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Angela Clarke tells us how she stayed alive during the cold snap

I've suffered a near death experience. As my car skidded down the snow-covered hill and through a concrete barrier I prayed: please don't let me die, not in a Porsche in Surrey, it's such a cliché.

Angela Clarke is the Bob Crow of the middle classes

The RMT has secured a bonus for DLR staff, according to Bob Crow "as a reward for the extra workload and pressure they will carry throughout the Olympic and Paralympic period".

Angela Clarke, the investment banker and the killer sheep

How do you survive January? Plan holidays. There are the snow bunnies who fling their yearly holiday allowance in one go on the slopes, the sun seekers who stoke global warming racking up air miles to exotic climes and the annoying rich types who can afford to do both.

It's life in the slow lane for Angela Clarke in the mall

When I fantasise about shoving a little old lady out my way I know something's got to change.

If I spend another lunch hour tripping over slow walkers, I shall commit gran-icide.

Angela Clarke's still looking for the strawberry chocolates

I spent my precious lunch break queuing in M&S to return an unwanted Christmas gift.

I thought the whole Christmas thing would have died by now, but in the form of unwanted presents it's still grabbing on to my neck, dragging me down like a dead albatross.

Angela Clarke takes stock of her annus horribilis

This has not been a great year. It was one bad news story followed by another - the Japanese tsunami, phone hacking, the riots and the royal wedding. One poxy day off does not make up for acres of saccharine magazine coverage and the indignity of being force-fed Union Jack cupcakes.

Angela Clarke takes a look at the dance "area" and despairs

I'm reading a book based in '20s Prohibition America where the characters keep rolling back the carpet to dance to a Victrola.

I'm not certain what a Victrola is, but I think it's an early form of the iPod.

Angela Clarke briefly considers making her own gifts for pals this Christmas

I've had a seasonal awakening in Molton Brown - gift-giving to friends is a solely female pastime. Boys, quite sensibly, stop giving mates presents when ice cream and jelly stops being on the party menu.

Angela Clarke realises how not to talk to a skilled tradesman

There are some things you just don't do. Steal old ladies' seats on the DLR. Patronise Baroness Trumpington. Boast about doing drugs on The X-Factor. These are the golden rules. An unwritten code of conduct that governs our interactions.

Angela Clarke has her eye on the silver-plated business cardholder

Christmas, there's no hiding from you now. The lights are up. The ice rink's been rolled out. The shops resemble faded ladies of the night spilling out of dresses two sizes too small, desperate to sell their wares.

Angela Clarke explains when it is okay to de-friend/unfollow your own unborn child

I hate it when people use their baby scan as a Facebook profile picture. It must qualify as offensive within the site's regulations.

Angela Clarke makes a discovery among Derbyshire's autumn leaves

At this time of year, when the leaves have changed into a swatch card of reds and yellows and there is a faint smell of gunpowder from illegal fireworks in the air, there is nothing better than a long weekend in the country.

Angela Clarke makes a Halloween discovery in Waitrose

My current favourite pastime is watching bemused customers navigate the new Waitrose checkout system. Imagine a video of rats negotiating mazes; now picture them in pinstripe and high heels. Comedy gold.

Angela Clarke wonders whether UK or Singapore have the best idea of how to entertain.

Corporate entertainment.

An oxymoron if ever I heard one. What is entertaining about compulsorily spending time with your boss, or your clients?

Angela Clake gets angry up west

At lunch in Soho the other day I heard a girl say she was "going to Canary" that afternoon. Canary? What is this mythical, bird-like place? Is it code for going down a mine?

Perhaps it's shorthand for The Cat and The Canary, but I thought that was commonly accepted as 'CatnCanary' (said very quickly).

Angela Clarke talks the law of evolution and where to buy pants

Back in 2003, when my age began with a two and everyone still spent like bankers on bonus day, this newspaper ran a campaign calling for M&S to stock underwear.

Angela Clarke enjoys the new-look Waitrose until she is rudely interrupted by the staple afflicted

I've left the office for the day. I'm starting to unwind. I've stopped wearing my shoulders as earrings.

I'm in the newly revamped Waitrose picking up bits before meeting up with someone.

Whatever you do, don't ask Angela Clarke for fasion advice. You might not like the answer

I worked in the fashion industry for eight years and still keep my fingers in many stylish and low-fat pies.

Angela Clarke recommends a glass or two for success in life

Dear Champagne, we had a deal. You were supposed to make me sophisticated, intelligent and witty. I've seen the video on YouTube. We need to talk.

Angela Clarke joins the masses in getting lost in the mall

I've spent eight years living in Docklands and more than eight years working in E14. And I just got lost in Canary Wharf.

Not in some strange part I'd never visited before.