YONOO….not yet a word, I’ve made it up, but it stands for “Young Old, Not Old Old” which has been referenced in a book I mention below and it’s a better term than “Silver Surfers,” “The Grey Pound” or “Perennials” […]
A friend of mine has asked for some advice on dealing with the pain of separation. This is allegedly based on the bizarre assumption that with my experience of hindsight and the value of cumulative experience I have something to […]
My daughter has recently developed symptoms of itching and swelling in the mouth, tongue and soft palate after eating certain foods. Hazelnuts she has been reacting badly to in particular, but also apples and carrots. So we thought she’d worrying […]
“Let one hundred flowers bloom, let one hundred schools of thought contend.” On the eve of Chinese National Day, I am keeping everything crossed (as my mother would say) that things don’t kick off even more than over the last […]
What a rollercoaster. Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament as been ruled as unlawful and tomorrow the MP’s will be rolling back into work. WTF is going to happen next? The anger and uncertainty in the air is now palpable as […]
Well so far so good with my son safely deposited at university. We managed to stuff all his belongings for the next year into my tiny little car. It was quite fun spotting all the other cars driving along the […]
My youngest child (the 6’5″ one) is off to university and it’s going to be the end of an era for me. My last baby to leave the nest (temporarily I hope) before coming back to live at home for […]
I’ve been home alone for over a week now and I’ve been having terrible FOMO. My children are all on holiday with their dad, step family and partners and I’m missing them. You’d think it would have disappeared by now, […]
It is outrageous that David Cameron is trying to promote his book during our unprecedented constitutional crisis. Yesterday there was an advert for David Cameron’s new book “For The Record” in The Times, sitting on the Comment page underneath a […]
One of the advantages (and there were many) of my month long stay in the Dordogne this summer was that we managed to sample more than enough of the delicious local wine. Most of the restaurants and bars in the […]
Anyone else appreciate the perverse irony of Boris Johnson sacking Winston Churchill’s grandson in his aggressive approach to secure a snap election? Boris wrote a book on “The Churchill Factor” whilst he was Mayor of London, celebrating the singular brilliance […]
It’s all very well that the education secretary has told head teachers that they will have the government’s full backing if they expel or suspend badly behaved pupils from their schools, but what are they putting in place to support […]
