Sunday Sun - Columnists - Philippa Tomson

Tough times are a worry for all

Sunday Sun — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

WHEN I was younger, I always worried about growing up. I feared the responsibilities which would come with being an adult.

A perfect match

Sunday Sun — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

MUM and dad recently caught a glimpse of their reflection in a shop window. Mum was walking with a stick after breaking a bone during a zumba class.

Farewell friends

Sunday Sun — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

I CAN’T believe it’s been two and a half years since I began writing this column. It’s been a joy to have a platform to write about the serious and not so serious side of life and hopefully give you a small insight into my own chaotic existence.

Boundaries and respect is way forward for society

Sunday Sun — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

AN 11-year-old boy, the daughter of a company director and a teaching assistant – just some of the individuals hauled into court to face charges relating to last week’s anarchy.

What a waste of MPs' time

Sunday Sun — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:06:00 GMT

WHAT'S the point? The Government has published the first "e-petitions" which will allow us to prompt parliamentary debates if there is enough support.

Lure of the smartphone

Sunday Sun — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:05:00 GMT

I THOUGHT the figure might be higher. One in three adults now uses a smartphone which indicates that most of us are addicted. The lure of the smartphone is almost as great as reaching for that bottle of wine after a tough, demanding day’s work.

Xmas wishes

Sunday Sun — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:04:00 GMT

SHE'S a little premature methinks. My seven-year-old niece informed me she had written her Christmas wish list. She then read it out to me on the phone.

Walk the walk!

Sunday Sun — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

COUNCILLORS in Durham are facing criticism for climbing on a coach to travel just one mile to inspect the location of a planning application.

Fans wallowing in their grief

Sunday Sun — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE more I saw the mourning, the more angry I became. The death of Amy Winehouse occupied acres of column inches and special tribute programmes.

TV ‘experiment’ is utterly useless

Sunday Sun — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

JUST when you thought you had seen the back of Geordie Shore – at least for a while – along comes another “reality” show which promises to reinforce the stereotypical image of the North East.

Fed up of phone hacking scandal

Sunday Sun — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

PLEASE can we return to more pressing matters this coming week? There’s quite a few of them – the crisis in Europe which could signal the end of the euro, the famine in Somalia, the continuing Nato bombing campaign of Libya, and the cuts which we are told are the only solution to fixing our debt-riddled economy.

Choosing McDonald’s is an Olympic shame

Sunday Sun — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

HOW hilarious and gloriously ironic that McDonald’s is to create its largest fast food outlet on the site of the Olympics.

Helen Milligan shines as Apprentice star

Sunday Sun — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

UP until the final episode, I rooted for Jedi Jim, seduced by his Irish charm and ability to sell sand to the Arabs or pasties to Greggs.

Dream life is a nightmare

Sunday Sun — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

NOW it’s getting really silly. The quest for that dream figure, dream face, and dream lifestyle is such an obsession that it’s almost funny if it weren’t so pathetic.

Reproduction gone bonkers

Sunday Sun — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

WHEN will it ever stop? The yearning of couples, who think they have a ‘right’ to bear a child and will go to any lengths possible to achieve their goal.

Big day ahead for me and Big Al

Sunday Sun — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:05:00 GMT

IT DIDN'T happen during a parachute jump, at the top of the Eiffel Tower or surrounded by rose petals. In fact there was no big fanfare at all, which is exactly how I like it.

Ten grand hankie plan

Sunday Sun — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:04:00 GMT

SEE you at the start line if you’re running in the inaugural Sunderland City 10k race today.

Why ignore causeway warnings?

Sunday Sun — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:03:00 GMT

WHEN will daft motorists realise that water and cars are not natural bedfellows?

Take that, pet

Sunday Sun — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:30:00 GMT

MORE than 200,000 delirious fans are thought to have watched Take That perform their sell-out concerts at the Stadium of Light.

Remembering the Cumbria shooting tragedy

Sunday Sun — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:29:00 GMT

IT’S probably been the hardest year of their lives. Twelve months have passed since Derrick Bird unleashed horror on the people of West Cumbria.