still do, but there’s a limit to the amount of time I like waiting on a station forecourt.Read

Calm down over David Cameron comment, dears

I’M aghast at the number of people who climbed on their high horse concerning the Prime Minister’s remarks during last Wednesday’s PMQ’s.Read

Sexes split on big day

WHETHER you turned off the television in disgust, headed straight back under the duvet cover or raced out of the front door to go for a quiet walk in a deserted country lane, you will always remember what you were doing the day William married Kate.Read

One lucky escape

I know we're all watching the purse strings at the moment but some people are going to silly extremes with these cuts.Read

Banking on a stressful time

BANK holidays – what’s not to like about them? Well plenty actually. I know many of us relish the four-day break from work but it’s not all positive.Read

Whinge of the week

ROYAL wedding, or no Royal wedding, I’m calling upon Mother Nature this week to ask if we can have some proper rain please.Read

Eyes of the world on happy couple

I DON’T think Kate, sorry Catherine, Middleton will be chomping on many Easter eggs this weekend.Read

Hooligan Roo

FOOTBALL is a gentlemen’s game played by hooligans, so goes the saying. If it is true, then doesn’t Wayne Rooney fit in well?Read

Japan tsunami’s miracle mutt

OF all the news images this week, there was one picture which brought joy and tears in the blink of an eye.Read

Expecting boos at Dancing on Ice

LAST year, I felt like a pantomime villain – booed before I had hardly opened my mouth.Read

Patience and love of mum

SOME of you might think it naff, I think it appropriate.Read

Lady Gaga to venture north

SHE is promising a “monster avant-garde pop fantasia” and her fans are going wild.Read

No way to packet in!

THEY’RE the biggest downfall in my diet. Technically, I should be giving them up for Lent, but I couldn’t even manage the first day.Read

Another fine mess

OUTRAGE registered on the faces of many people this past week as they were threatened with fines for not bringing their wheelie bins in on time.Read

Pancake tossing is flipping hard work

I MUCH prefer eating them to tossing them. And I’m much better at eating them rather than tossing them.Read

Cop a load of these slogans

OH, how I laughed at the waste of money spent on Cumbria Police’s new slogan.Read

Warm weather will cool heat debate

SPRING is officially almost upon us and I can’t wait. Not because the clocks go forward soon, not because we’re closer to a few Bank Holidays. No, it’s because we can finally stop bickering over the thermostat.Read

Kids with a mountain to climb

I JUMPED in the shower and burst into tears. The water was pouring down and I felt guilty. As guilty as sin.Read

Don’t ban banter

IN THE future they will watch football from the comfort of their living rooms, probably without a woman in sight – unless they ask her to bring them a beer.Read

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