My three kids and I have just spent a gloriously relaxing six days in Portugal and I would highly recommend it as a holiday destination if you’re looking for sun, sea and sand. I spent a lot of time wondering […]
My last child is home from uni after three years in Manchester. Unbelievably we managed to fit all his shit into my tiny Mini and now it’s the simple matter of trying to squeeze it all back into his bedroom:- […]
Glastonbury made a triumphant 50th year return, after a three year hiatus and whilst (unsurprisingly) I’ve come back with Covid, it was all worth it. Last time I was there I came back with a tick buried in my back […]
If I’m really honest, I’m quite worried about getting back to the Glastonbury festival and diving into that sea of humanity and mud. We’re all two years older than last time we were there – and that really counts when […]
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt on this parenting rollercoaster, it’s that you can only do your best and you can never give up on your children. In all honesty, it would have been the easier option to throw in […]
It’s World Blood Donor Day and National Blood Week and I’m writing to implore more of you to go and give blood. You get biscuits! You can choose between Custard Creams (my favourites, Bourbon’s, orange Club biscuits or Digestives AND […]
I’m doing a Black Salt Sheen review because the restaurant is celebrating it’s first anniversary this month and so I’m taking the opportunity to commend them on a fantastic first year. It’s rare to find a restaurant in our local […]
I’m grieving for my mother, now that we’ve had the funeral, which took a huge amount of time and effort to pull together (which was a good thing because you have no time to sit and think). The photo above […]
Walter Sickert Review at The Tate Britain, Millbank, London, SW1P. Reviewed by John O’Brien I went to the Tate Britain to review the Walter Sickert exhibition. I am currently in the midst of a psycho geography obsession. Basically this involves […]
My beautiful, funny, positive mother died a few weeks ago and we are all reeling from the shock of it. How do you ever get over the loss of a mother? My two brother’s and I are now orphans and […]
A group of us have just come back from a skiing holiday based around a close friend’s birthday. Admittedly, I was never a particularly good or confident skier, having only learnt in my late 20’s, but I used to be […]
I wrote a letter to my 23 year old daughter on International Women’s Day to offer her some sage advice from an older, wiser woman who has been round the block a few times and got the scars and the […]
