I've got a confession to make. Yes, another one. I don’t think there is anyone alive in the world today who has less right to be a snob than me. But weirdly, I still manage to be one (or at least I do privately). Coming from the lowly beginnings that I do (oh God, here … Continue reading Snob

I can’t remember exactly when this started but over the last 10 years or so I have begun to stop thinking for myself. I have left the running and planning of my entire life to a little piece of plastic, glass and microchips; otherwise known as my iPhone. This gadget has completely revolutionised my life … Continue reading iStupid

   Ahhh, it’s Glastonbury Festival time of year again. Yay! Well no, not exactly ‘yay’ because I’m not a big fan. When I lived in London, I don’t remember Glasto having such a seismic effect on my life but since moving to the west of England, the end of June has always been a bit … Continue reading Why I say ‘No’ to Glasto!

               Oh no…wait…I’ve just this minute realised something. Now I have kindly been nominated for another blogging-style award by two separate people – don’t get excited or anything, there was no big cash-prize (yes, I know, I was disappointed too). And those two nominators (the lovely A J Colher [I’m … Continue reading The Red Carpet

  I don’t play the lottery. Well, let me be more precise, I’m not saying I have never played the lottery; I just don’t play with any regularity. You could probably count on two hands the amount of times I’ve bought a ticket. I think the main reason for this is, since I was a … Continue reading I Should Be So Lucky

  A trip to the hairdressers can be one of two things. It’s either going to be a relaxing treat, which has the potential to rejuvenate a person by beautifying their crowning glory. Or it can be a nightmare scenario where you can wake up one morning and look adequate but go to bed at … Continue reading Curl Up And Dye

  I'd better state right from the get-go that despite the title of this post, this subject-matter isn't going to be wildly amusing. So that's my disclaimer. Don't say I didn't warn you not to get your hopes up. But there is something that has always bothered me – and the way I see it, … Continue reading Funny Girl

  I have a love-hate relationship with cars. Cars don’t like me and I don’t much like them. But needs must and the auto-mobile has become a necessary evil for me. I come from a family of non-drivers. My mother and father don’t drive. Of all the six siblings, only my two sisters and I … Continue reading Rules of the Road

I have a confession to make. I have the best-behaved children I have ever come across. Believe you me; I don’t say this to brag. It’s a little bit embarrassing. Their angelic natures are none of my doing. In fact their ridiculously good manners almost leave me feeling a social outcast amongst my peers. Let … Continue reading My Angelic Offspring!

I have always lived my life by a certain moral and practical internal code. But it has occurred to me that some of that code hasn’t entirely been innate. My mother was (and possibly still is) a very insightful woman at times. And some of her little adages that she must have spouted off whilst … Continue reading Mamma Used to Say…